Shoan Ganguly won the400m medley with an ‘India best’ performance at the National aquatics in Bhubaneswar. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Entrusted with the responsibility of reviving the Asian swimming championships in Ahmedabad after a nine-year gap in October, the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) is not only looking at showcasing its organisational ability but … Read more
Indian swimmer Benediction Rohit is a top prospect ahead of the 2025 Asian Swimming Championships | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Entrusted with the responsibility of hosting the revival edition of the Asian championships in Ahmedabad in October after a nine-year gap, the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) is not only looking at showcasing its organisational … Read more
Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana moved up one spot to be ranked third in the ICC rankings for batters in women’s T20 Internationals. | Photo Credit: Reuters India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday (July 1, 2025) moved up one spot to be ranked third in the ICC rankings for batters in women’s T20 Internationals. Mandhana, who is … Read more
India will need to shed their conservative selection approach and give themselves the best chance to take 20 wickets on what is expected to be another batting surface in the second Test against England, beginning in Birmingham on Wednesday (July 2, 2025). By the team management’s own admission, India missed a specialist bowler at Leeds, … Read more
File photo of Australian spinner Nathan Lyon. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australian spin great Nathan Lyon has no immediate plans of Test retirement as he yearns for one final away series win in India before calling time on his illustrious career. The 37-year-old, who is the most successful off-spinner for Australia with 556 wickets in … Read more
Chris Woakes of England bowls during a net session at Edgbaston on June 30, 2025 in Birmingham, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ahead of England’s opening Test against India in Leeds, the home bowling line-up was under the microscope. Both Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes hadn’t bowled much in the lead-up, and Josh Tongue … Read more
Priorities: Brook says his full focus is on England duties for now. | Photo Credit: Getty Images After having been signed by Delhi Capitals for ₹6.25 crore in the 2025 IPL mega auction, Harry Brook decided to pull out of the tournament to focus on his England National team commitments. The decision did not go down … Read more
Ravindra Jadeja’s left-arm spin was put to an arduous test at Leeds. The final evaluation for his match figures of 47-5-172-1: room for improvement. The Headingley pitch got drier as the first England-India Test progressed, and the stage was set for Jadeja to utilise the rough outside the left-hander’s off-stump. The last day’s play, however, … Read more
In focus: It remains to be seen whether India will play both Jadeja and Kuldeep, while Sai Sudharsan, centre, will be keen on making a mark with the bat. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Watching a nets session ahead of an all-important cricket match is like sitting down to solve a crossword puzzle. There may … Read more
Earlier this month, Dhoni was inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame for the year 2025 along with seven cricketers, including Australian great Matthew Hayden and South Africa’s Hashim Amla. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has filed a trademark application for the phrase ‘CAPTAIN COOL’, a sobriquet … Read more
KUCHING India made history in the second Asian doubles squash championships by securing a hat-trick of gold medals in men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles — a feat never achieved before by the nation in any of the Asian or World doubles squash championship. Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar defeated Pakistan’s Noor Zaman and … Read more
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi with Azhar Mahmood who was appointed as the acting red-ball head coach. | Photo Credit: AP Former all-rounder Azhar Mahmood was on Monday (June 30, 2025) elevated to the post of Pakistan’s acting red-ball head coach until the conclusion of his current contract, which runs until April next year. … Read more
Confident India will aim to capitalise opener Smriti Mandhana’s sublime form and hope for skipper Harmanpreet Kaur availability in the second T20I against England in Bristol on July 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A confident India will aim to capitalise on opener Smriti Mandhana’s sublime form and hope for skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s availability … Read more
File photo of Joshna Chinappa and Anahat Singh | Photo Credit: The Hindu India made history in the second Asian doubles squash championships by securing hat-trick of gold medals in men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles — a feat never achieved before by the nation in any of the Asian or World doubles squash … Read more
Sai Kishore en route his fifty. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN R. Sai Kishore, for a change, let his bat do the talking as he stroked a well-paced half-century (55, 34b, 8×4, 1×6) that set-up a comfortable 69-run win for IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans over Nellai Royal Kings in the penultimate league game of TNPL-9 at … Read more
