Kochi Blue Tigers won the bidding war with Thrissur Titans to buy marquee player Sanju Samson for ₹26.80 lakh in the auction for the second season of the Kerala Cricket League (KCL) here on Saturday. Samson also became the most expensive player in the history of the KCL. Trivandrum Royals was the first team to … Read more
Buzzing again: Natarajan says his love for the game keeps going despite injuries. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN T. Natarajan was one of TNPL’s first big finds. It was his exploits in the inaugural edition (2016), nailing yorkers, that helped him land his maiden IPL contract in 2017. Since then, Natarajan has represented the country … Read more
Neeraj Chopra is thrilled about having regained the top spot in men’s javelin throw as per the latest World Athletics ranking. But it hasn’t been an easy climb to the top, with the last year, in particular, being very tough, admits Chopra.“I was second almost everywhere,” he says. But, “after a long time, I have … Read more
It is understood that the BCCI wanted the tour to go ahead only after the general elections are held in Bangladesh and “a stable government is in place taking care of the law and order situation.” File | Photo Credit: PTI The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters The four-year bans on track and field athletes Pooja Rani, Kiran, Pankaj and Chelimi Pratyusha for evading dope tests has been reduced by one year after they accepted their offence within 20 days of being charged. The quartet was among several athletes who were suspended by the … Read more
Radha Yadav and Arundhati Reddy celebrate a wicket during the third T20I against England Women cricket team in London on July 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Seamer Arundhati Reddy has admitted that India faltered at the finishing line but said the best way forward would be to forget the third T20I defeat quickly … Read more
England women players celebrate their victory over Indian women it the third T20 international in London on July 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s batting faltered at the death as England held their nerves to pull off a narrow five-run win in a thrilling third women’s T20 International in London, keeping the series alive. … Read more
Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the third day of the second Test against England in Birmingham on July 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal became the joint-fastest to 2,000 Test runs for India alongside former stalwarts Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. Jaiswal achieved the feat in the final session of … Read more
Akash claimed four for 88. | Photo Credit: AFP It is a pity that someone as talented and hardworking as Aksah Deep is only a back-up seamer for India. But after a career-best four-wicket haul against England in the second Test here (four for 88), the 28-year-old Bengal bowler can hope to be in the … Read more
Vimal Khumar smashed 34 runs in the 17th over to turn it around for Dindigul Dragons in Qualifier 2 against Chepauk Super Gillies. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN R. Vimal Khumar (65, 30b, 5×4, 5×6) produced one of the most astonishing knocks in TNPL history, smashing 34 runs in one over to power defending champion Dindigul Dragons into the final, … Read more
Samson is among the 156 players who will go under the hammer. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: N. SUDARSHAN The spotlight will be on Sanju Samson in the player auction for the second season of Kerala Cricket League (KCL), which will be held here on Saturday. Samson, who missed the first season of KCL, is among … Read more
Jyothi Yarraji is currently in the 12th spot among those who can make it to the World Championships through world ranking quota, but will need to maintain her spot by competing in events. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Asian champion and national record holder 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji has suffered a “freak” knee injury while … Read more
India bowler Mohammed Siraj celebrates the wicket of England batsman Ben Stokes with KL Rahul during day three of the Second Test Match between England and India at Edgbaston on July 4, 2025 in Birmingham, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India pacer Mohammed Siraj struck twice in as many balls but Jamie Smith swung … Read more
India bowler Mohammed Siraj celebrates the wicket of England batsman Ben Stokes with KL Rahul during day three of the Second Test Match between England and India at Edgbaston on July 4, 2025 in Birmingham, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India pacer Mohammed Siraj struck twice in as many balls but Jamie Smith swung … Read more
It would take the combined might of new Test captain Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant to take the Indian Test team forward in the absence of Virat Kohli, who did the job “single-handedly” in his prime, feels former England captain Michael Vaughan. The Indian batting line-up seems to have moved on rather smoothly … Read more
