All matches of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 will be held behind closed doors without spectators in the stands, the tournament organiser stated on Friday. The two-week tournament will be held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on August 11 to 27. The press release from the organiser did not mention any reason for holding … Read more
All set for action: Sports Minsiters Mansukh Mandaviya and Raksha Khadse, along with Olympic silver medallist Mirabai, inaugurate the ASMITA weightlifting league in Modinagar on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the ASMITA league for the new season at the Weightlifting Warriors Academy at Modinagar on Tuesday. The league will … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of England’s captain Ben Stokes on the second day of the third test cricket match between India and England, at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, in London, Friday, July 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Jaime Smith once again scripted England’s lower-order fightback after Jasprit Bumrah’s triple strike as England reached … Read more
England’s Joe Root celebrates his century during the second day of the third Test against India at Lords in London on July 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Senior England batter Joe Root scored his 37th Test hundred on Friday (July 11, 2025) to go past the tally of former India skipper Rahul Dravid and … Read more
Nitish Kumar Reddy bowls during the first day of the third Test against England at Lords in London on July 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Former India captain Anil Kumble says all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy should be a regular fixture in the national Test team as he has proved himself to be a fine … Read more
With the series already in bag, a confident India will look to further assert their dominance and end the five-match women’s T20I rubber on a high when they face England in the inconsequential fifth and final game in Birmingham on Saturday (July 12, 2025). While the bat and ball did the talking in the initial … Read more
England’s captain Ben Stokes rests on the ground after an injury during the third cricket test match between England and India at Lord’s cricket ground in London, on July 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP England will head into the second day of the third Test against India at Lord’s with fresh doubts over the … Read more
Ireland’s Curtis Campher makes history by becoming the first male player in professional cricket to claim five wickets in five balls. | Photo Credit: AFP Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher made history by becoming the first male player in professional cricket to claim five wickets in five balls, achieving the feat on Thursday (July 10, 2025). … Read more
M. Santosh Kumar, the recently appointed selector for the Tamil Nadu senior men’s team, has been sacked by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association after complaints were received about his conduct. The decision was taken in the Apex Council meeting held on Thursday. In May, Santosh was one of the three new selectors appointed for the … Read more
It is day three of the Edgbaston Test. England has just lost its best batter and charismatic captain off successive deliveries in the second over of the day, and Mohammed Siraj, relishing the responsibility of being the spearhead in Jasprit Bumrah’s absence, is on a hat-trick. The score reads 84 for five; three of the host’s top-six batters … Read more
Sachin Tendulkar during the unveiling of his portrait painted by Stuart Pearson Wright, at the MCC Museum at Lord’s, in London. | Photo Credit: PTI England holds a special place in Sachin Tendulkar’s heart. As a youngster, he travelled to England for the first time with Kailash Gattani’s Star Cricket Club. A couple of years … Read more
D. Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi | Photo Credit: PTI Indian stars Arjun Erigaisi and world champion D Gukesh have been seeded as top two for the fourth FIDE Grand Swiss chess to be held at Samarkand, Uzbekistan from September 3 to 16 where an enhanced prize purse and tickets to the prestigious Candidates tournament will … Read more
Sachin Tendulkar rings the five minute bell during Day One of the third Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on July 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A portrait of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar was unveiled in the MCC Museum at Lord’s before the start of the … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah during a training session ahead of the third Test cricket match against England, at Lord’s Cricket Ground, in London | Photo Credit: PTI England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat against India, who brought back pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, in the third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar series at Lord’s … Read more
Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president A. Jagan Mohan Rao. File The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) has announced the arrest of three officials of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) in a case involving forgery, cheating, criminal breach of trust, and misappropriation of funds. A criminal case was registered on Wednesday (June 9, 2025) at the … Read more
