Kerala batter Mohammed Azharuddeen on Sunday replaced Tilak Varma as the South Zone captain for the Duleep Trophy semifinal against North Zone, starting at the BCCI Centre of Excellence on September 4. Tilak Varma, who was originally named the South skipper, will not be playing the Duleep Trophy after he was named in the India … Read more
India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty celebrate after beating Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh in the men’s double quarter-final match at the Badminton BWF World Championships at the Adidas Arena in Paris, on August 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured India of a medal … Read more
Parddep Narwal takes a selfie with the PKL team captains. | Photo Credit: K R DEEPAK There is a thin line between acclaim and adoration, between fandom and devotion. If there is one player in Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) history that crossed that line, it’s Pardeep Narwal. Going unsold in the player auction was the … Read more
Brendan Taylor of Zimbabwe in action. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Zimbabwe batter Brendan Taylor on Sunday became only the third player from his team to touch the 10,000-run mark in international cricket, marking a big moment in nation’s cricketing history. Taylor achieved this milestone during his side’s second ODI against Sri Lanka at … Read more
India’s Twenty20 International captain played the last of his 37 One-Day Internationals some 21 months back. Their bruising young left-handed opener hasn’t yet represented the country in a 50-over international, while another left-hander who bats at No. 3 or No. 4 has been waiting to add to his four ODI caps since December 2023. Abhishek … Read more
File photo of pistol shooter Gurpreet Singh. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Veteran pistol shooter Gurpreet Singh came up with a commanding performance for the second day in a row to help India win the team gold in the 25m centre fire event on the penultimate day of the Asian Shooting Championships in Shymkent on … Read more
Vimal has been in red-hot form. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Tamil Nadu opener Vimal Khumar made his Ranji Trophy debut in the 2023-24 season, when he had meagre returns from five innings. Subsequently, he didn’t feature even in a single game in the 2024-25 season. But this year, being the top run-getter with 646 … Read more
Fans resorting to watching the North zone vs East zone, Duleep Trophy match from outside through barbed wires at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru on August 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J The popularity of cricket is both a boon and a bane. Boon because it has brought laurels to the country, … Read more
North Zone’s Ayush Badoni smashed 13 boundaries and three maximums on his way to a double ton against East in their Duleep Trophy match at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru on August 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J As green, sprawling and state of the art the BCCI’s new Centre of Excellence … Read more
File picture of British cyclist Chris Froome | Photo Credit: AP Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome underwent surgery on Thursday (August 28, 2025) after “a serious training crash” that saw the British cyclist airlifted to a hospital in France. Froome’s team, Israel-Premier Tech, said he was “stable and did not sustain any head … Read more
Ajaya Babu won the 79kg title. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI V. Ajaya Babu rode on his superior snatch performance to beat Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat by two kg and claim his second consecutive gold medal in the Commonwealth weightlifting championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Naranpura, here on Thursday. Ajaya overcame a failed opening attempt … Read more
The UAE dished out a spirited show but it blew away against Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz’s firepower as Pakistan’s hot form stayed intact with a 31-run victory in the ongoing T20I Tri-Series 2025 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. With a new match-winner this time around, Pakistan relished its second victory in as many days, serving … Read more
The 12 team captains strike a pose after the trophy unveiling at the INS Kursura Submarine Museum in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Out with the old, in with the new — that’s the mantra for the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) heading into Season 12. The second-most followed league in the country, … Read more
The start time for 18 out of the 19 matches in the upcoming Asia Cup has been pushed back by half an hour from the original schedule due to the extreme heat in the UAE, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Saturday. As per the revised timings, the matches will begin at 6.30 p.m. … Read more
Arshdeep Singh | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE Even in an era where there is an unending stream of cricket matches, players experience droughts. Recently, Arshdeep Singh was in England with the Indian team for nearly two months but did not play a single competitive game. However, the 26-year-old, who will be one of India’s leading … Read more
