Chennai Super Kings will try to keep its record against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai in tact. RCB has beaten CSK only once in Chepauk. | Photo Credit: Reuters Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s hopes of exorcising a 17-year jinx hinge on their experienced batting unit finding its range when they face familiar foes Chennai Super … Read more
Rachakonda Police issued a list of 12 items prohibited at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal of Hyderabad, where Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 matches are being held. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Hours before the Sunrisers Hyderabad are scheduled to play Lucknow Super Giants on Thursday (March 27, 2025), police officials have once … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan has taken an early lead in the orange cap standings. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 which runs from March 22 to May 25 is underway, with 6 games played till now. Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad paved the way to top the … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s pace bowling coach James Franklin addresses a press conference ahead of an IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, in Hyderabad, on March 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Ahead of the IPL 2025 clash against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at home on Thursday (March 27, 2025), … Read more
Moeen Ali, left, with KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane against RR in Guwahati on March 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Moeen Ali knew that he would be making his debut for Kolkata Knight Riders only on Wednesday (March 26, 2025) morning. He replaced the injured Sunil Narine. The 37-year-old England all-rounder ensured the … Read more
Shreyas Iyer has rediscovered himself after being dropped from BCCI’s central contract list for 2023-24. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer is the most “improved” batter in the past year and appears to be “ready” for all formats. Shreyas has rediscovered himself after being dropped from … Read more
Marcus Stoinis returns to the franchise after almost a decade and is excited to work compatriot and head coach Ricky Ponting. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has been left supremely impressed by the quality of youngsters in the Punjab Kings squad as well as the Indian T20 set up on the sidlelines … Read more
Joyous bunch: The victorious Tamil Nadu team with their reward. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Haryana men and Tamil Nadu women emerged as the champions in the inaugural National under-23 basketball championships at the Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati, on Monday (March 24, 2025). Captain B. Sahil contributed 29 points to help Haryana, which led 47-28 at the … Read more
Tamim Iqbal has played 70 Tests and 243 ODIs, scoring 5,134 runs and 8,357 runs respectively for Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Bangladesh cricket captain Tamim Iqbal’s condition has improved, doctors said Tuesday (March 25, 2025), after he was hospitalized following cardiac arrest during a Twenty20 match. The 36-year-old Tamim was being … Read more
File photo of Harmeet Desai. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Irrespective of the draw being favourable or not, Indian paddler Harmeet Desai felt that he could perform well and go deep in the WTT Star Contender Chennai from March 25 to 30.The main draw begins on March 27. With the likes of World No.3 Tomokazu … Read more
Then the tweakers turned things around. Rajasthan Royals was looking good with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and stand-in captain Riyan Parag involved in a promising partnership, after Sanju Samson came forward and made enough room to get himself yorked by Vaibhav Arora. RR raced to 54 for one by the end of the PowerPlay. KKR captain … Read more
Minakshi | Photo Credit: File photo Reigning national champion Minakshi stayed on course to defend her title with an upset win over world champion Nitu Ghanghas in the 48kg category for the first major upset at the eighth Elite Women’s National Boxing Championships here on Monday. Minakshi, representing All India Police, beat the Commonwealth Games champion … Read more
Wink wink: DC skipper Axar was playfully nudged to bat first by LSG’s Pant, who had lost the toss. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/IPL How will the pitch behave? Will there be dew? What’s the par-score? All pertinent questions fly around ahead of a game of cricket. The early trends in the 18th edition of the … Read more
Champion Quim Vidal in the Delhi Challenge golf in Gurugram on March 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Spaniard Quim Vidal won the play-off on the third hole to beat the champion of the last tournament Joshua Berry of England after the two tied for the top spot with 18-under 270 in the $300,000 … Read more
