Josh Hazlewood of Royal Challengers Bengaluru looks on during the 2025 IPL match between Kolkata the Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 22, 2025, in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Having played a crucial role in restricting defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders to 174 and contributing in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s comprehensive seven-wicket … Read more
Shardul Thakur. File. | Photo Credit: PTI After going unsold in the auction, India all-rounder Shardul Thakur is set to make his return to the IPL with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) roping him in as a replacement for the injured Mohsin Khan. Under new captain Rishabh Pant, LSG will begin their campaign against Delhi Capitals … Read more
S. Sankar Muthuswamy. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu India’s Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian caused a major upset by knocking out world no. 2 Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a thrilling three-game contest to reach the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here. The 21-year-old from Tamil Nadu, a silver medallist … Read more
Zaheer Abbas and Karsan Ghavri are all smiles after meeting each other at CCI on Friday night. | Photo Credit: Amol Karhadkar Zaheer Abbas, the legendary Pakistan batter handed the moniker of “Asian Bradman”, has stressed that India and Pakistan should resume bilateral cricket ties. “I feel very happy when Asian countries do well. We … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad Head Coach Daniel Vettori during a training session ahead of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match against Rajasthan Royals, at the Rajv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad on March 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori on Saturday (March 22, 2025) backed the decision to use a second … Read more
CSK player M.S. Dhoni and Noor Ahmad during the practice session ahead of Tata IPL match between Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians at MAC Stadium on March 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad was astonished at the “remarkable” ability of legendary MS Dhoni to keep contributing for … Read more
File photo | Puja Tomar of India | Photo Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Nine months after she made history becoming the first Indian to win a fight at the Ultimate Fighting Championships – the most prestigious mixed martial arts promotion – Puja Tomar is ready to prove her record setting achievement was no flash in … Read more
Ruuturaj Gaikwad at the press conference. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Addressing the media on the eve of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, both Ruturaj Gaikwad and Suryakumar Yadav reflected on their respective teams and what they look forward to this season. “Our team’s balance is good. We have covered … Read more
The IPL 2025 introduces significant rule changes including the return of saliva to shine the ball. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to bowl against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening game of the IPL 2025 here on Saturday. This is for … Read more
Vettori said SRH will not tinker with the Head-Abhishek opening combination. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori confirmed that Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head will open the batting for the Orange Army in the Indian Premier League 2025. Questions about a possible tweak at the top of the order arose … Read more
Prashant More. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement L. Keerthana. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Reserve Bank of India’s Prashant More and Tamil Nadu’s L. Keerthana won the men’s and women’s titles in the 52nd National carrom championship at the Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan on Friday. Former World champion Prashant proved too strong for Jain Irrigation … Read more
Winning the SRFI Indian Tour Squash Championship here on Friday, Anahat Singh expressed her happiness at having won the title in the biggest PSA event she’s ever played. “This is the biggest PSA (event) I’ve played. It’s a $15k event. And I’m really happy that I was able to win it as well. I’ve worked … Read more
Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting and player Marcus Stoinis during a practice session ahead of IPL 2025 at PCA Cricket Stadium, Mohali. File | Photo Credit: PTI Their immediate target is to end their title drought in the Indian Premier League (IPL), but head coach Ricky Ponting has also set the goal of becoming … Read more
Madhya Pradesh relied on Son Kumar (26) and Rakesh Kumar Sharma’s (22) fine showing to pip Maharashtra 84-79 and enter the men’s quarterfinals in the National under-23 basketball championships at the Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati, on Friday. Apart from Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Punjab and the winner of the match between Uttar … Read more
