A view of the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The stadium will host the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup matches that were originally scheduled to be played in Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Photo Credit: The Hindu Navi Mumbai has replaced Bengaluru as a venue to host the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup, to … Read more
India will have no sporting bilateral link with Pakistan. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Union Government has made a categorical policy that it would follow the Olympic charter for hosting or competing in multinational events, but would not have any sporting bilateral link with Pakistan in any part of the world. India will … Read more
Women’s Cricket World Cup: Navi Mumbai replaces Bengaluru as host city
Nikhat is among the four Indian women boxers to reach Sheffield. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: Getty Images Even as the World championships-bound Indian boxers’ preparations have been impacted by a delay in the issuance of UK visas for a camp in Sheffield, the coaches are keen to make the most of the time left. … Read more
A view of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited applications for two slots in the men’s senior selection committee, one in junior selection panel and four members in the women’s senior selection panel. The deadline for the eligible candidates to … Read more
Excluded from India’s World Cup squad, Shafali Verma produced a 38-ball 35 before India Women’s A slipped to 93 for five against Australia on the rain-truncated first day of their unofficial Test despite, here on Thursday (August 21, 2025). Shafali provided a brisk start to the side hitting eight fours. Her knock was critical since … Read more
Sumit Malik lost 5-8 to European under-20 bronze medallist Magomed Ozdamirov in the 57kg freestyle final to take the silver medal at the World under-20 wrestling championships in Samokov, Bulgaria, on Tuesday. Women wrestlers Tapasya (57kg) and Srishti (68kg) reached their respective finals to ensure two more medals for India. Tapasya pinned Dolzhon Tsyngueva and France’s Romaissa El … Read more
Rashmika, who won the junior air pistol gold on Tuesday. Rashmika Sahgal and Kanak won the junior and youth gold medals in air pistol in the 16th Asian shooting championship on Tuesday. The best of Indian shooters found it hard to capture the gold in the main event, and double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker no … Read more
Ridhima. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Vani | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is a lot of excitement among the leading women golfers in the country about the Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) as they view it as the beginning of a new era that would ensure better funds, visibility and inclusivity along with the … Read more
A proposal to restructure the World Test Championship (WTC) into a two-tiered system, potentially dividing the 12 Test-playing nations into two groups of six teams, or into two groups of seven and five teams, is gaining traction. While some argue that this system could improve the quality of matches and increase competitiveness by having top … Read more
Ever since its inception in 1984, the Asia Cup has often been caught in the diplomatic crossfire which engulfs all talk pertaining to India and Pakistan. The imminent one commencing in the United Arab Emirates on September 9 is no exception. A fiery debate has commenced over whether India should play against Pakistan following the … Read more
File photo of Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa | Photo Credit: AP Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa outplayed World Champion D Gukesh in the opening round of the Sinquefield Cup Chess tournament to rise to the third position in live world rankings. He now shares the lead with the unstoppable Levon Aronian of United States, who outsmarted Nodirbek Abdusattorov of … Read more
Throughout the recently concluded Test tour of England, the one popular refrain was: Where is Kuldeep? In their collective wisdom, skipper Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir decided that Kuldeep Yadav, the left-arm wrist-spinner, had to be sacrificed at the altar of batting depth. There was a strong case for the 30-year-old starting the … Read more
B. Sachin | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM There is nothing more frustrating for a young cricketer than missing a whole season just when things are starting to align. Tamil Nadu’s B. Sachin has had to undergo one such trying phase. The 21-year-old made his Ranji Trophy debut in the 2023-24 season, but an ACL … Read more
Seeking a third consecutive term, Ajay Singh will have a straight fight with Olympian boxer Jaslal Pradhan for the president’s post in the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections, scheduled on Aug 21. As per the final list of contesting candidates published on Monday, Ajay Singh, representing the Uttarakhand association, will take on 1984 Olympian … Read more
