Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh have chosen to play only in doubles. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) on Thursday announced the national teams for the Asian individual championships (June 17 to 21) and Asian doubles championships (June 23 to 26) in Sarawak, Malaysia. Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh, … Read more
A little shimmy to the off, his stumps exposed to the fast bowler, and a cheeky paddle-scoop over the ’keeper or fine-leg, for four or six. That has been one of B. Sai Sudharsan’s more productive strokes in IPL 2025. It’s a stroke that has also brought about his downfall. Against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in … Read more
Joshna Chinappa returned to action after a knee surgery and put all doubts about her fitness to rest by reaching the women’s doubles and mixed doubles finals at the National Championships in Chennai earlier this month. She finished as the runner-up (alongside Velavan Senthilkumar) in the former and clinched the title in the latter by … Read more
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya with his Punjab Kings counterpart Shreyas Iyer during the toss of the IPL 2025 qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad on June 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad on Sunday (June 1, 2025). … Read more
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team reaching the finals of Indian Premier League (IPL) finals and the final match being played on Tuesday (June 3), has come as a blessing in disguise for the restobars and pubs in Bengaluru as most of them are expecting two or three times more than usual footfall on the … Read more
The Central Government has given environmental clearance for Tamil Nadu’s project of setting up a sailing academy in Marina. In a meeting held in New Delhi on Tuesday, attended by environment experts, it was decided that Tamil Nadu can begin work as soon as possible. The genesis of the project began way back in 2004, … Read more
The inaugural Dream UTT junior table tennis tournament, featuring eight boys and eight girls of the franchise teams, is scheduled to be staged at the EKA Arena, Ahmedabad, on a league cum knock-out basis from May 29 to June 8. The top eight boys and girls were selected from Dream Sports Championship staged in March, … Read more
New beginnings: Nayar, Lad and Rathod with the promoters of Maratha Royals and Raigad Royals on Saturday. | Photo Credit: special arrangement The last time the T20 Mumbai League was held, back in 2019, Abhishek Nayar was among the icon players. But as the tournament returns after a six year hiatus, Nayar is back as … Read more
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer during a practice session ahead of the TATA IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Saturday, May 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI In the few days that have passed since Punjab Kings eased past Mumbai Indians in an IPL … Read more
The Inspire Institute of Sports (IIS) has taken up the challenge of building the Indian women’s rowing team to be a competitive unit in the Nagoya Asian Games next year, by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rowing Federation of India. As part of the drive, 20 women rowers went through a stringent … Read more
After his exploits in the IPL, B. Sai Sudharsan will be looking forward to the Test tour of England. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI A tinge of despondency was writ large on B. Sai Sudharsan’s face as he walked into the press conference hall of the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium for the post-match formalities on … Read more
Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers during an interaction with the wheelchair cricket team in Mumbai on May 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s young guns have the talent to achieve something special in the upcoming England Test series, provided they back themselves, said AB de Villiers in Mumbai on Saturday (May 31, … Read more
A rampant Mumbai Indians will present a stern test of character for a rattled Punjab Kings in a virtual semifinal when the two teams face off in Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad on Sunday (June 1, 2025). An eight-wicket hammering at the hands of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a one-sided Qualifier … Read more
Mumbai Indians batter Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the IPL 2025 Eliminator at New Chandigarh Stadium on May 30, 2025 | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Veteran batter Rohit Sharma on Friday (May 30, 2025) was delighted to make a critical contribution to Mumbai Indians’ victory over Gujarat Titans in a must-win IPL Eliminator match … Read more
Anshul Gill and Sanju recorded convincing wins to move into the semifinals of men’s 90+kg and women’s 60kg categories respectively at the Thailand Open international boxing tournament in Bangkok on Monday. In the quarterfinals, Gill beat Kazakhstan’s Daniyal Saparbay, while Sanju defeated Indonesia’s Reka Mariana Kasibulan by an identical 5-0 margin. Published – May 26, … Read more
