Winning start: Pipers’ Walther relied on his experience to trump Ankur. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI It was a battle between a side that had to win big to put other teams in contention for the knockouts under pressure and a team that was fighting to avoid the wooden spoon. While Kolkata ThunderBlades crumbled, Ahmedabad … Read more
Tushar Raheja smashes one through the off-side. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN Salem: Tushar Raheja smashed his fourth consecutive half-century of the season as IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans crushed Trichy Grand Cholas by seven wickets in an afternoon fixture in the TNPL at the Salem Cricket Foundation Ground on Sunday. Chasing a target of 165, … Read more
Elavenil Valarivan won the bronze medal in women’s air rifle in the shooting World Cup in Munich on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Elavenil, who had qualified in second place with a high score of 635.6, missed the chance for a better medal by 0.2 point as she slipped from the lead position with a penultimate shot … Read more
More than a game: Puerto Rican Diaz has also used the tournament to get acquainted with Indian pop culture! | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Contrary to the conventional professional table tennis leagues across the globe, Ultimate Table Tennis has adopted a different format. And the overseas players are latching on to it like a paddler to … Read more
The 2025-26 domestic cricket season will kick off with the Duleep Trophy, starting August 28, and end with the Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy on April 3. The schedule for the upcoming season was announced via a press release after the BCCI’s 28th Apex Council meeting on Saturday. The Ranji Trophy is slated to be … Read more
A force to reckon with: Harmeet’s Goa Challengers entered the knockouts for the fourth season in a row. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Dempo Goa Challengers recovered from Sunday night’s blip to cap off the league stage with a record victory against Stanley’s Chennai Lions on Monday and cement a place in the Ultimate Table … Read more
Remarkable achievement: This triumph was a tribute to what Bavuma and his lead stars, like centurion Markram, achieved. | Photo Credit: AP It was a March night at Mirpur on the outskirts of Dhaka. Graeme Smith faced the media with moist eyes. The first question, more a statement, was brutal: “They used to call you … Read more
Raman and Sathiyan have worked wonders with Dabang Delhi. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: S.R. Raghunathan One of the features of the first five editions of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) was the Indian coaches preferring to pick their personal wards in their own team through the annual player draft. For the current edition, however, … Read more
South Korea’s An Se Young celebrates after defeating China’s Wang Zhiyi during their women’s singles final match at the Indonesia Open badminton tournament at Istora Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Danish third seed Anders Antonsen beat Taiwanese Chou Tien-chen 22-20 21-14 to clinch his first Indonesia Open men’s … Read more
The Club World Cup will take Inter Miami from start-up to the global stage. Just five years after its MLS debut, the team co-owned by David Beckham and starring Lionel Messi will have the eyes of the world on it as it kicks off soccer’s newest competition with the chance to be crowned world champion. … Read more
South Africa’s Aiden Markram bats on day four of the World Test Championship final between South Africa and Australia at Lord’s cricket ground in London, Saturday, June 14, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP South Africa ended their 27-year wait for a major ICC title by defeating Australia in the World Test Championship final on day … Read more
Prasidh Krishna bowls a delivery on the third day of the first Test cricket match between India and South Africa. File | Photo Credit: PTI India pacer Prasidh Krishna says he has learned to “switch on” as per the team’s requirements and is now looking to carry his rich IPL form on to the tour … Read more
Twitter of the logo of Marylebone Cricket Club. Boundary catches involving ‘bunny hops’, or multiple airborne touches outside the rope, have been deemed illegal by the Marylebone Cricket Club, with the new ruling set to be integrated into ICC’s playing conditions this month and the MCC’s laws from October next year. Spectacular catches like the … Read more
South Africa’s Aiden Markram plays a shot on day 3 of the World Test Championship final at Lords on June 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ashwell Prince, South Africa batting coach, labelled Aiden Markram the “man for the big occasion” after the opener steered Proteas towards a famous run chase in the ICC World … Read more
South Africa’s Aiden Markram celebrates after reaching his century during day three of ICC World Test Championship Final against Australia at Lord’s Cricket Ground on June 13, 2025 in London, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Hobbling captain Temba Bavuma and hundred-hitter Aiden Markram pushed South Africa to the brink of a sensational victory over … Read more
