The International Cricket Council (ICC) logo at the ICC headquarters in Dubai. | Photo Credit: Reuters The International Cricket Council (ICC) is ready to sanction four-day Tests for smaller nations in the 2027-29 World Test Championship cycle but India, Australia and England can still play the traditional five-day matches, according a report here. The move … Read more
Netherlands beats Nepal in historic T20 match with three super overs, securing victory with a six in the final over. Photo: X/@KNCBcricket The Netherlands beat Nepal after an incredible three super overs during a T20 International tri-series match in Glasgow, the first time in the history of T20 or List A cricket. Michael Levitt struck … Read more
Indian Test captain Shubman Gill during a practice session ahead of the Test cricket match series against England, in UK. Photo: @BCCI via PTI India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill is a mix of his predecessors Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli but he will be “very much his own man” in the middle when he … Read more
Krittwika Sinha Roy. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Krittwika Sinha Roy had to win only one of the three games against Yashaswini Ghorpade to make it a hat-trick of Ultimate Table Tennis final appearance for Dempo Goa Challengers. After losing the first two games, she trailed 10-6 in the third. Krittwika then staged a superb … Read more
The MCA Emerging Team members and office-bearers at a press briefing in Mumbai on June 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Promising all-rounder Suryansh Shedge will lead a 17-member Mumbai Emerging team on a four-week exposure tour to the United Kingdom, starting June 28. Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) secretary Abhay Hadap announced the squad … Read more
The Financial Action Task Force is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog and sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities. File | Photo Credit: AP The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the apex inter-governmental anti-terror financing watchdog, has issued a statement condemning the Pahalgam terror attack, noting that it “could … Read more
Lokesh Raj, third left, is the toast of his teammates. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN Four-time champion Chepauk Super Gillies edged defending champion Dindigul Dragons by a narrow eight-run margin, thanks to pacer T. D. Lokesh Raj’s stunning five for 13 in a gripping TNPL clash at the Salem Cricket Foundation ground here on … Read more
Just before the heavens opened up at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on the afternoon of June 29, 2024, a distraught Aiden Markram was subjected to a barrage of unpleasant queries on yet another heartbreak for South Africa. In the aftermath of a seven-run defeat to India in the T20 World Cup final, it was … Read more
Deepesh is the son of former Tamil Nadu player Devendran. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Having come close last year, Tamil Nadu’s D. Deepesh finally made it to the India under-19 squad on Monday when he was announced as one of the injury replacements for the tour of England later this month. The 17-year-old pacer … Read more
Sam Burns tees off on the 16th hole during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. | Photo Credit: AP Sam Burns matched the third-best US Open round ever fired at Oakmont, shooting a five-under par 65 to seize a one-stroke lead … Read more
Panthers have officially written to TNPL CEO Prasanna Kannan that Ashwin and his team tampered with the ball during Saturday’s match. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN A fresh controversy has erupted in the TNPL, with Siechem Madurai Panthers levelling serious ball-tampering allegations against Dindigul Dragons and its captain R. Ashwin following Dragons’ nine-wicket victory … Read more
Making a point: Yashaswini held her nerve and blanked Krittwika to seal the deal. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Never had a team made a comeback after trailing 4-7 in an Ultimate Table Tennis knockout match. And never had U Mumba TT been able to breach the semifinal barrier in the first five editions. Both … Read more
Ankita Raina in partnership with Alice Robbe of France made the doubles final with a 7-5, 7-6(7) victory over the second seeds Gabriella Da Silva and Elena Micic of Australia in the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Guimaraes, Portugal. In the final, the Indo-French pair will play the Japanese third seeds Hiromi Abe and … Read more
A view of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a significant move, the BCCI has decided to conduct an additional bone test at the junior level to ensure that no cricketer misses out on playing an extra season due to the “+1 factor” that is currently added to the calculation, … Read more
A combined image of Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson | Photo Credit: PTI and Reuters The launch of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy for the upcoming Test series between India and England has been delayed due to the recent airline tragedy in Ahmedabad which led to 275 deaths. Previously called the Pataudi Trophy in honour of former … Read more
Clutch performance: Arya and Arjun beat the Chinese pair of Wang and Sheng in style. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Arya Borse and Arjun Babuta clinched the mixed air rifle gold by beating the Chinese pair of Wang Zifei and Sheng Lihao 17-7 in the shooting World Cup that concluded in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. … Read more
Kanak Jha got Jaipur Patriots off to a flying start in the UTT semifinal against Dabang Delhi TTC, beating Quek Izaac. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI It couldn’t get any closer. A battle of attrition that was stretched right down the wire saw Jaipur Patriots stun Dabang Delhi TTC and enter the final of the … Read more
As Temba Bavuma strolled the Lord’s outfield on Saturday afternoon, the mace in one hand and young son Lihle in his other arm, a sea of emotion would have swirled through his mind. Just moments previously, he had helped end years of heartbreak, masterminding an extraordinary five-wicket conquest of Australia in the final of the … Read more
Groomed in confidence: Sreeja, after missing the last season due to a stress fracture, has remained unbeaten in this campaign. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Almost a year ago, Sreeja Akula was flying high. While achieving a rare feat of an Indian paddler featuring in the singles round-of-16 at the Olympics (she and Manika Batra … Read more
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