Karun Nair of India A plays a shot during the four day match between England Lions and India A at The Spitfire Ground on May 30, 2025 in Canterbury, England | Photo Credit: Getty Images Karun Nair was elegance personified while serving a timely reminder to the Gautam Gambhir-led team management with a classy unbeaten … Read more
As Usman Ghani watched, from Vidarbha’s dressing room, Karun Nair bat as if he had been possessed by the spirit of Don Bradman in game after game during the Vijay Hazare Trophy early this year, he remembered a conversation he had had with the born-again cricketer. Unreal run And after his unreal run in India’s … Read more
Mumbai Indians team celebrate after winning their eliminator match against Gujarat Titans at the New Chandigarh Stadium on May 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy In a high-scoring Eliminator at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium that had all the ingredients of an IPL classic, Mumbai Indians just about held its composure and eked out … Read more
Abdul Ismail, a domestic cricket stalwart who earned the title of ‘Sultan of Swing’ due to his exploits for Mumbai (then Bombay), passed away due to a cardiac arrest in Mumbai on Friday. He was 79. In a First Class career spanning a decade since 1969, Ismail was the leader of Mumbai’s pace pack in … Read more
After more than two months of a long-drawn-out league phase, the future course of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians in the IPL’s 18th edition hinges on how they fare over 40 overs in Friday’s Eliminator at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium. While Qualifier 1, by virtue of finishing in the top-two, offers the cushion of … Read more
Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran beat Jaswinder Singh 43-41 for the top spot in trap in the second National shotgun selection trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Monday. Lakshay had earlier topped qualification with 120 as he wound up with the perfect score of 25 in the last two rounds. Jungsher … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Vaibhav Suryavanshi at the Patna airport on May 30, 2024. Photo: X/@narendramodi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (May 30, 2025) met Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the cricketing prodigy from Bihar who recently became the youngest player to score an IPL century. The Prime Minister, who winded up a two-day tour of … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowler Josh Hazelwood celebrate his third wicket with Virat Kohli during their playoff match at the New Chandigarh Stadium on Thursday, May 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy If Josh Hazlewood was roused from his sleep in the dead of night and handed a cricket ball, he would likely land it … Read more
Ricky Ponting sees left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh making his Test debut in the series opener between India and England next month. File | Photo Credit: PTI Australian great and Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting sees left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh making his Test debut in the series opener between India and England next month. Last … Read more
Pakistan’s Hasan Ali celebrates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh’s Tanzid Hasan Tamim during the first Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday on May 28, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Fast bowler Hasan Ali grabbed a 5-30 and led a new-look Pakistan T20 cricket team to a thumping 37-run win … Read more
India Women will play their counterparts from Australia in a three-match ODI series at home in September as part of the preparations for the ICC World Cup which the country is hosting later this year, the BCCI said on Thursday (May 29, 2025). The board also said the men’s ‘A’ teams from Australia and South … Read more
Heather Knight England Women’s Cricketer stretches during the 3rd Women’s Vitality IT20 match between England and West Indies at Ambassador Cruise Line Ground on May 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: Getty Images England batter Heather Knight was ruled out of their home summer programme due to a hamstring injury on Thursday (May 29, 2025) but … Read more
A clutch of frontline Test players, including opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, will be eager to acclimatise to English conditions during India A’s first four-day unofficial Test against the England Lions, beginning in Canterbury on Friday (May 30, 2025). Apart from Jaiswal and Nitish, the India A side has Abhimanyu Easwaran, Dhruv … Read more
In an era long gone by, Afghanistan’s left-arm wrist-spinner Noor Ahmad would have walked away with the Purple Cap for being the highest wicket-taker at the conclusion of the league phase of the Indian Premier League. Noor might still do so – he leads this year’s race with 24 wickets despite his team, Chennai Super Kings, propping up … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Rajat Patidar plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Qualifier 1 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, in New Chandigarh, Thursday, May 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI If there was a blueprint for Royal Challengers Bengaluru after opting to bowl in IPL’s Qualifier 1, it … Read more