New venture: Rossi and Kalikesh promised to help the game evolve in a healthy and interesting way. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: Kamesh Srinivasan The inaugural Shooting League of India (SLI) could pave the way for innovation, making the competition crisp, capturing the emotion and drama of the athletes, and making it attractive for the … Read more
Divya Deshmukh becomes the fourth Indian woman to become a Grandmaster. Photo: X/@FIDE_chess Divya Deshmukh is the World Cup winner. She is also India’s latest Grandmaster, only the fourth Indian woman to get that most coveted of titles in chess. The 19-year-old from Nagpur recorded the greatest moment of her young career when she beat … Read more
Until 1845, where The Oval is now stood a market garden, with a waterworks overhanging it. Two years after The Oval came into existence, work to convert the waterworks into five gasholders began, and by 1874, they were all in place though over time, only one, called Gasholder Number One, survived. Soon, Gasholder Number One … Read more
As Shubman Gill inspected the pitch on Wednesday afternoon at The Oval, chief curator Lee Fortis stood nearby and was engaged in a chat with Akash Deep and Abhimanyu Easwaran. A few moments later, as the Indian think-tank — comprising Gill, head coach Gautam Gambhir, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak and chief selector Ajit Agarkar — … Read more
Shubman Gill during a press conference ahead of the fifth Test cricket match between India and England, in London, on July 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI There have been several intense moments between India and England in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. However, India captain Shubman Gill made it clear that there was no animosity … Read more
Outer Delhi Warriors’ mentor Parthiv exchanges pleasantries with Priyansh Arya | Photo Credit: Outer Delhi Warriors There was no bigger advertisement for the Delhi Premier League (DPL) in its inaugural season than Priyansh Arya’s soaring success. The opening batter’s 608 runs in 10 innings for South Delhi Superstarz, including six sixes in an over, acted … Read more
India were set to play Pakistan in the semi-final of the tournament on Thursday at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Picture: wclcricket.com India have refused to play against arch-rivals Pakistan in the semifinals of the World Championship of Legends in Birmingham on Thursday, citing the nation’s stand against any bilateral sporting ties with the neighbouring country … Read more
England’s Ben Stokes reacts with Jofra Archer. | Photo Credit: Reuters Injured skipper Ben Stokes and lead pacer Jofra Archer will not be part of the fifth and final Test against India, starting here from Thursday (July 31, 2025), as England made three changes to their playing XI for the series-deciding game. The hosts lead … Read more
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Steeplechaser Ankita Dhyani came up with a blistering run to clinch silver in the gruelling 3000m event with a personal-best time of 9:31.99 seconds, while the men’s 4x100m relay quartet bagged a bronze as Indian athletes ended their campaign in the World University Games on Sunday (July 27, 2025). The trio of Munita Prajapati, Mansi … Read more
Nat Sciver-Brunt of England in batting action. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt displaced star India batter Smriti Mandhana from No. 1 spot in the latest ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings released here on Tuesday (July 29, 2025), but Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues made significant strides. Sciver-Brunt, who previously held … Read more
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders’ head coach Chandrakant Pandit with players Rovman Powell and Quinton de Kock during a practice session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match. File. | Photo Credit: PTI IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday (July 29, 2025) announced the departure of head coach Chandrakant Pandit, ending his … Read more
Ben Stokes might not agree, but there is something poetic about a draw in cricket. Not the damp squib kind, washed out by monsoon or apathy, but the edge-of-the-seat kind, where time runs out — time, that most important element in a five-day game. Where Kipling’s ‘If-’ is evoked in the dressing room. If only … Read more
India is at sixes and sevens when it comes to properly utilising its fourth seam bowler. Of the 672.1 overs bowled by the visitors against England in the four Tests so far, the fourth pacer has delivered just 55 overs. It is not a secret that the current Indian team is big on having as … Read more
Arshdeep could well replace Kamboj in the playing XI. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian team management seems to have taken the wait-and-watch approach before deciding on Jasprit Bumrah’s availability for the fifth Test. Before the series got underway, it was decided that Bumrah would feature in only three fixtures to manage his workload. He … Read more