Nidhish Rajagoapal starred in Salem Spartans’ win against Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans in a TNPL match in Salem on Friday. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN When the pressure is high, the side that keeps its nerve crosses the line. Needing 31 off the final two overs, SKM Salem Spartans pulled off a stunning four-wicket win over IDream Tiruppur … Read more
Jerome Vinith led Calicut Heroes to title last season. | Photo Credit: File photo: R. RAGU C. Jerome Vinith has a new team in the Prime Volleyball League (PVL). After smashing away winners for Cailcut Heroes in all the three seasons of the league thus far, he was picked up for ₹22.5 lakh by Chennai … Read more
After being dropped from England’s squad for the Test tour of the West Indies in 2022, Stuart Broad wrote in his column in Mail on Sunday about the state of his mind. “It hit me pretty hard,” conceded one half of England’s deadliest ever bowling duo (the other half, James Anderson, had also been dropped). … Read more
File photo of head coach Gautam Gambhir. | Photo Credit: ANI India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Friday (June 13, 2025) returned to the country because of a family emergency, a BCCI source told PTI. The source said Gambhir had to fly back to attend to his mother, who has been admitted to a hospital … Read more
Vaibhav Suryavanshi in action. Photo: RajasthanRoyals Instagram Teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a scintillating 190 off just 90 balls in a preparatory match for India’s Under-19 team ahead of their upcoming tour of England. Rajasthan Royals has posted a video of him playing a shot in its instagram account. At the age of 14 playing … Read more
File picture of Radha Yadav. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Left-arm spinner Radha Yadav on Thursday replaced injured Shuchi Upadhyay in the India women’s squad for their upcoming tour of England for five T20Is and three ODIs starting on June 28. The BCCI informed in a statement that the 20-year-old left-arm spinner Upadhyay, who made … Read more
Australia’s captain Pat Cummins holds up the ball to celebrate his six-wicket haul on day two of the World Test Championship final between South Africa and Australia at Lord’s cricket ground in London, on June 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Australia skipper Pat Cummins etched his name into the record books with a sensational … Read more
Gautam Gambhir talks to the squad during a huddle. Picture: BCCI India head coach Gautam Gambhir has called on his team to move out of its “comfort zone” and make the upcoming Test series against England a “memorable” one, especially in the absence of retired stars Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin. India will … Read more
Over the moon: The MSC Maratha Royals team celebrates its win over SoBo Mumbai Falcons in the final of T20 Mumbai 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For the second consecutive week, a team led by Shreyas Iyer ended up losing a major T20 final. On Thursday at the Wankhede Stadium, MSC Maratha Royals did … Read more
Room for improvement: Last year’s top teams, including Shahrukh’s Kovai Kings, have had a disappointing campaign so far. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY The big talking point heading into the Salem leg of the ninth edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is the form of defending champion Dindigul Dragons and last season’s runner-up … Read more
Australia’s Pat Cummins celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australia captain Pat Cummins produced a sensational spell of four wickets for just one run as the title-holders seized control of the World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord’s on Thursday (June 12, 2025). South Africa … Read more
In the beginning of May, the Indian Premier League (IPL) juggernaut, with more than two-thirds of the fixtures completed, came to an abrupt halt. Stadium lights dimmed. Commentary boxes fell silent. With military tensions mounting between India and Pakistan, the fate of the 18th edition of the franchise-based cricket league hung in the balance. Then … Read more
This handout photo taken on June 8, 2025 and received on June 12, 2025 from Japan’s Ministry of Defence shows a J-15 fighter jet from the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong making an unusual approach to a Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force P-3C patrol aircraft that was conducting surveillance above the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo said on June … Read more
England’s head coach Brendon McCullum says that India have arrived well-prepared and full of belief for the upcoming five-match Test series against his team.. File | Photo Credit: AP England head coach Brendon McCullum believes India have arrived well-prepared and full of belief for the upcoming five-match Test series but his team is also clear … Read more
