England’s Jos Buttler becomes 4th-highest run-getter in T20Is

England’s Jos Buttler in action during the 2nd Vitality IT20 match between England and West Indies at Seat Unique Stadium on June 08, 2025 in Bristol, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images England batter Jos Buttler surpassed Ireland veteran Paul Stirling, becoming the fourth-highest run-getter in T20I cricket history. Buttler accomplished this feat during his … Read more

TNPL | Swapnil Singh’s all-round show blows away Royal Kings

Swapnil Singh smashed a 14-ball 45. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY Swapnil Singh produced a fine all-round performance, first a brilliant 14-ball 45 (2×4, 5×6) followed by a miserly spell (4-0-26-2) to help Chepauk Super Gillies thrash Nellai Royal Kings by 41 runs in a TNPL-9 league match at the Sri Ramakrishna College ground here … Read more

Rahul’s moment of reckoning in Engla

For the past two-and-a-half months, K.L. Rahul’s primary focus had been on striving to show through the  IPL that he has evolved into a more purposeful T20 batter. Subjected to an avalanche of criticism in recent years for his relatively staid approach in the shortest format, a return of 539 runs in 13 matches at a strike … Read more

For Esakkimuthu, first impression is best impression

Tiruppur Tamizhans’ Esakkimuthu made a memorable TNPL debut against Dindigul Dragons. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY In a highly competitive environment like professional sport, first impressions are often the best impressions one can leave, and A. Esakkimuthu did just that. The 23-year-old pacer starred under the night sky on debut for IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans against … Read more

World Cup Stage-3 – The Hindu

Indian archers put up disappointing performances as none could reach the medal round at the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Antalya on Friday. The results: Compound: Individual: Men: Rishabh Yadav bt Bunyod Mirzametov (Kaz) 157-153 (first round), bt Neil Bridgewater (Gbr) 154-146 (second round), bt Abhishek Verma 157-154 (third round), lost to Nicolas Girard (Fra) … Read more

Will develop cricket grounds in all districts: ACA president Sivanath

Vijayawada MP Kesineni Sivanath speaking at a press conference after the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Andhra Cricket Association in Vijayawada on Saturday.  | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO The Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) is working with the State government to develop cricket grounds in all the districts, said ACA president and Vijayawada MP Kesineni Sivanath. Participating in … Read more

Karun Nair’s journey from despair to redemption in cricket, showcasing resilience and determination in his comeback to Test cricket.

‘Dear cricket’ took two and a half years to respond to Karun Nair’s plaintive cry. Now, the 33-year-old’s destiny lies in his own hands. In December 2022, in the middle of the domestic first-class season in which he took no part, India’s second Test triple-centurion took to Twitter (now X), pleading with ‘dear cricket’ to ‘give me … Read more

TNPL | Nidhish, Kavin power Spartans past Panthers

Nidhish en route his sparkling fifty. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY Nidhish S. Rajagopal’s sparkling half-century (60, 41b, 7×4, 2×6) and R. Kavin’s steady hand guided SKM Salem Spartans to a six-wicket win over Siechem Madurai Panthers in the afternoon game of the TNPL-9 at the Sri Ramakrishna College ground here on Sunday. In pursuit … Read more

IND vs ENG Test series: Shubman Gill-led India begin training in England

Head coach Gautam Gambhir with Test captain Shubman Gill during a press conference. | Photo Credit: ANI India hit the ground running with a high-intensity training session at Lord’s, ahead of the five-match series against England beginning June 20 at Leeds. The pace quartet of Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh, alongside … Read more

TNPL | Royal Kings get the better of Cholas

Sonu Yadav performed a hat-trick for Royal Kings. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY In the first three days of the ninth season of TNPL, a clear pattern has emerged. The method so far has been to bowl first, restrict the opponent to a below-par score and then chase it down. After Dindigul Dragons and Chepauk … Read more

Norway Chess: Gukesh suffers crushing loss to Nakamura in Round 8; Erigaisi defeats Caruana

American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura broke world champion D. Gukesh’s run of classical wins by comprehensively beating the Indian to earn three full points, even as Arjun Erigaisi roared back to contention with victory over Fabiano Caruana in Norway Chess. India’s Erigaisi trapped his opponent Caruana in a time scramble in the eighth round of the … Read more

UTT | Jaipur Patriots proves too good for Chennai Lions

Kanak Jha of Jaipur Patriots in action during the match against Stanley’s Chennai Lions in the Ultimate Table Tennis League – Season 6 at EKA Arena in Ahmedabad on 3rd June 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a tale of contrasting halves, Jaipur Patriots overcame Chennai Lions to register its maiden win in the … Read more

TNPL | Aparajith, Vijay Shankar star for Chepauk Super Gillies

CSG skipper Baba Aparajith in action. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY R.S. Mokit Hariharan (46, 22b, 7×4, 2×6) set the stage with a blazing start before skipper B. Aparajith (77 n.o., 48b, 5×4, 5×6) took charge as Chepauk Super Gillies romped home to an eight-wicket win over IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans in the TNPL-9 match at … Read more

Kho Kho coaches course at SGT University

The Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) is hosting an advanced coaches and technical officials course for the international fraternity at the Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tercentenary University, Budhera, for a fortnight. The course, scheduled till June 15, caters to about 50 coaches and 65 officials in the country, apart from about 20 coaches and … Read more