D.T. Chandrasekar bowled himself into the record books when he scalped a perfect ten for Sea Hawks against Globe Trotters on day two of their TNCA first division league clash on Tuesday. The left-arm spinner’s ten for 37 in a single unbroken spell of 15 overs ensured Trotters were bundled for just 91 in the … Read more
Indian swimmer Aryan Nehra fell short of qualifying for the final, while S.P. Likhith failed to make the semifinals in their respective events at the World Aquatics Championships here on Sunday. Nehra, competing in the men’s 400m freestyle, finished seventh in his heat and 37th overall with a time of 4:00.39s. The top eight swimmers … Read more
India head coach Gautam Gambhir during a nets session at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Monday, July 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India head coach Gautam Gambhir was on Tuesday (July 29, 2025) involved in a heated exchange of words with the Oval’s chief curator Lee Fortis and was heard telling him “you don’t … Read more
Fresh from her U-15 gold medal at the Asian youth table tennis championships at Tashkent recently, Divyanshi Bhowmick continued her fine run to claim the U-19 girls’ title at the WTT Youth Contender in Almaty (Kazakhstan) on Saturday. She overcame Zlata Terekhova of the Russian Federation 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-2 in the final. In an … Read more
Australia’s players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the fifth and final Twenty20 (T20) international cricket match against West Indies at Warner Park Sporting Complex in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on July 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Australia completed a sweep of the Twenty20 international cricket series with a three-wicket victory … Read more
International Master Divya Deshmukh gave nothing away and held higher-ranked Grandmaster and compatriot Koneru Humpy to an easy draw to force the final of the Women’s Chess World Cup into the tie-breaker, Batumi on Sunday (July 27, 2025). The tie-breaker, which will be a series of shorter-duration games, will be played on Monday to determine … Read more
Badminton stars Tanvi Sharma and Vennala Kalagotla. Photo: PTI/Instagram Tanvi Sharma continued her recent impressive run, winning bronze at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships on Saturday (July 26, 2025), along with Vennala Kalagotla, as India returned with two individual medals for women in the event for the first time ever. Tanvi and Vennala, the last … Read more
The fifth day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford began with Ben Stokes and Liam Dawson, perhaps England’s two most likely bowlers to make breakthroughs on a worn surface devoid of pace, operating in harness in the endeavour to prise out the remaining eight Indian wickets for a win that would have sealed the … Read more
The Chairman of Indian Oil, A S Sahney, and the president of PGTI, Kapil Dev, address the media at the Delhi Golf Club on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan The President of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), Kapil Dev expressed delight about being able to elevate the overall vibrancy of the sport … Read more
Washington brought up his maiden Test hundred. | Photo Credit: PTI Washington Sundar is a diligent learner. Not the one to express his emotions, he is always among the first to hit the nets. Once done with the session, he makes it a point to stand in one corner for a few moments and analyse … Read more
File image of Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh Photo: @AmitShah/ANI Photo Young Indian International Master Divya Deshmukh held her nerves to hold stalwart Koneru Humpy to a draw in game 1 of the FIDE Women’s World Cup final, with both players having their share of opportunities to take the lead here on Saturday. The draw … Read more
Dazzling duo: Sathiyan and Akash won in style. | Photo Credit: X@RFYouthSports G. Sathiyan and Akash Pal beat Jules Rolland and Leo De Nodrest of France 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 to win their maiden Tour men’s doubles title at the WTT Contender Lagos on Saturday. This was Sathiyan’s second WTT men’s doubles crown after the one … Read more
The long-winding five-match Test series in England has hit the home stretch but despite securing a memorable draw at Old Trafford, India continue to search for the “perfect” eleven, more specifically the right bowling combination, heading into the finale at The Oval in three days’ time. India’s preference to bat till number eight at the … Read more
England’s Jamie Overton who played the only Test match in 2022 has been recalled to the 15-member squad for the fifth and final Test against India. | Photo Credit: The Hindu All-rounder Jamie Overton, who played the only Test match of his career back in 2022, has been recalled to the 15-member England squad for … Read more
Feisty R Ashwin called out England’s “doubles standards” in their attempt to prematurely end the fourth Test as cricket fraternity extensively supported India’s decision to let Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar complete their well-deserved centuries instead of accepting home team’s handshake offer. Drama erupted at the start of the final hour of the match on … Read more