Aryan, Likhith fail to progress at swimming World Championships

Indian swimmer Aryan Nehra fell short of qualifying for the final, while S.P. Likhith failed to make the semifinals in their respective events at the World Aquatics Championships here on Sunday. Nehra, competing in the men’s 400m freestyle, finished seventh in his heat and 37th overall with a time of 4:00.39s. The top eight swimmers … Read more

WI vs AUS series: Australia’s Caribbean cricket tour ends with a perfect 8-0 record in Tests and T20s

Australia’s players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the fifth and final Twenty20 (T20) international cricket match against West Indies at Warner Park Sporting Complex in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on July 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Australia completed a sweep of the Twenty20 international cricket series with a three-wicket victory … Read more

FIDE Women’s World Cup final: Divya holds Humpy, tiebreaker next

International Master Divya Deshmukh gave nothing away and held higher-ranked Grandmaster and compatriot Koneru Humpy to an easy draw to force the final of the Women’s Chess World Cup into the tie-breaker, Batumi on Sunday (July 27, 2025). The tie-breaker, which will be a series of shorter-duration games, will be played on Monday to determine … Read more

Back on podium after 13 years, junior women shuttlers hope to build on Badminton Asia Championships success

Badminton stars Tanvi Sharma and Vennala Kalagotla. Photo: PTI/Instagram Tanvi Sharma continued her recent impressive run, winning bronze at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships on Saturday (July 26, 2025), along with Vennala Kalagotla, as India returned with two individual medals for women in the event for the first time ever. Tanvi and Vennala, the last … Read more

In a delightful draw, a show of India’s defiance

The fifth day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford began with Ben Stokes and Liam Dawson, perhaps England’s two most likely bowlers to make breakthroughs on a worn surface devoid of pace, operating in harness in the endeavour to prise out the remaining eight Indian wickets for a win that would have sealed the … Read more

Kapil Dev unveils more events in second half of golf calendar

The Chairman of Indian Oil, A S Sahney, and the president of PGTI, Kapil Dev, address the media at the Delhi Golf Club on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan The President of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), Kapil Dev expressed delight about being able to elevate the overall vibrancy of the sport … Read more

WTT Contender Lagos | Sathiyan-Akash wins; Sreeja loses in final

Dazzling duo: Sathiyan and Akash won in style. | Photo Credit: X@RFYouthSports G. Sathiyan and Akash Pal beat Jules Rolland and Leo De Nodrest of France 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 to win their maiden Tour men’s doubles title at the WTT Contender Lagos on Saturday. This was Sathiyan’s second WTT men’s doubles crown after the one … Read more

IND vs ENG fifth Test: Shardul, Kamboj likely to be benched as India searches for ‘Perfect 11’

The long-winding five-match Test series in England has hit the home stretch but despite securing a memorable draw at Old Trafford, India continue to search for the “perfect” eleven, more specifically the right bowling combination, heading into the finale at The Oval in three days’ time. India’s preference to bat till number eight at the … Read more

Ravichandran Ashwin calls out England’s ‘double standard’; cricket fraternity back India

Feisty R Ashwin called out England’s “doubles standards” in their attempt to prematurely end the fourth Test as cricket fraternity extensively supported India’s decision to let Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar complete their well-deserved centuries instead of accepting home team’s handshake offer. Drama erupted at the start of the final hour of the match on … Read more

Tactically Gambhir hasn’t made it easier, he needs to take chill pill: Sanjay Manjrekar

Sanjay Manjrekar. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Gautam Gambhir needs to loosen up, may be take a “chill pill”, feels cricketer-turned-analyst Sanjay Manjrekar, who strongly believes that India earned a creditable draw in the fourth Test against England here despite some not-so-great tactical calls by the national team’s head coach. Manjrekar didn’t mince words … Read more

IND vs ENG Tests: Combative Gambhir slams Shubman critics, says team fights for ‘common man back home’

India’s fighting draw in the fourth Test against England brought out the combatant in Gautam Gambhir, who lambasted “critics” of new captain Shubman Gill and asserted that his team is fighting for “the common man back home”. Gambhir wants his players to make their own history rather than follow anyone from the past including himself. … Read more

ENG vs IND, fourth Test: Jadeja, Washington refuse Ben Stokes’ offer to call off match before start of mandatory overs

England captain Ben Stokes speaks with India batsman Ravindra Jadeja after day five of the 4th Test Match between England and India at Emirates Old Trafford on July 27, 2025 in Manchester, England | Photo Credit: Getty Images Drama unfolded in the high-intensity Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Manchester on Sunday (July 27, 2025) after Indian batters … Read more

Guys showed character, says Gambhir

Washington and Jadeja took India to safety. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Head coach Gautam Gambhir stated that past records don’t matter for the Indian team. “They are making their own history. A lot of people wrote us off in this Test, but this is the foundation of this team. These are characters who are … Read more

Women’s Kabaddi World Cup postponed indefinitely

According to various sources, the tournament will now take place in Hyderabad following the conclusion of the Pro Kabaddi League. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The second Women’s Kabaddi World Cup, which was scheduled to take place in Hyderabad from August 3 to 10 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, has been indefinitely postponed. This … Read more

Rishabh Pant and the art of conquering pain

For Rishabh Pant, pain had become a way of life for more than 12 months. A constant, if uninvited companion. A grim reminder of what might have been, a reminder too of how lucky he was to have emerged from a life-threatening single-car accident with all his faculties intact. Pant’s horrific road accident of 30 … Read more

Tilak to lead South Zone in Duleep Trophy

Hyderabad’s Tilak Varma will lead South Zone in the Duleep Trophy tournament that starts on August 28 at Bengaluru. The South Zone selectors picked a 16-member squad along with six standby players. Kerala, which finished runner-up in the Ranji Trophy, has the maximum representation with four players while Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad have three each. … Read more

Sindhu downs Miyazaki, Satwik-Chirag duo advances at China Open

File picture of PV Sindhu in action. | Photo Credit: PTI Double Olympic medallist and former world champion P V Sindhu overcame sixth seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan 21-15, 8-21, 21-17 to reach the round of 16 at the China Open Super 1000 event on Wednesday. Sindhu started strongly, reeling off seven consecutive points to … Read more