IPL 2025, RR vs CSK: Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag fined ₹12 lakh for slow over rate

Rajasthan Royals’ captain Riyan Parag celebrates after taking the catch to get Chennai Super Kings’ Shivam Dube out during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, India, Sunday, March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Rajasthan Royals’ stand-in captain Riyan Parag has been … Read more

Delhi Capital’s all-round show enthrals Vizagites

Fans cheering during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Dr YSR ACA VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday | Photo Credit: K R DEEPAK Delhi Capitals’ all-round performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Dr YSR ACA VDCA Stadium enthralled Vizagites … Read more

Chennai drools over Ronaldinho’s Samba magic

Ronaldinho displayed his skills in Brazil Legends’ exhibition match against India All Stars in Chennai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Ronaldinho was a wonder for the spectators at the Brazil Legends versus India All Stars exhibition match in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday. It was as if he had designer, … Read more

Indian Premier League 2025, IPL season 18: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings in Guwahati on March 30, 2025

Rajasthan Royals’ Nitish Rana plays a shot during the IPL 2025 match against Chennai Super Kings in Guwahati on March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Nitish Rana showcased his big-hitting prowess with a scintillating 36-ball-81 but Chennai Super Kings bowlers made a spectacular comeback during the back-end to restrict Rajasthan Royals to … Read more

Starc’s five-for sets up Delhi Capitals’ emphatic win over SRH

Faf du Plessis’ 26-ball half-century powered Delhi Capitals’ chase against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Mitchell Starc’s IPL fairytale continues. He returned to the league last season with Kolkata Knight Riders following an eight-year hiatus. It ended with a dream run on the podium. Mitchell … Read more

Asian championships – The Hindu

World championships bronze medallist Antim Panghal marked her return to international competition by securing a bronze medal in women’s 53kg at the Asian wrestling championships in Amman on Friday. Manisha also ensured another medal for India by reaching the 62kg final. Featuring in her first competition after the Paris Olympics, Antim beat Chinese Jin Zhang … Read more

Who will not be happy with home advantage, says Pandit

Chandrakant Pandit, the Kolkata Knight Riders head coach, has stated that IPL franchises will enjoy home advantage. “Who will not be happy about that? I mean, this is a simple answer,” Pandit said on Sunday, when asked if it’s time for all the teams to be given the home advantage in IPL. The topic has … Read more

Indian GP 1 | Gurindervir Singh shatters national 100m record

Gurindervir Singh won the sprint gold in 1.0.2 seconds. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Gurindervir Singh broke the men’s National 100m record with a blistering run in the Indian Grand Prix 1 at SAI (NSSC) here on Friday. Reliance sprinter Gurindervir clocked a time of 10.20s, erasing the mark of Manikanta Hoblidhar (10.23s) set … Read more

SRH win toss, elect to bat against Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals’ captain Axar Patel and Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Pat Cummins during the toss before an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won … Read more

IPL 2025, GT vs MI: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya fined ₹12 lakh for slow over rate

Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya celebrates the wicket of Gujarat Titans’ Rahul Tewatia during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya has been fined ₹12 lakh after … Read more

IPL 2025 | CSK should rethink its batting approach

Through the gate: CSK batters have not been able to free their arms consistently this season. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM It’s still early days for Chennai Super Kings in this season’s IPL as it has played just two games (a win and a loss). However, the 50-run defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at … Read more

Expectations will be very high on us: SRH bowling coach Muralitharan

Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Ishan Kishan at a practice session ahead of the team’s IPL match against Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Sunrisers Hyderabad made the 600-plus km journey to take on Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam, the second ‘home’ for its opponent. However, Muttiah Muralitharan, SRH’s spin bowling coach and … Read more

Indian Open golf | Defending champion Nakajima tied with Chacarra

Keita Nakajima. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Defending champion Keita Nakajima handled a tricky climax competently to emerge the joint leader with Eugenio Chacarra with four-under 140 at the end of two rounds in the $2.25 million Hero Indian Open golf championship at the DLF Golf and Country Club on Friday. After having been two-over … Read more

IPL 2025 RR vs CSK | Royals, Super Kings eye return to winning ways

RR’s stand-in skipper Parag needs to pull his weight both with the bat and on the field. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Visiting teams don’t often force Chennai Super Kings into submission at the MAC Stadium, but Royal Challengers Bengaluru after a long 17-year- gap did just that on Friday. With little time to recover after … Read more

Boxers won’t miss any more tournaments: BFI chief Ajay Singh

Boxing Federation of India (BFI) President Ajay Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president Ajay Singh on Thursday (March 27, 2025) asserted that boxers will not miss any more tournaments, with national camps set to resume soon and a new coaching setup also to be announced. Indian boxing was in … Read more

SRH runs into confident Delhi Capitals in high-voltage clash

Delhi Capitals will be bolstered by the return of K.L. Rahul in its IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Bolstered by the return of new parent K.L. Rahul, Delhi Capitals will hope to bring the curtains down on its time at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium … Read more

Divyanshi, Payas cause upsets – The Hindu

Payas Jain upstaged G. Sathiyan in the men’s singles first round of the WTT Star Contender in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran On a day when top-ranked paddlers including Tomokazu Harimoto, Hugo Calderano and Hina Hayata among others were given a bye, two young Indian players and an Indian legend in his swansong, … Read more

GT vs MI, IPL 2025 LIVE updates: Hardik Pandya returns as captain for Mumbai Indians to face off against Gujarat Titans

Fresh from their morale-boosting win over LSG and bolstered by the return of India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul, Delhi Capitals will look to build on the momentum when they take on formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL in Visakhapatnam on Sunday (March 30, 2025). After a thunderous start to their campaign, SRH lost to Lucknow Super … Read more

IPL 2025 | CSK always make pitches as per their strengths, Fleming’s comment surprising: Pujara

Cheteshwar Pujara during a net practice session with Saurashtra | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Indian Test legend Cheteshwar Pujara believes that Chennai Super Kings is “one franchise” that has always prepared tracks at the Chepauk as per its strengths and hence finds it difficult to digest head coach Stephen Fleming’s comment of “not having any … Read more

Miwa Harimoto – The Hindu

Prodigy: Harimoto is one of the fastest rising young stars in women’s table tennis. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Japan’s Miwa Harimoto is one of the fastest rising young stars in women’s table tennis. She is just 16 and is already ranked sixth in the world. Doing consistently well on the WTT circuit, Miwa, the … Read more

South Australia state wins its first Australian first-class cricket title in 29 years

Jason Sangha and Alex Carey are seen during their match-winning partnership and enabled South Australia win its first Sheffield Shield cricket title in 29 years. Photo: X/@cricketcomau South Australia has chased down a record 269 runs in an Australian first-class cricket final to win its first Sheffield Shield cricket title in 29 years. South Australia … Read more

Joe Root: ‘No hiding place when it comes to facing India’

File picture of Joe Root of England | Photo Credit: Getty Images Charismatic England batter Joe Root has advocated for consistency to counter India in the upcoming five-Test series, saying “there’s no hiding place” when it comes to facing such an indomitable opponent. India will commence their their 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle in England … Read more