We support T20 leagues in new territories but nothing on table yet in Saudi Arabia: IPL chairman Nearing two decades of existence, brand IPL has become stronger than ever and doesn’t see any threat from the growing number of T20 leagues globally, its chairman Arun Dhumal said on Saturday (March 22, 2025) as he steered … Read more
P. T. Usha | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP As the first woman president of the Indian Olympic Association, P. T. Usha is well aware of the power dynamics and the challenges that come with leading a major sports organisation and breaking patriarchal notions. It’s no surprise, then, that she welcomed the election … Read more
Equipped with a balanced squad that features a formidable batting line-up and experienced bowlers, last edition’s runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad will start as favourites in their opening Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad on Sunday (March 23, 2025). Sunrisers have some of the most explosive batters in their line-up in Travis Head, … Read more
Chennai Super Kings will lean on their formidable spin strength under favourable conditions at the Chepauk as well as recent record against Mumbai Indians when the two sides face each other in their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign opener in Chennai on Sunday (March 23, 2025). Five-time winners CSK augmented their spin attack in the … Read more
The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium at Uppal in the city is set to host seven matches of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between March 23 and May 21. Around 2,700 police personnel from various wings, including law and order, traffic, and special units like Octopus and TSSP, have been deployed … Read more
Anahat Singh claimed her tenth PSA title and Veer Chotrani his first in India at the SRFI Indian Tour Squash Championship – a PSA Challenger event – at the Indian Squash and Triathlon Academy (ISTA) here on Friday. In a repeat of the Western India Open final in Mumbai in December last year, Anahat prevailed … Read more
File photo of Sankar Muthusamy. | Photo Credit: The Hindu India’s Sankar Muthusamy has been playing hard and working harder with his coach Aravindan Samiappan for the last two years but somehow the results weren’t coming. Everything came together in Basel on Thursday (March 20, 2025) night when the 21-year-old, a qualifier, from Chennai … Read more
Former Head coach of England Women’s Cricket Jon Lewis. File | Photo Credit: AP England is looking for a new coach for its women’s national cricket team after Jon Lewis left his post on Friday (March 21, 2025) following poor results at the T20 World Cup and in the Ashes series. Lewis had been in … Read more
SSCB’s Pravesh in action against CHD’s Sumit, during the selection trials for the forthcoming Asian Wrestling Championship, organised by Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Saturday. March 15, 2025. File | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is set to move the … Read more
Tour de France general director Christian Prudhomme presents the map of Tour de France during the presentation. | Photo Credit: Reuters Britain will host the Grand Départ of both the Tour de France and the women’s version of the race in 2027, organisers said. It will be the 28th time that the Tour de France … Read more
Salt will look to show his worth in RCB colours. | Photo Credit: X@RCBTWEETS Predicting favourites is tough business. It is an exercise that at once feels very rational and logical but also instinctive and guesswork-heavy. In a competition like the IPL, it is all the more difficult, for squads are chopped and changed every … Read more
Nat Sciver-Brunt was in fabulous form at the WPL. She rattled up scores of 80 n.o., 57, 42, 75 n.o., 18, 37, 38, 69, 77 and 30. And she also picked up 12 wickets to play a big role — like she did in 2023 — in Mumbai Indians’ triumph in the world’s biggest women’s … Read more
Sanjog Gupta, CEO-Sports, JioStar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League will be a marquee event for JioStar, formed through the merger of Disney’s Star India and Reliance’s Viacom18. With both the television and digital rights for the tournament, it aims to ‘engage’ with more than a hundred crore … Read more
Veer Chotrani aims to break into the top-50 of the world rankings in the next few months. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Veer Chotrani said that his long-time coach David Palmer, a former World No. 1, has completely transformed his game by “360 degrees.” The 23-year-old Chotrani, who graduated from Cornell University in the U.S. … Read more
Another coming-of-age story is that nine of 10 designated captains in IPL-18 will be Indians. | Photo Credit: X@IPL When the Indian Premier League baby was born in 2008, it had a burden to carry. Birthed by Lalit Modi and blessed by the ruling BCCI, the IPL came into existence to mainly thwart the rebel … Read more
Veer Chotrani defeated Ravindu Laksiri to reach the final of the SRFI Indian Tour Squash Championship in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran On a day of sub-30 minute semifinals and straight-game wins, three Indians – Akanksha Salunkhe, Anahat Singh, and Veer Chotrani – made it to the finals of the SRFI Indian … Read more