Just before the heavens opened up at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on the afternoon of June 29, 2024, a distraught Aiden Markram was subjected to a barrage of unpleasant queries on yet another heartbreak for South Africa. In the aftermath of a seven-run defeat to India in the T20 World Cup final, it was … Read more
Deepesh is the son of former Tamil Nadu player Devendran. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Having come close last year, Tamil Nadu’s D. Deepesh finally made it to the India under-19 squad on Monday when he was announced as one of the injury replacements for the tour of England later this month. The 17-year-old pacer … Read more
Sam Burns tees off on the 16th hole during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. | Photo Credit: AP Sam Burns matched the third-best US Open round ever fired at Oakmont, shooting a five-under par 65 to seize a one-stroke lead … Read more
Panthers have officially written to TNPL CEO Prasanna Kannan that Ashwin and his team tampered with the ball during Saturday’s match. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN A fresh controversy has erupted in the TNPL, with Siechem Madurai Panthers levelling serious ball-tampering allegations against Dindigul Dragons and its captain R. Ashwin following Dragons’ nine-wicket victory … Read more
Making a point: Yashaswini held her nerve and blanked Krittwika to seal the deal. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Never had a team made a comeback after trailing 4-7 in an Ultimate Table Tennis knockout match. And never had U Mumba TT been able to breach the semifinal barrier in the first five editions. Both … Read more
Ankita Raina in partnership with Alice Robbe of France made the doubles final with a 7-5, 7-6(7) victory over the second seeds Gabriella Da Silva and Elena Micic of Australia in the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Guimaraes, Portugal. In the final, the Indo-French pair will play the Japanese third seeds Hiromi Abe and … Read more
A view of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a significant move, the BCCI has decided to conduct an additional bone test at the junior level to ensure that no cricketer misses out on playing an extra season due to the “+1 factor” that is currently added to the calculation, … Read more
A combined image of Sachin Tendulkar and James Anderson | Photo Credit: PTI and Reuters The launch of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy for the upcoming Test series between India and England has been delayed due to the recent airline tragedy in Ahmedabad which led to 275 deaths. Previously called the Pataudi Trophy in honour of former … Read more
Clutch performance: Arya and Arjun beat the Chinese pair of Wang and Sheng in style. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Arya Borse and Arjun Babuta clinched the mixed air rifle gold by beating the Chinese pair of Wang Zifei and Sheng Lihao 17-7 in the shooting World Cup that concluded in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. … Read more
Kanak Jha got Jaipur Patriots off to a flying start in the UTT semifinal against Dabang Delhi TTC, beating Quek Izaac. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI It couldn’t get any closer. A battle of attrition that was stretched right down the wire saw Jaipur Patriots stun Dabang Delhi TTC and enter the final of the … Read more
As Temba Bavuma strolled the Lord’s outfield on Saturday afternoon, the mace in one hand and young son Lihle in his other arm, a sea of emotion would have swirled through his mind. Just moments previously, he had helped end years of heartbreak, masterminding an extraordinary five-wicket conquest of Australia in the final of the … Read more
Groomed in confidence: Sreeja, after missing the last season due to a stress fracture, has remained unbeaten in this campaign. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Almost a year ago, Sreeja Akula was flying high. While achieving a rare feat of an Indian paddler featuring in the singles round-of-16 at the Olympics (she and Manika Batra … Read more
Winning start: Pipers’ Walther relied on his experience to trump Ankur. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI It was a battle between a side that had to win big to put other teams in contention for the knockouts under pressure and a team that was fighting to avoid the wooden spoon. While Kolkata ThunderBlades crumbled, Ahmedabad … Read more
Tushar Raheja smashes one through the off-side. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN Salem: Tushar Raheja smashed his fourth consecutive half-century of the season as IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans crushed Trichy Grand Cholas by seven wickets in an afternoon fixture in the TNPL at the Salem Cricket Foundation Ground on Sunday. Chasing a target of 165, … Read more
Elavenil Valarivan won the bronze medal in women’s air rifle in the shooting World Cup in Munich on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Elavenil, who had qualified in second place with a high score of 635.6, missed the chance for a better medal by 0.2 point as she slipped from the lead position with a penultimate shot … Read more
