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New Zealand’s Will Young plays a shot during the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) in the … Read more

Eager: Gukesh feels that Freestyle Chess is an interesting format and says he is looking forward to the next event in Paris. | Photo Credit: file photo It’s been more than two months since D. Gukesh became the youngest world chess champion. But the celebrations haven’t stopped for the young Grandmaster. The 18-year-old youngest World … Read more

Australia’s Steve Smith celebrates his half-century during the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final cricket match between India and Australia in Dubai, UAE, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Two-time ODI World Cup winner and one of the modern cricket greats Steve Smith announced his retirement from one-day international cricket on Wednesday (March 5, … Read more

Mohammed Shami, right, celebrates with captain Rohit Sharma after the dismissal of Australia’s captain Steve Smith during the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal. | Photo Credit: AP Mohammed Shami conceded that operating as India’s lone front-line pacer after coming back from a lengthy injury layoff has been a heavy “responsibility” but said he is trying to … Read more

Mumbai’s captain Ajinkya Rahane after losing the Ranji Trophy Semifinal Match Mumbai vs Vidharbha at the Vidharba Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has credited his success in the Indian Premier League and domestic T20s to playing “fearless cricket” while remaining calm. The 36-year-old topped … Read more

India’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and other players after their win against Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final cricket match, in Dubai, UAE, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Not the one to be easily pleased, India head coach Gautam Gambhir said his team is still searching for that “perfect game” despite … Read more

Kerala Ranji team with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, leader of opposition V.D. Satheesan, Sports Minister V.Abdurahiman and other dignitaries at the felicitation function held here on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan felicitated the Kerala cricket team which finished as runner-up in the Ranji Trophy at a function held in … Read more

India’s Varun Chakravarthy during the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal cricket match against Australia at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav on Tuesday said mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been a different player since his comeback to international cricket, for he has … Read more

South Africa’s skipper Temba Bavuma speaks during a press conference regarding their semifinal match against New Zealand, in Lahore, Pakistan, on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Kane Williamson has proved to be a thorn in our flesh, said South Africa captain Temba Bavuma on Tuesday, adding that his team has outlined plans to … Read more

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? The cricket version of that philosophical question is: If the ICC held a tournament and India did not play, did it happen at all? Maybe it was always like this, and we didn’t need … Read more

Ashleigh Gardner has many traits on the cricket field worthy of admiration. She is one of the premier all-rounders in the women’s game, and tends to step up for Australia on the big occasions. She is a menacing middle-order batter capable of taking the game away from the opposition with her shot-making. She is also … Read more

Aiden Markram is in doubt for the big game. | Photo Credit: AP Though both South Africa and New Zealand won the ICC Knockouts, as the Champions Trophy was known earlier, it has been 25 years since either of them have been able to win a global white-ball title. So, when they meet at the … Read more

Ahmedabad will host the sixth edition of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), a franchise-based table tennis league, from May 29 to June 15. The host city is in sync with the push towards portraying Ahmedabad as a hotbed for sports events. Niraj Bajaj and Vita Dani, co-promoters of the league, announced the window for the … Read more

Ashleigh Gardner  is one of the world’s leading all-rounders. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Ashleigh Gardner hasn’t yet had a chance to show her captaincy credentials at the highest level. But when the Gujarat Giants think-tank decided to end Beth Mooney’s two-year reign at the helm of the franchise before this year’s Women’s Premier League … Read more

Well deserved: Champion Shaurya Bhattacharya collects his prize from PGTI president Kapil Dev and Chhattisgarh Dy. Chief Minister Arun Sao. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Shaurya Bhattacharya capped his fabulous run with a six-under 63 in the fourth round and emerged the champion by a five-shot margin, with a 27-under 249 in the SECL Rs. … Read more

Kerala did not lose a single game in its memorable campaign. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran What if there was no Mike-Gatting-reverse-sweeping moment for Sachin Baby? What if Ahammed Imran didn’t gift his wicket away after battling so hard? What if Akshay Chandran held on to that catch from Karun Nair? If none of the … Read more

The Indian team players on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, wore black armbands during their Champions Trophy semifinal against Australia in the memory and honour of domestic cricket legend Padmakar Shivalkar | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian team players on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) wore black armbands during their Champions Trophy semifinal against Australia in the … Read more

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan interacts with teammate Babar Azam during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between Pakistan and New Zealand. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Captain Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam were on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) dropped from the Pakistan squad for the five-match T20 series in New Zealand. Salman Ali Agha replaced … Read more

Captain Rohit Sharma with his Australian counterpart Steve Smith during the toss of the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat against India in the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy in Dubai on … Read more

‘We understand the opposition, need to approach the game like last three games’ said Rohit Rohit Sharma hinted that the team could play four spinners against Australia in the semifinals, as it did against New Zealand on Sunday (March 2, 2025). Varun Chakaravarthy replaced Harshit Rana for the game and made a case for including … Read more

Shaurya. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Shaurya Bhattacharya carded an eight-under 61 to jump to a five-shot lead after three rounds with a total of 21-under 186 in the SECL Rs. 1 crore Chhattisgarh Open golf championship at the Fairway Golf and Lake Resort on Thursday. It was the second successive round of 61 for … Read more

Rishabh Pant during a practice session. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Indian cricket team’s swashbuckling batter-keeper, who returned to action after surviving a horrific car accident in December 2022, has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Award 2025 in the comeback of the year category. The awards ceremony will take place in … Read more

Vani Kapoor receives the cheque from Sanjeev Vaz, captain of the Bombay Presidency Golf Club. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Vani Kapoor came up with a birdie on the 15th hole to beat amateur Anuradha Chaudhuri by a shot in the fourth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Bombay Presidency Golf … Read more

Kuldeep Yadav. | Photo: ANI Rohit Sharma hinted that the team could play four spinners against Australia in the semifinals, as it did against New Zealand on Sunday. Varun Chakaravarthy replaced Harshit Rana for the game and made a case for including him in the knockout fixture after scalping his maiden five-for (in ODIs). “We … Read more

Beth Mooney’s power-packed knock was the highlight of Gujarat Giants’ win against UP Warriorz in a WPL match in Lucknow on Monday. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Gujarat Giants’ Beth Mooney chose the occasion of Lucknow staging a Women’s Premier League (WPL) match for the first time to put on a spectacular exhibition of strokeplay. … Read more

Padmakar Shivalkar in action. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU PHOTO ARCHIVES Legendary left-arm spinner Padmakar Shivalkar, one of the most unfortunate cricketers to have missed out on international cricket, passed away here on Monday. He was 84. Shivalkar, who claimed a staggering 589 wickets in First Class cricket in 124 games at an enviable average … Read more

Steve Smith says Travis Head could be a key player for Australia in the Champions Trophy semifinal against India. | Photo Credit: AP Steve Smith believes how his batters handle the Indian spinners during the middle overs will decide the outcome of the semifinal on Tuesday. “I think for us the game’s probably won and … Read more

“So Vidarbha has a Ranji Trophy team?” Prashant Vaidya still remembers that question from an India cricketer, when he was picked in the national team for the first time. Nearly three decades later, everyone knows Vidarbha has not just a Ranji Trophy team, it has a very good team. Vidarbha lifted its third Ranji Trophy … Read more

New venture: Vasanth Bharadwaj (left) with Anil Kumble (centre) and Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M.D. Venkatesh (second from right) at the signing of the MoU between TENVIC Sports and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). | Photo: Special Arrangement Former India captain Anil Kumble stated that India will struggle to become a sporting nation unless it … Read more