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
Sanjay Manjrekar. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Gautam Gambhir needs to loosen up, may be take a “chill pill”, feels cricketer-turned-analyst Sanjay Manjrekar, who strongly believes that India earned a creditable draw in the fourth Test against England here despite some not-so-great tactical calls by the national team’s head coach. Manjrekar didn’t mince words … Read more
India’s fighting draw in the fourth Test against England brought out the combatant in Gautam Gambhir, who lambasted “critics” of new captain Shubman Gill and asserted that his team is fighting for “the common man back home”. Gambhir wants his players to make their own history rather than follow anyone from the past including himself. … Read more
Ben Stokes took his first five-wicket haul for eight years in India’s first innings, an impressive feat given his recent injury issues. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images With England seemingly reliant on Ben Stokes with bat and ball, the struggling skipper insisted “pain is just an emotion” as he plans to take to the … Read more
India’s Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur at the end of the fourth Test match between India and England, at the Old Trafford cricket ground, in Manchester, England, on July 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was on Sunday (July 27, 2025) ruled out of the fifth and final Test against England … Read more
Sahil Jadhav won the compound men’s individual gold, while Parneet Kaur picked up the women’s individual silver to help India finish second with five medals, including two gold, two silver and a bronze, in archery at the World University Games in Essen, Germany, on Saturday. Sahil edged out compatriot Kushal Dalal 148-148 (30-29, 30-29, 30-30, … Read more
England captain Ben Stokes speaks with India batsman Ravindra Jadeja after day five of the 4th Test Match between England and India at Emirates Old Trafford on July 27, 2025 in Manchester, England | Photo Credit: Getty Images Drama unfolded in the high-intensity Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Manchester on Sunday (July 27, 2025) after Indian batters … Read more
Washington and Jadeja took India to safety. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Head coach Gautam Gambhir stated that past records don’t matter for the Indian team. “They are making their own history. A lot of people wrote us off in this Test, but this is the foundation of this team. These are characters who are … Read more
According to various sources, the tournament will now take place in Hyderabad following the conclusion of the Pro Kabaddi League. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The second Women’s Kabaddi World Cup, which was scheduled to take place in Hyderabad from August 3 to 10 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, has been indefinitely postponed. This … Read more
For Rishabh Pant, pain had become a way of life for more than 12 months. A constant, if uninvited companion. A grim reminder of what might have been, a reminder too of how lucky he was to have emerged from a life-threatening single-car accident with all his faculties intact. Pant’s horrific road accident of 30 … Read more
In a first for Indian chess, the FIDE Women’s World Cup will have a winner from the country with Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh set to fight it out in what could be anybody’s game in the grand finale in Batumi on July 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI History. That is one word you … Read more
In this image released by BWF/Badminton Photo on July 24, 2025, Unnati Hooda competes against compatriot PV Sindhu in a women’s singles match at the China Open Super 1000 badminton tournament, in Changzhou. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s rising badminton star Unnati Hooda’s dream run ended at the China Open Super 1000 as she lost … Read more
Hyderabad’s Tilak Varma will lead South Zone in the Duleep Trophy tournament that starts on August 28 at Bengaluru. The South Zone selectors picked a 16-member squad along with six standby players. Kerala, which finished runner-up in the Ranji Trophy, has the maximum representation with four players while Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad have three each. … Read more
India’s captain Shubman Gill being congratulated by teammate Washington Sundar after his century during the fifth day of the fourth Test match between India and England, at the Old Trafford cricket ground, in Manchester, England, Sunday, July 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Shubman Gill completed a gutsy hundred after Ben Stokes battled through pain … Read more
In a defining moment of her fledgling career, young Unnati Hooda stunned two-time Olympic medallist and Indian badminton stalwart PV Sindhu in a gripping three-game contest to storm into the quarterfinals of China Open Super here Thursday. Facing her decorated compatriot for only the second time, 17-year-old Hooda held her nerve in crunch moments to … Read more
File picture of PV Sindhu in action. | Photo Credit: PTI Double Olympic medallist and former world champion P V Sindhu overcame sixth seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan 21-15, 8-21, 21-17 to reach the round of 16 at the China Open Super 1000 event on Wednesday. Sindhu started strongly, reeling off seven consecutive points to … Read more
India’s Rishabh Pant plays a shot during day 2 of the 4th test match against England, at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI Injured wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will bat on day five of the fourth Test, said India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak in Manchester on Saturday (July 26, 2025). On … Read more
File picture of fencer Bhavani Devi in action. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Not being able to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics made India’s top fencer Bhavani Devi’s days and nights longer. She didn’t speak to her family for a while drowning in sorrow, disappointment and introspection. Like a true professional, she, however, quickly … Read more
International Master Divya Deshmukh stuns higher-ranked compatriot Harika Dronavalli to enter the semifinals of FIDE World Womens Chess Cup in Batumi. | Photo Credit: ANI Slowly but surely emerging as one of India’s key players, International Master Divya Deshmukh stunned higher-ranked compatriot Harika Dronavalli 2-0 in the tiebreaks to enter the semifinals of the FIDE … Read more
Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu/AP Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi and Anish Giri will headline the third edition of Chennai Grand Masters, starting in Chennai on August 6. India’s most prestigious classical chess tournament will feature 20 players from across the Masters and Challengers categories. The latest edition … Read more