More than a game: Puerto Rican Diaz has also used the tournament to get acquainted with Indian pop culture! | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Contrary to the conventional professional table tennis leagues across the globe, Ultimate Table Tennis has adopted a different format. And the overseas players are latching on to it like a paddler to … Read more
The 2025-26 domestic cricket season will kick off with the Duleep Trophy, starting August 28, and end with the Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy on April 3. The schedule for the upcoming season was announced via a press release after the BCCI’s 28th Apex Council meeting on Saturday. The Ranji Trophy is slated to be … Read more
A force to reckon with: Harmeet’s Goa Challengers entered the knockouts for the fourth season in a row. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Dempo Goa Challengers recovered from Sunday night’s blip to cap off the league stage with a record victory against Stanley’s Chennai Lions on Monday and cement a place in the Ultimate Table … Read more
Remarkable achievement: This triumph was a tribute to what Bavuma and his lead stars, like centurion Markram, achieved. | Photo Credit: AP It was a March night at Mirpur on the outskirts of Dhaka. Graeme Smith faced the media with moist eyes. The first question, more a statement, was brutal: “They used to call you … Read more
Raman and Sathiyan have worked wonders with Dabang Delhi. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: S.R. Raghunathan One of the features of the first five editions of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) was the Indian coaches preferring to pick their personal wards in their own team through the annual player draft. For the current edition, however, … Read more
South Korea’s An Se Young celebrates after defeating China’s Wang Zhiyi during their women’s singles final match at the Indonesia Open badminton tournament at Istora Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Danish third seed Anders Antonsen beat Taiwanese Chou Tien-chen 22-20 21-14 to clinch his first Indonesia Open men’s … Read more
The Club World Cup will take Inter Miami from start-up to the global stage. Just five years after its MLS debut, the team co-owned by David Beckham and starring Lionel Messi will have the eyes of the world on it as it kicks off soccer’s newest competition with the chance to be crowned world champion. … Read more
South Africa’s Aiden Markram bats on day four of the World Test Championship final between South Africa and Australia at Lord’s cricket ground in London, Saturday, June 14, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP South Africa ended their 27-year wait for a major ICC title by defeating Australia in the World Test Championship final on day … Read more
Prasidh Krishna bowls a delivery on the third day of the first Test cricket match between India and South Africa. File | Photo Credit: PTI India pacer Prasidh Krishna says he has learned to “switch on” as per the team’s requirements and is now looking to carry his rich IPL form on to the tour … Read more
Twitter of the logo of Marylebone Cricket Club. Boundary catches involving ‘bunny hops’, or multiple airborne touches outside the rope, have been deemed illegal by the Marylebone Cricket Club, with the new ruling set to be integrated into ICC’s playing conditions this month and the MCC’s laws from October next year. Spectacular catches like the … Read more
South Africa’s Aiden Markram plays a shot on day 3 of the World Test Championship final at Lords on June 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ashwell Prince, South Africa batting coach, labelled Aiden Markram the “man for the big occasion” after the opener steered Proteas towards a famous run chase in the ICC World … Read more
South Africa’s Aiden Markram celebrates after reaching his century during day three of ICC World Test Championship Final against Australia at Lord’s Cricket Ground on June 13, 2025 in London, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Hobbling captain Temba Bavuma and hundred-hitter Aiden Markram pushed South Africa to the brink of a sensational victory over … Read more
Nidhish Rajagoapal starred in Salem Spartans’ win against Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans in a TNPL match in Salem on Friday. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN When the pressure is high, the side that keeps its nerve crosses the line. Needing 31 off the final two overs, SKM Salem Spartans pulled off a stunning four-wicket win over IDream Tiruppur … Read more
Jerome Vinith led Calicut Heroes to title last season. | Photo Credit: File photo: R. RAGU C. Jerome Vinith has a new team in the Prime Volleyball League (PVL). After smashing away winners for Cailcut Heroes in all the three seasons of the league thus far, he was picked up for ₹22.5 lakh by Chennai … Read more
After being dropped from England’s squad for the Test tour of the West Indies in 2022, Stuart Broad wrote in his column in Mail on Sunday about the state of his mind. “It hit me pretty hard,” conceded one half of England’s deadliest ever bowling duo (the other half, James Anderson, had also been dropped). … Read more