Reigning world champion D. Gukesh crossed another hurdle, beating China’s Wei Yi in the ninth and penultimate round to earn three full points and emerge as a top contender, along with Norwegian star Magnus Carlsen, for the prestigious Norway Chess title in Stavanger. With one round to go, Gukesh is placed second on 14.5 points, … Read more
Nidhish en route his sparkling fifty. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY Nidhish S. Rajagopal’s sparkling half-century (60, 41b, 7×4, 2×6) and R. Kavin’s steady hand guided SKM Salem Spartans to a six-wicket win over Siechem Madurai Panthers in the afternoon game of the TNPL-9 at the Sri Ramakrishna College ground here on Sunday. In pursuit … Read more
A file image of Pkistan player Salman Ali Agha | Photo Credit: AP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to make some sweeping changes in its national team set-up, with Salman Ali Agha in line to become all-format captain, replacing Shan Masood as the skipper of the Test side. Besides the change in captaincy, … Read more
D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi | Photo Credit: Sankar Narayanan E H World champion D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi have caught the imagination of chess aficionados by queering the pitch for the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, as the Indian duo makes Norway Chess title bid when the tournament recommences Thursday after a … Read more
Head coach Gautam Gambhir with Test captain Shubman Gill during a press conference. | Photo Credit: ANI India hit the ground running with a high-intensity training session at Lord’s, ahead of the five-match series against England beginning June 20 at Leeds. The pace quartet of Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh, alongside … Read more
Setting the tone: Izaac had no trouble defeating five-time Olympian Apolonia in the first match. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Riding on a sterling show by Quek Izaac up front and Maria Xiao in the last rubber, Dabang Delhi TTC avenged last year’s final loss against defending champion Goa Challengers in the sixth edition of … Read more
Sonu Yadav performed a hat-trick for Royal Kings. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY In the first three days of the ninth season of TNPL, a clear pattern has emerged. The method so far has been to bowl first, restrict the opponent to a below-par score and then chase it down. After Dindigul Dragons and Chepauk … Read more
American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura broke world champion D. Gukesh’s run of classical wins by comprehensively beating the Indian to earn three full points, even as Arjun Erigaisi roared back to contention with victory over Fabiano Caruana in Norway Chess. India’s Erigaisi trapped his opponent Caruana in a time scramble in the eighth round of the … Read more
Indian cricket team’s Test vice-captain Rishab Pant departs from Mumbai Airport for England to play a five-match Test series as part of the 2025-27 ICC World Test Championship cycle, in Mumbai on June 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI K.L. Rahul’s composed hundred in the ongoing second unofficial test against England Lions will bring much … Read more
Kanak Jha of Jaipur Patriots in action during the match against Stanley’s Chennai Lions in the Ultimate Table Tennis League – Season 6 at EKA Arena in Ahmedabad on 3rd June 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a tale of contrasting halves, Jaipur Patriots overcame Chennai Lions to register its maiden win in the … Read more
Bengaluru stampede: Shankar and Jairam resign as secretary and treasurer of Karnataka State Cricket Association
Footwears lie on the ground outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium following a stampede after a large number of fans gathered for the felicitation of IPL 2025 winning Royal Challengers Bengaluru team, in Bengaluru, on June 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A Shankar and E S Jairam have resigned from their respective posts as secretary and … Read more
CSG skipper Baba Aparajith in action. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY R.S. Mokit Hariharan (46, 22b, 7×4, 2×6) set the stage with a blazing start before skipper B. Aparajith (77 n.o., 48b, 5×4, 5×6) took charge as Chepauk Super Gillies romped home to an eight-wicket win over IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans in the TNPL-9 match at … Read more
Sahil Rawat and Aarya Redkar guided Dempo Goa Challengers to a 7-2 victory over PBG Pune Jaguars in the Dream UTT juniors table tennis tournament at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. It was the third victory in four matches for Dempo Goa, and it took its tally to 23 points. Kolkata ThunderBlades also … Read more
The Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) is hosting an advanced coaches and technical officials course for the international fraternity at the Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tercentenary University, Budhera, for a fortnight. The course, scheduled till June 15, caters to about 50 coaches and 65 officials in the country, apart from about 20 coaches and … Read more
Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari practised shooting with more perfection and tried hitting the X more often in their preparation for the upcoming Antalya World Cup, according to coach Rahul Banerjee, left. | Photo Credit: File photo: R. RAGU The Archery World Cup Stage-3, starting in Antalya on Wednesday, will have some experimental rule changes, … Read more
File photo of Piyush Chawla | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla, who was part of India’s two World Cup-winning campaigns, on Friday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after a career spanning more than two decades to undertake a “new journey” that he did not specify. The 36-year-old made the … Read more
P.V. Sindhu advances to the second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament. File | Photo Credit: PTI Two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu battled her way into the second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament while Lakshya Sen bowed out after losing in the opening round in Jakarta on Tuesday … Read more
Former South Africa coach Rob Walter has been appointed as the head coach of New Zealand men’s cricket team in all three formats as replacement for Gary Stead | Photo Credit: Getty Images Rob Walter has been hired to coach the New Zealand men’s cricket team in all three formats as a replacement for Gary … Read more
Shivam Singh starred in Dindigul Dragons’ win against Lyca Kovai Kings in the opening match of the Tamil Nadu Premier League in Coimbatore on Thursday. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY Shivam Singh’s unbeaten half-century (82 n.o., 50b, 5×4, 5×6) powered Dindigul Dragons to a convincing seven-wicket win over Lyca Kovai Kings in the opening match of TNPL-9 at the Sri Ramakrishna … Read more
Shubman Gill during the press conference in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini As he gears up for his maiden Test series as the captain of the Indian team, Shubman Gill knows that he has big shoes to fill in the absence of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who retired from the format recently. But … Read more
The England tour marks the first challenge for the Gill-Gambhir combination. | Photo Credit: Emmanuel Yogini The Indian team management is yet to decide which three Tests Jasprit Bumrah will feature in the upcoming five-match series in England, but head coach Gautam Gambhir and newly-appointed captain Shubman Gill made it clear that there’s enough depth … Read more
England’s star pacer Jofra Archer could return for the team’s second Test against India next month. File | Photo Credit: Reuters England’s national selector Luke Wright on Thursday (June 5, 2025) said star pacer Jofra Archer could return for the team’s second Test against India next month, four years after his last appearance in the … Read more
Ricky Ponting. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Shubman Gill has work to do on his Test match batting and considering the added responsibility of captaincy on the upcoming tour of England, he should move himself down to number four in the order, reckons Australian great Ricky Ponting. There is plenty of speculation over India’s new … Read more
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Rajasthan Royals batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi during the IPL T20 Match at the Sawai Man Singh Cricket Stadium in Jaipur. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Having left an indelible mark in his debut season itself, 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi says he will look to do two times better for his team Rajasthan Royals in next … Read more
File picture of England bowler Chris Woakes celebrating a wicket during a Test match against New Zealand. The 36-year-old has been called up for the India series | Photo Credit: AP Fast bowler Chris Woakes was on Thursday (June 5, 2025) named in a 14-man England squad to take on India in the first of … Read more
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake. File | Photo Credit: AP Former Sri Lankan off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has been indicted by the Hambantota High Court for attempting to lure a fellow player for match-fixing during the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL) . The Attorney General’s Department said this becomes the first such indictment of a … Read more
One of the oft-used cliches is that the IPL is a marathon, not a sprint. Delhi Capitals will ruefully agree – after all, they won their first four matches in a canter yet failed to make even a serious push for the Playoffs. It’s also said regularly that while batters win matches, bowlers win tournaments. … Read more
Sachin Tendulkar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar has offered his condolences on the loss of 11 lives in a stampede outside Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB’s IPL victory celebrations, describing the incident as “beyond tragic”. Apart from 11 deaths, more than 30 were injured in a stampede outside the popular … Read more