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
Indian archers claimed two team gold medals in the Asian para-archery championships in Beijing on Saturday. Jyoti and Sheetal Devi combined to beat China’s Zhao Jing and Zhang Lu 148-143 in the final to win the compound women’s open team title. Harvinder Singh and Bhawna defeated China’s Gan Jun and Gao Cihan 5-4 (shoot-off: 14-8) … Read more
To each its own: While Yego’s heart was set on javelin from the beginning, Rohler took up the sport only after competing in other events like high jump and triple jump. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Thomas Rohler and Julius Yego had fascinating starts to their javelin careers. Rohler’s journey as a junior began … Read more
India u-19 player Enaan found no takers. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The player auction for the second season of the Kerala Cricket League (KCL) left many junior cricketers in the State disappointed and it raised serious questions about the aim of the fledgling league in promoting talent. Twenty-three players, who represented the State in … Read more
World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen reacts after losing to reigning world champion D. Gukesh in the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz chess tournament on July 3, 2025. Photo: X/@GrandChessTour World number one Magnus Carlsen says he is struggling to enjoy chess after suffering a second consecutive defeat to reigning world champion D Gukesh, who the Norwegian has … Read more
File picture of Virat Kohli | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash Drawing parallels between on-field pressure situations in two vastly different games, former India captain Virat Kohli says what tennis players endure week after week can only be compared to the less frequent “intimidation and pressure” that an Indian cricketer faces in World Cup knockouts … Read more
Daily Quiz: on triple centurions in Test cricket South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder attempts to play a shot on day three of the World Test Championship final between South Africa and Australia at Lord’s cricket ground in London, Friday, June 13, 2025. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | As of July 7, 2025, 29 batters … Read more
England’s captain Ben Stokes. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ben Stokes’ batting form has steadily deserted him over the years, more so at a time when he should be leading an under-fire England team from the front, says former skipper Michael Atherton after the hosts were humiliated by India in the second Test at Edgbaston. Atherton … Read more
World champion D Gukesh beats World No. 1 on Grand Chess Tour Day 2 in Zagreb on Thursday (July 3, 2025). Photo credit: X@GrandChessTour World champion D Gukesh let his moves do the talking as he scored another impressive win over world number one Magnus Carlsen to grab the sole lead after six rounds of … Read more
England’s Sophie Ecclestone. FIle | Photo Credit: Reuters Sophie Ecclestone and Maia Bouchier were on Tuesday (July 8, 2025) named in a 15-member England women’s squad to take on India in a three-match ODI series later this month. The three ODIs will be played on July 16, 19 and 22 at Southampton, Lord’s and Chester-Le-Street … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Yash Dayal. | Photo Credit: PTI An FIR has been registered against cricketer Yash Dayal, who plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman, police said on Tuesday (July 8, 2025). The FIR was registered against Dayal (27) at Indirapuram Police Station on Sunday (July 6, 2025) under … Read more
Ben Stokes shook his head in frustration. Maybe even a little disbelief. For an hour and a half, having embraced a stonewalling avatar, England’s captain had kept India’s wicket-hungry bowlers at bay when, in the last over before lunch, he was dismissed leg before, by Washington Sundar. Washington was the last of the five bowlers … Read more
Siraj and Siraj bowled India to a maiden Test win at Edgbaston. | Photo Credit: AP The mark of a top sportsperson is to excel when faced with severe limitations. In the just-concluded second Test that India won by 336 runs against England, Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep proved that they were of that variety. … Read more
One to savour: Tamizhans played like a champion outfit after the early stumble. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN In a long tournament, the oft-repeated mantra that teams like to stress is ‘peaking at the right time’. Even if it is a tired cliche, there are enough examples to show that it merits consideration. IDream Tiruppur … Read more
The PGA Tour has done away with the staggered start for the FedEx Cup finale. In its place is a new pay structure with staggered bonuses to whoever is leading at three points in the final month of the season. The FedEx Cup champion will get $10 million, down from $25 million. However, if the … Read more