Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh, winner of the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Cup with her parents Namrata and Jitendra Deshmukh, during a press conference in Nagpur. FIle | Photo Credit: ANI Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai on Saturday (August 2, 2025) visited newly-crowned FIDE Chess World Cup champion and Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh at her residence in … Read more
India’s captain Shubman Gill and England’s captain Ben Stokes pose for pictures during the felicitation ceremony following India’s victory in the fifth Test match against England, at The Oval cricket ground, in London, England, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. The series ended in a 2-2 draw. | Photo Credit: PTI England captain Ben Stokes, who missed … Read more
Lakshya will be up against fifth seed Alwi Farhan of Indonesia while Mannepalli will take on Malaysia’s Justin Hoh in the last-four round. File. | Photo Credit: AP Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen and promising Tharun Mannepalli advanced to the men’s singles semifinals of the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament after registering hard-fought wins … Read more
The Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams have booked their places for the prestigious World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) in London after a stellar show at the 2025 South Asia Regional Championships held in Kathmandu. Only 16 coveted Asian quota spots were available per gender. Four regional champions from Central Asia, South Asia, South-East … Read more
Indian players acknowledge the crowd after their fantastic win against England at the Oval on August 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The legendary Sachin Tendulkar led the way as the Indian cricket fraternity on Monday (August 4, 2025) lavished praise on the Shubman Gill-led team after the stunning win in the fifth Test against … Read more
Mohammed Siraj celebrates the wicket of Gus Atkinson on day 5 of the fifth Test against England at the Oval on August 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The word impossible is not a part of Mohammed Siraj’s dictionary as he always believed that he can win the final Test for India from any point … Read more
Indian players celebrate a wicket on day 5 of the fifth Test against England at the Oval in London on August 4, 2025 | Photo Credit: Getty Images Indian bowlers, led by Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna, pulled India out from jaws of defeat on Day 5 of the fifth Test against England at the … Read more
While its previous election process stands paused since March last, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has issued a fresh notification for holding its polls in Delhi-NCR on August 21. Following World Boxing’s ultimatum to hold BFI’s long overdue elections by August 31, the interim committee (IC), which is running the national federation and is … Read more
The Indian men’s basketball coach Scott Flemming with his wards at a practice session. File. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Scott Fleming, the Indian men’s basketball team head coach said the teams in Group ‘C’ in the FIBA Asia Cup beginning in Jeddah on August 5, are all higher ranked than India (Asia ranked 15) and … Read more
Divya Deshmukh and Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya at the felicitation in Dellhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The newly crowned women’s chess World Cup champion, 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh, was felicitated by the Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday. Grandmaster Koneru Humpy, who finished runner-up to Divya, joined online from her home for … Read more
China’s Yu Zidi of China prepares to compete in the women’s 200-meter butterfly final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, on July 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP China’s Yu Zidi said she felt “quite emotional” after the 12-year-old became the youngest swimmer in history to win a world championships medal. Yu swam in … Read more
England’s Harry Brook plays a shot on day four of the fifth cricket test match against India at The Kia Oval in London, on August 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Mohammed Siraj struck again for India before England’s Harry Brook counter-attacked in style as a dramatic fifth and deciding Test at the Oval remained … Read more
Gill has led from the front in his maiden Test series as skipper. | Photo Credit: PTI It’s early days for Shubman Gill, the captain. But he has already broken quite a few records. Giil’s aggregate in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy is the second-highest for a captain behind Don Bradman’s 810 against England in the 1936-37 … Read more
Logo of Pakistan Cricket Board. The board announced a blanket ban on its players’ participation in future editions of the World Championship of Legends (WCL), accusing the tournament organisers of being “biased” and lacking sporting integrity. Twitter/@TheRealPCB The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday (August 3, 2025) announced a blanket ban on its players’ participation … Read more
Batting great Graham Gooch reckons that the fiercely fought five-match series between India and England is exactly the impetus that the “under-pressure” Test format needs, but fears that the existing trend of just the “big three” engaging more with each other will eventually lead to boredom and stagnation. The majority of Test cricket is contested … Read more
Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels confident about CSK’s future. | Photo Credit: AKHILA EASWARAN Chennai Super Kings had a forgettable time in the IPL earlier this year, but M.S. Dhoni feels the team plugged the gaps in the squad in the second half of the season and exuded confidence about the future. Dhoni led the team … Read more
Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh, shows the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Cup trophy following her return after winning the championship held in Georgia, in Nagpur on July 31, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh has said she was not under any kind of pressure while playing the FIDE Women’s World Cup final against compatriot Koneru … Read more
Tharun rallied splendidly to outwit Lee, a world No. 15, 19-21, 21-14, 22-20 in a match that went past the hour-mark. File. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR India’s Tharun Mannepalli shocked top seed Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong to enter the quarterfinals of the Macau Open along with compatriot Lakshya Sen here on … Read more
Akash Deep scored 66 and put on 107 for the third wicket with Yashasvi Jaiswal on day 3 of the fifth Test against England on August 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A couple of days before the final Test, Akash Deep posted a picture of himself on social media, captioned: ‘Every ball counts … Read more
Akash scored 66 and put on 107 for the third wicket with Jaiswal. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES A couple of days before the final Test, Akash Deep posted a picture of himself on social media, captioned: ‘Every ball counts — even in practice’. And at The Oval on Saturday, he walked the talk, making … Read more
Akash Deep celebrates his half century with teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal during the third day of the fifth Test match between India and England, at The Oval cricket ground, in London, on August 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Akash Deep hit half-centuries as India fought back to score 189 for 3 … Read more
KOLKATA: Jharkhand wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan will lead East Zone in the Duleep Trophy to be held in Bengaluru from August 28. The star-studded team includes pacers Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep and Mukesh Kumar apart from prominent batters such as Abhimanyu Easwaran and Riyan Parag. Teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi is among the standbyes. East will take … Read more
Ishan Kishan. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Jharkhand wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan will lead the East Zone team in the Duleep Trophy to be held in Bengaluru from August 28. The star-studded team includes pacers Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep and Mukesh Kumar, apart from prominent batters such as Abhimanyu Easwaran and Riyan Parag. Teenage sensation … Read more
B. Benedicton Rohit. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Swimmer Benedicton Rohit realised his childhood dream and fulfilled his coach Nihar Ameen’s wish when he became the first Indian to clock sub-24 seconds (23.96s) in the 50m butterfly at the World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr (Germany) on July 17. “Sub-24 was the aim. My coach … Read more
Shardul Thakur, the India allrounder, has been appointed the West Zone captain for the Duleep Trophy, to be played in Bengaluru from September 4. The 15-member squad was picked by the chief selectors of all the five member associations from the west zone in the meeting here on Friday. Thakur, who played two Test matches … Read more
Lakshya, the Commonwealth Games champion, brushed aside Korea’s Jeon Hyeok Jin 21-8 21-14. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty and Tharun Mannepalli progressed to the second round of the men’s singles competition at the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament after registering fine wins here on Wednesday. Lakshya, the … Read more
On her arrival at 2.20pm at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai (CSMIA) airport to take a connecting flight to Nagpur, her hometown, Divya Deshmukh received a warm welcome from the airport staff. Photo: Special Araangement Chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) received a warm welcome upon her return to India after … Read more
India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. File. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men’s doubles second round of the Macau Open Super 300 with a straight-game win over Malaysia’s Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong, here on Tuesday. The Asian Games champions, who … Read more
Former Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath at a media interaction in Chennai on Friday. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Australia pace bowling legend Glenn McGrath on Friday noted the uncommon English conditions in the ongoing India-England series, but said that the series, along with the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, has restored his confidence that Test cricket is … Read more
Raj Khosla, president, Delhi Golf Club. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan The $4 million DP World India championship will be the biggest golf event in the country and Raj Khosla, president, Delhi Golf Club (DGC), assured it would be “the best”. Khosla was delighted that multiple Major champion Rory McIlroy and company would compete in … Read more