Australians Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh are seen during their record 250-run partnership against South Africa at Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay on August 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Cameron Green all slapped brilliant centuries as Australia posted an ominous 431-2 in the third and final one-day international … Read more
Former Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Solidity at the crease and a sense of dignity remained Cheteshwar Pujara’s special attributes. As the Indian batter announced his retirement from cricket on Sunday, an era has ended. Pujara was all about classical batsmanship marinated in Test whites. In an age of bling, mighty … Read more
Former Indian middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara on Sunday (August 24, 2025) announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Son and pupil of former Ranji player Arvind, Pujara grew up piling on big scores even as a boy: a triple-century in Under-14 cricket, and a double against England in Under-19. “As a little boy from … Read more
Cheteshwar Pujara announces his retirement from all forms of cricket on August 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Former Indian middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara on Sunday (August 24, 2025) announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Son and pupil of former Ranji player Arvind, Pujara grew up piling on big scores even as a … Read more
Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan. File. | Photo Credit: AP Rashid Khan was on Sunday (August 24, 2025) named captain of a spin heavy Afghanistan squad for the Asia Cup beginning in the UAE on September 9. Besides the captain, the other spinners in the squad include Noor Ahmad , Mujeeb Ur Rehman, AM Ghazanfar and veteran … Read more
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif attends the ChangeNOW 2025 summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, April 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has denied claims made by her former manager that she has retired from the sport, saying she is still training regularly. Algerian Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting … Read more
Former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar poses with his statue during the inauguration of the MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Museum at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai on August 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI He played for the Dadar Union Sports Club, one of the iconic cricket clubs in the home of Indian cricket. It was befitting then … Read more
Ashwani Kumar. File | Photo Credit: PTI A young left-arm pacer from Punjab introduced himself to the cricketing world with a stunning debut in IPL 2025. His very first delivery? A dream ball — swinging away late and drawing the edge of Ajinkya Rahane to have him caught at backward-point. Next came Rinku Singh, known … Read more
Jharkhand skipper Kumar Kushagra Skipper Kumar Kushagra brought up his century (103) as Jharkhand posted 283 against Hyderabad on day two of the second-round match in the All India Buchi Babu invitational cricket tournament at the Guru Nanak college ground in Chennai on Saturday (August 23, 2025). In response, Hyderabad reached 223 for four, courtesy … Read more
Tanmay has made merry in the last two Ranji seasons. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Hyderabad opener Tanmay Agarwal has had prolific Ranji seasons back-to-back: 934 runs in 12 innings at an average of 77.83 in the 2024-25 season, and 765 from eight innings at 95.62 in the Plate Group in 2023-24. Seven of his … Read more
Compound archers Kushal Dalal and Parneet Kaur took the top spots in under-21 men’s and women’s qualification rounds respectively on the opening day of the World youth archery championships in Winnipeg, Canada. The results (Qualification rounds): Under-21: Recurve: Men: Mahesh Kumawat (11th, 651), Juyel Sarkar (13th, 645), Paras Hooda (31st, 630); Women: Bhajan Kaur (17th, … Read more
Ajay Singh, who is also the managing director of SpiceJet Airlines, being felicitated after his re-election as President of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) for a third consecutive term, in Gurugram, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Ajay Singh defeated Olympian boxer Jaslal Pradhan to be re-elected the Boxing Federation of India … Read more
South Africa’s Matthew Breetzke prepares to hit a shot during the second One Day International (ODI) cricket match between Australia and South Africa at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay on August 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Matthew Breetzke slammed a superb 88 and speedster Lungi Ngidi claimed five wickets as South Africa … Read more
India’s Shreyas Iyer, plays a shot, during the India vs Australia 5th T20 match, at M Chinnaswamy stadium (KSCA), in Bengaluru on December 03, 2023. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Former New Zealand batter Ross Taylor on Friday said the depth in India’s T20I squad for the Asia Cup allowed the national selectors to … Read more
Indian men’s T20 cricket team captain Suryakumar Yadav. | Photo Credit: PTI Former India opener Virender Sehwag has backed the current T20I team to win the upcoming Asia Cup under Suryakumar Yadav’s “fearless captaincy”. The continental tournament will be held in the UAE from September 9 to 28. India, who won the inaugural edition of … Read more
Raghvi Bist smashed 16 boundaries during her knock of 93. | Photo Credit: Cricket Australia website Middle-order batter Raghvi Bist hit a fighting 93 while tailender VJ Joshitha (51) produced a fine half-century to script India A’s comeback in the one-off Women’s unofficial Test as the visitors posted a competitive 299 before reducing Australia A … Read more
Gouher Sultana of India (left) celebrates with teammates after taking the fouth wicket of Dilani Manodarain in the first One Day International women’s cricket match against Sri Lanka at the ACA VDCA cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday January 19, 2013. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak India woman left-arm spinner Gouher Sultana has retired from … Read more
Maharashtra will not host any game in the Pro Kabaddi League’s 12th edition but with the State being a kabaddi heartland and two of the fiercest rivals in the league hailing from the State, the PKL fever has caught up in Maharashtra. Sunil Kumar — the most successful PKL captain who will lead U Mumba … Read more
Krishna Kumar with his ward Khaleel Ahmed. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Jammu and Kashmir bowlers, led by left-arm spinners Vanshaj Sharma, Abid Mushtaq and leggie Abdul Samad, beat the bat consistently and were proving a big puzzle for the Railways batters on day two of their first round Buchi Babu contest recently. Just … Read more
Andre Siddarth scored 111 against Maharashtra. C. Andre Siddarth’s 111 and B. Indrajith’s 104 helped TNCA President’s XI post 384 for nine against Maharashtra on day one of a second-round match in the All India Buchi Babu invitational cricket tournament at the Gojan-B ground here on Friday. B. Indrajith made 104 against Maharashtra. Siddarth added … Read more
For the ongoing second edition of the Delhi Premier League (DPL), two new teams were added to the men’s competition to make it an eight-team affair. Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) president Rohan Jaitley is hopeful about an expansion in the four-team women’s event also transpiring in the near future. “Once our talent pool … Read more
Indian great Viswanathan Anand will revive his iconic rivalry with Russian stalwart Garry Kasparov, while world champion D Gukesh will go up against familiar foe Magnus Carlsen in Clutch Chess exhibition matches come October in St Louis, USA. Kasparov and Anand last squared off in 2021 in the Croatia Rapid and Blitz competition at Zagreb … Read more
Mansour Alrashidi, champion Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Ali Ahmed Al-Ishaq, the skeet medallists in the Asian shooting championship in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Asian Games silver medallist Anantjeet Singh Naruka emerged the Asian champion in skeet as he beat Mansour Alrashidi of Kuwait 57-56 in the 16th Asian shooting championship in … Read more
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