Anderson Peters in action during the men’s javelin | Photo Credit: Reuters Two-time World Championship gold-medallist javelin thrower Anderson Peters on Tuesday pulled out of the Neeraj Chopra Classic due to an ankle injury, dealing another blow to the showpiece. The 27-year-old Grenada stalwart, who had taken the bronze medal behind Neeraj at the Paris … Read more
In his first 13 Tests outside Asia, Shubman Gill had only two half-centuries and a highest of 91, which came in Brisbane on his maiden tour in 2020-21. That record was in direct contrast to the numbers he stacked up in India and Bangladesh, where 19 matches yielded five centuries. Having waited more than four … Read more
After his magnificent double hundred against England, India skipper Shubman Gill on Thursday (July 3, 2025) said he had stopped enjoying his batting in pursuit of runs but going back to basics and making some technical changes helped him rediscover the joy in his craft. Gill struck 269 off 387 balls to become the first … Read more
At 14, Dhinidhi Desinghu, who competed in women’s 200m freestyle in 2024 Olympics, was the youngest Indian to participate in the Paris Games. The teenager showed her class earlier this year when she bagged 11 medals, including nine gold, to emerge as the Best Athlete in the Uttarakhand National Games. With several important international events … Read more
Praggnanandhaa | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The India No. 1 in chess ranking is kind of a musical chair now. It shows how strongly the young Indians have been faring at the highest level. The latest occupant of the hot seat is R. Praggnanandhaa, who is ranked World No. 4 in the latest FIDE rating … Read more
The new National Sports Policy that seeks to utilise the potential of sports to drive excellence, economic growth and social progress, was approved by the Union Cabinet on Tuesday. The aim of the sports policy, developed in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders apart from different branches of the government machinery, is to create … Read more
Gill and Jadeja put on 203 for the sixth wicket. | Photo Credit: AFP India’s strategy to pack its team with batting all-rounders was to give the side added help in putting up giant totals. On the second day of the second Test against England here, it bore fruit as Ravindra Jadeja scored 89 batting … Read more
Twice in Leeds, India had threatened to bury England under a mountain of runs — at 430 for three in the first innings and 333 for four in the second. But it was here at Edgbaston on Thursday (July 3, 2025) that the visitors finally made good on the promise by raking up a mammoth … Read more
Mainstay: Skipper Harmanpreet missing matches did not help India’s cause. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO While most of the Indian men’s hockey team players and staff took a break after the disappointing outing in the European leg of the FIH Pro League, assistant coach Shivendra Singh landed straight back at the SAI Centre, Bengaluru. As … Read more
Ashwin had led Dragons from the front. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN Chepauk Super Gillies and Dindigul Dragons will square off for a berth in the final of the TNPL when the two sides meet in Qualifier 2 at the NPR College ground here on Friday. Super Gillies have been the standout team of the … Read more
File picture of Vaibhav Suryavanshi in action for India U-19s against the England U19s | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi continued his rich vein of form by smashing a record nine sixes as India defeated England by four wickets in the rain-truncated third U19 Youth ODI to take a 2-1 … Read more
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India’s captain Shubman Gill acknowledges the applause from the crowd as he leaves the field at the end of play on day one of the second Test match against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, on July 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India captain Shubman Gill’s clearly thought-out strategy and body language on the … Read more
Second seed Divyanshi Bhowmick defeated China’s Zhu Qihui, seeded three, 13-11, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8 to clinch the under-15 girls’ singles title at the 29th Asian youth table tennis championships in Tashkent. With the stunning victory – her second against a Chinese opponent in the knockout stage – Divyanshi secured a direct berth for … Read more
A 20-member India-A men’s team will tour Europe later this month as Hockey India hopes to cultivate and improve the national team’s bench strength ahead of a crucial 18 months, culminating in the Asian Games next year. The squad was announced on Tuesday and includes a bulk of players from the senior core group and … Read more