“It’s disappointing that the final of a 50-over tournament had to be decided by a Twenty20 game.” One would think this would be the lament of the losing captain, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni is anything but conventional. Not long after his side got out of jail, defeating England by five runs in the final of the … Read more
Munir says that while Moeen’s success has made it better for children with immigrant backgrounds, challenges remain. | Photo Credit: N. Sudarshan Munir Ali breathes cricket. After helping shape the career of his nephew Kabir Ali, who represented England in one Test and 14 ODIs, and then making Moeen Ali the cricketer he was — … Read more
A file image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Wednesday (June 25, 2025) announced the launch of the Top National Players Stipend Scheme (TNPSS), a financial support initiative to help in talent development. The project, championed by AICF President Nitin Narang, will seek to … Read more
Shubman Gill has plenty to ponder after the demoralising loss at Headingley. | Photo Credit: Getty Images As shadows lengthened on day one of the first Test between India and England in Leeds, Shubman Gill would have been a pleased man. His side had reached a comfortable 359 for three and the captain had helped … Read more
Indian team celebrates with the trophy after winning the Twenty20 World Cup 2025 in Barbados. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak In Barbados, India ended an 11-year-long ICC Trophy drought, beating South Africa by seven runs to capture the ICC T20 World Cup title for the second time on June 29 last year. This was Rohit … Read more
India’s Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the second Women’s International T20 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Smashing a maiden T20I century against England was “pretty special” as the shortest format is “not one of my strengths”, said India stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana after powering her side … Read more
India will have to rely heavily on their pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah to win Test matches, but they have the ability to beat every side in 50-over games, given the depth of their talent, feels South African-born England legend Allan Lamb. The ex-cricketer, who now runs ‘Lamb Associates’, a successful hospitality venture, is happy with … Read more
Yashasvi Jaiswal of India drops a catch during Day Five of the 1st Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Headingley on June 24, 2025 in Leeds, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former Australia keeper-batter Brad Haddin believes the Indian team, led by Shubman Gill, needs an “attitude adjustment” as the visitors try … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ Khaleel Ahmed. File | Photo Credit: PTI India’s left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed will play for the Essex Club until the conclusion of the 2025 season. He will be available for both the Rothesay County Championship and the Metro Bank One Day Cup. A product of India’s Under-19 squad for the 2016 World … Read more
Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya acknowledges after taking five Bangladeshi wickets during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka completed a thumping innings and 78-run victory over Bangladesh before lunch on day four of the … Read more
India’s Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the second Women’s International T20 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana’s graceful maiden T20 International hundred adorned India’s smooth 97-run win over England in the opening match here on Saturday (June 29, 2025). The visitors now lead … Read more
Vijay Shankar claimed three for 23. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN The Chepauk Super Gillies juggernaut continued to steamroll opponents and made it a perfect seven in the league stage of TNPL-9, beating Siechem Madurai Panthers by six wickets (DLS method) in its final group encounter at the NPR College Ground here on Saturday. The … Read more
Prasidh Krishna went for plenty in the series opener. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Prasidh Krishna has had a tough initiation into Test cricket. Having made his debut 18 months ago in the Centurion Test against South Africa, he has had a stop-start career. He has played just four matches, secured 13 wickets, leaked runs … Read more
From contemplating quitting the sport to making a comeback to revive his career, 31-year-old Olympian swimmer Sajan Prakash, a multiple South Asian Games and National Games gold medallist, is planning to pace up slowly and steadily in the run-up to the Asian championships in October and the Asian Games next year. Competing in the 78th National aquatics championships … Read more
Australia’s Josh Hazlewood raises the ball after taking the wicket of West Indies’ Jomel Warrican, his fifth of the innings, on day three of the first cricket Test match at Kensington Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Australia ruthlessly completed a 159-run victory over West Indies in the first … Read more