The Ministry unveiled the new policy with regard to India’s international engagements with emphasis on Pakistan. File | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak India and Pakistan won’t engage in any bilateral sporting clash, but the cricket team will not be stopped from playing the multi-lateral Asia Cup next month, the Sports Ministry said on Thursday (August … Read more
Ajinkya Rahane with Mumbai during a Ranji Trophy match on February 21, 2025 | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane has stepped down as Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy captain to “groom a new leader” ahead of the upcoming season. He has, however, stressed that he will continue to don the team’s lion’s crest with … Read more
File photo of Deepika Kumari. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Ace archers such as Olympians Deepika Kumari and B. Dhiraj in recurve and V. Jyothi Surekha and Abhishek Verma in compound are among the Indian archers named for the inaugural Archery Premier League, scheduled to be held at the Yamuna Sports Complex in Delhi in … Read more
Top seeded Indian Tanya Hemanth capped off a strong run at the Saipan International 2025 with a straight-game win over Japan’s Kanae Sakai in the women’s singles final on Saturday (August 16, 2025). The 21-year-old, ranked 86th in the world, defeated the unseeded Sakai 15-10, 15-8 at the Oleai Sports Complex in Northern Mariana Islands … Read more
TNCA XI rode on B. Sachin’s century to defeat Mumbai in the Buchi Babu tournament on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM B. Sachin smashed a quickfire century (115, 110b, 7×4, 5×6) to help TNCA XI pull off a heist and beat Mumbai by two wickets in a close game that went down to … Read more
Key role: India will be well served by Pratika’s consistency at the top of the order. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: VIJAY SONEJI The Women in Blue have never kissed a World Cup. Of any kind, actually – the 50-over one, or the 20. The ODI World Cup, which starts on September 30 and is … Read more
The captains: Saly Samson, Krishna Prasad, Sachin Baby, Rohan Kunnummal, Mohammed Azharuddeen and Sijomon Joseph, after the press conference on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT After its impactful entry into the cricketing ecosystem in the State, the Kerala Cricket League will be aiming to grow exponentially when the second season begins at the Sports … Read more
World champion GM D Gukesh finished tied sixth as Levon Aronian of USA convincingly won the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz that concluded in St. Louis. Gukesh raised visions of a great comeback on the final day of the event as he raced to 3.5 points from his first four games. Conceding a draw to … Read more
Tejasvi celebrates after a stunning run chase against Outer Delhi Warriors in the DPL last week. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If the opening edition of the Delhi Premier League (DPL) paved the way for the likes of Priyansh Arya, Digvesh Rathi and Vansh Bedi to be picked by IPL franchises, the second season is … Read more
Say chess! Pranesh and Keymer will be elated with their triumphant campaigns. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ German Vincent Keymer capped a memorable triumph in the Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters chess tournament 2025 with a convincing win in the final round of the Masters section over American GM Ray Robson here on Friday. As unstoppable … Read more
Indian women’s T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur and the team’s chief selector Neetu David, during a press conference, in Mumbai on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur, hopes to lead India to their maiden World Cup as she looks forward to what is a very important next few months for her and … Read more
Following India’s announcement of the Asia Cup squad, chief selector Ajit Agarkar stated that Shreyas Iyer did not find a spot in the squad, as we can pick 15 at the moment, and Iyer has to wait for his chance. The squad was announced during a press conference attended by T20I skipper Suryakumar and chief … Read more
At Lord’s in 1990, Mohammad Azharuddin won the toss and surprised everybody including his coach Bishan Singh Bedi by opting to field. England opener Graham Gooch went on to make 333, and India lost the Test by 247 runs. Bedi quickly distanced himself from the decision. The Azharuddin-Bedi combination was not destined to be a … Read more
Shubman Gill’s return as vice-captain? Shreyas Iyer’s continued omission? Or Jasprit Bumrah’s presence in the 15-man squad? What is the biggest talking point following Tuesday’s announcement of the Indian team for the T20 Asia Cup, to be held in the UAE from September 9? Depends on where one is coming from, of course. Gill’s comeback … Read more