Indian women players celebrate a wicket during the fourth T20 international against England in Manchester on July 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has credited the Women’s Premier League (WPL) for helping her players gather the experience needed to execute strategies at the international level after their series-clinching triumph over England … Read more
Indian women players celebrate a wicket during the fourth T20 international match against England women in Manchester on July 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India scripted a landmark victory, clinching their first-ever Women’s T20I series win against England with a dominant six-wicket triumph in the fourth match, led by a stellar performance from their … Read more
Paris Saint-Germain’s Fabian Ruiz scores his team third goal during the Club World Cup 2025 semifinal against Real Madrid in East Rutherford on July 9, 2025. Image was captured using a remote camera from behind the goal. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Fabián Ruiz scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain built a three-goal lead in the … Read more
The Players’ balcony within the terracotta-coloured pavilion, built some 135 years ago. The image of Kapil Dev, toothy grin and all, receiving the Prudential World Cup Trophy on 25 June 1983. The unforgettable sight of Sourav Ganguly whipping off his shirt and waving it over his head repeatedly on 13 July 2002, a little over six years after … Read more
A bright and sunny Lord’s welcomed the Indian team as it trained for one final time before the third Test, beginning on Thursday. Following the pattern, head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill had a close look at the pitch before they had a quick chat with the curators. And for the next couple … Read more
With the selection for the World championships approaching fast, the Indian boxers’ performance in the second World Boxing Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan, has helped the coaches assess the situation well. Following the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to recognise a new international federation (World Boxing) in February and retain boxing in the 2028 Olympics, the … Read more
HCA president Jagan Mohan Rao. File. Photo: Instagram/@jaganmohanraoarishnapally Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president Jagan Mohan Rao was arrested by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Hyderabad on Wednesday (July 9, 2025). This development follows the submission of the Vigilance and Enforcement Wing’s report to the State government regarding alleged irregularities related to ticket allocation and … Read more
Rishabh Pant during practice ahead of the third Test. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Dukes ball, which has long been used for Test matches in England, has drawn flak during the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series. With the conditions in England unusually dry this summer, the bowlers have had to put in the hard yards to … Read more
England’s captain Ben Stokes addresses a press conference ahead of the third test cricket match between India and England, at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, in London, on July 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Four and a half years since his last appearance, Jofra Archer will make his Test comeback at Lord’s on Thursday (July 10, 2025). … Read more
Paralympic gold medallist Harvinder Singh secured the recurve men’s open individual gold medal at the Asian para-archery championships in Beijing on Sunday. Harvinder defeated Hanreuchai Netsiri of Thailand 7-1 (28-24, 30-28, 26-26, 30-28) in the final to take the top honour. Jyoti outclassed Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly of Indonesia 144-133 for the compound women’s open … Read more
Virat Kohli. File | Photo Credit: AP Virat Kohli had a laugh at his own expense while talking about his Test retirement at Yuvraj Singh’s fundraiser in London. Also Read | Test cricket would have been a ‘far blander place’ without Kohli: Vaughan Kohli, who now resides in the British capital, made a quick dash … Read more
The skeet shooters will be in action over the next three days in the Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy. Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka will spearhead the Indian challenge in the men’s section, which will feature 181 shooters from 60 countries. World record holder Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and … Read more
India’s captain Shubman Gill plays a shot during Day 4 of the 2nd test match against England, at Edgbaston in Birmingham recently. | Photo Credit: ANI India captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) broke into the top-10 of the ICC men’s Test batting rankings for the first time in his career after a … Read more
England’s Jofra Archer during practice. | Photo Credit: Reuters Star pacer Jofra Archer is set to feature in his first Test since 2021 as England included him in their playing XI for the third match against India on a spicy surface at Lord’s. The five-match series is locked 1-1 at the moment and heading into … Read more
With ‘Bazball’, technique is secondary to ego, domination is everything, defence is an afterthought (if thought of at all), and importantly, having once settled on a philosophy of quick scoring and ‘entertainment’, there is no Plan B. Bazball contains seeds of its own destruction. That’s something India will have to exploit for the rest of … Read more