North zone captain Ankit Kumar smashes one. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE North Zone batted East Zone out of the match, stretching its lead to a massive 563 runs by stumps, on day three of the Duleep Trophy quarterfinal at the BCCI Centre of Excellence here on Saturday. After having secured a 175-run first-innings lead, … Read more
Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa sealed his spot in the Grand Chess Tour finale after finishing runner-up at the Sinquefield Cup where Wesley So (right) clinched the title with a dramatic three-way playoff. | Photo Credit: PTI/The Hindu Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa sealed his spot in the Grand Chess Tour finale after finishing runner-up at the Sinquefield Cup, … Read more
Team Unwired from the National Institute of Technology Calicut at SUPRA SAEINDIA 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Team Unwired from the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) has achieved a remarkable milestone at SUPRA SAEINDIA 2025, a premier national-level motorsport competition organised by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) India. The team secured first … Read more
File photo of former Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Rajasthan Royals on Saturday (August 30, 2025) announced that head coach Rahul Dravid will step down ahead of the 2026 IPL season, after turning down a “broader position” within the franchise. Dravid was appointed as the head coach of the … Read more
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. File | Photo Credit: ANI India Test skipper and T20 vice-captain Shubman Gill reached the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru for fitness assessment and preparations ahead of travelling to Dubai for the upcoming Asia Cup. The Indian squad members are scheduled to assemble at Dubai on September 4 … Read more
Fans during Royal Challengers Bengaluru victory celebration at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on June 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) announced a compensation of ₹25 lakh each to the eleven people who died in the franchise’s IPL victory celebrations. In a post on ‘X’, RCB stated, “We lost eleven members … Read more
This handout photo taken on August 1, 2025 and released by the National Museum of Australia on August 30, 2025 shows the cap worn by former Australian cricketer Don Bradman during the 1946-47 Ashes series, the first after World War II, which has been bought by Australia’s National Museum for A$438,550 (US$287,000). | Photo Credit: … Read more
An eclectic array of traits resided in the great fast bowlers that graced Test cricket in years gone by. Malcolm Marshall, Dale Steyn and Dennis Lillee swung the ball at searing pace. Glenn McGrath, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh extracted steep bounce with their towering frames. Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis developed a penchant for … Read more
In this image released by FIDE, India’s chess player Divya Deshmukh, right, reacts after winning the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 final match tiebreaks against compatriot Koneru Humpy, in Batumi, Georgia, Monday, July 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: FIDE Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) that India is delighted to host … Read more
Arshin Kulkarni initial interaction with Justin Lange. File. Photo: X/@Arshin03 When arguably one of the game’s finest openers is following your progress, stays in touch and sends a text saying, “Perfect. Very good job!” — you know you’ve done something right. Maharashtra’s Arshin Kulkarni, playing in the Buchi Babu tournament in Chennai, earned that exact … Read more
Koyel Bar. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI India’s elite lifters could not rise to expectations as Raja Muthupandi (65kg, men), Sneha Soren (53kg, women), Bindyarani Devi (58kg, women) finished second best in the Commonwealth weightlifting championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Naranpura, here on Tuesday. Muthupandi, who managed a one-kg lead over Papua New … Read more
Nabi claimed a five-wicket haul on his Duleep Trophy debut. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE When Jammu & Kashmir made the quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy in 2024-25 only for the third time in its history, pacer Auqib Nabi played a starry role. He took 44 wickets — the second-highest tally of the season — … Read more
Auqib Nabi wrecked East Zone. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE A hat-trick by North Zone’s Auqib Nabi (10.1-1-28-5) enlivened day two of the Duleep Trophy quarterfinal at the BCCI Centre of Excellence here as East Zone folded for 230 in reply to North Zone’s first-innings total of 405. The 28-year-old from Jammu & Kashmir, who … Read more
Ashi, Sift Samra and Anjum (bottom left to right) and Mahit, Anushka and Prachi (top left to right) who won the 50m rifle 3-position women’s and junior women’s titles. World record holder and Asian Games champion Sift Kaur Samra beat Yang Yujie of China by 0.4 point to cinch the gold, after topping qualification with … Read more
Joshan rallied to get past Unnati. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan New Delhi The evergreen Joshna Chinappa was in a spot of bother, but shrugged off the lethargy to beat Unnati Tripathi 11-4, 8-11, 11-4, 11-4 in the quarterfinals of the HCL 81st National squash championship at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium here on Tuesday. … Read more