Bold: Southpaws Abhishek and Pant are expected to bat in their usual free-spirited manner. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowling coach James Franklin said that the team will have to get ‘creative’ in dealing with the Lucknow Super Giants’ batting might. Against Delhi Capitals in its IPL season opener, LSG, riding on … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad players Pat Cummins and Ishan Kishan celebrate the wicket of Rajasthan Royals batter Riyan Parag during the IPL 2025. File | Photo Credit: – The Sunrisers Hyderabad viewing experience is a lot like watching one of the films from the Mad Max universe. There’s an almost dystopian feel to the brand of cricket … Read more
Head Coach Rodney Terry of the Texas Longhorns. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP The University of Texas fired basketball coach Rodney Terry on Sunday (March 23, 2025) after a disappointing first season in the Southeastern Conference and another quick exit from the NCAA Tournament. The move comes two years after Terry led … Read more
Making a difference: Vyshak’s spell (3-0-28-0) tilted the game in Kings’ favour. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/IPL Even as he warmed up with his teammates at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday, V. Vyshak had no idea that he would be brought in as an Impact Player for Punjab Kings. But once the first innings was … Read more
Top-scorer A. Nikitha (28 points) helped Tamil Nadu defeat Kerala 70-61 in the women’s semifinals of the National under-23 basketball championships at the Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday. Tamil Nadu will face Karnataka, which got past Delhi in the other last-four clash, in the final. Haryana rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Karnataka, … Read more
Gujarat Titans’ Rashid Khan celebrate the wicket of Punjab Kings batsman during the IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Afghanistan’s premier spinner, Rashid Khan, broke India’s prime pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah’s record to become … Read more
Punjab Kings’ batter Shreyas Iyer during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between the Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings’ Shreyas Iyer on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) said scoring 97 not out in his debut match as captain of … Read more
M.S. Dhoni and R. Ashwin during the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, on March 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters The valiant never taste of death but once, Caesar said, but he was wrong. If you are a sportsman, you die twice — once … Read more
Rajasthan Royals’ player Riyan Parag during a training session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, at ACA Stadium, in Guwahati on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Riyan Parag may be a bit nervous on Wednesday (March 26, 2025), but he will be excited, … Read more
Delhi Capitals’ Faf du Plessis play a shot during the match against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025 at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI South African veteran Faf du Plessis declared he has “lots of life left” as a franchise player but said … Read more
India’s women cricket player Smriti Mandhana. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma held on to their third positions respectively in the latest ICC Women’s T20I batter and bowlers’ rankings issued here on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). Besides Mandhana, no other Indian is in the top-10 with skipper … Read more
Commonwealth Games medallist and Olympian Jaismine Lamboria continued dominance in the ring with a second knockout win in as many days to storm into the quarterfinals of the eighth elite women’s National boxing championship here on Sunday. Jaismine, one of only two Services boxers in the competition, defeated Chandigarh’s Ruchika with a referee-stops-contest victory in … Read more
ICC chairman Jay Shah with FIFA president Gianni Infantino. | Photo Credit: Instagram/@gianni_infantino International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah recently met FIFA president Gianni Infantino during the 144th IOC Session at Costa Navarino in Greece. Mr. Infantino, who heads football’s world global governing body, posted about the meeting on Instagram. “It was my pleasure … Read more
Purple patch: Karun was the fourth highest run-getter in the last Ranji Trophy season with 863 runs, including four hundreds and two fifties, in nine matches. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy Some of India’s frontline players are likely to be part of the ‘A’ squad which will face the Lions in two four-day matches … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants’ Rishabh Pant after losing his wicket, caught by Delhi Capitals’ Faf du Plessis on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Indian batter Ambati Rayudu has criticized Rishabh Pant’s shot selection against spin, saying he needs to improve his batting quality, especially in the middle overs. Speaking to ESPNCricinfo, he also … Read more
“Rinku has bated beautifully in the games leading up to the tournament. We are not too worried about his form,” said the KKR bowling coach. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders are not too worried about their opening match defeat in the Indian Premier League and are hoping to bounce back … Read more