Samson is among the 156 players who will go under the hammer. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: N. SUDARSHAN The spotlight will be on Sanju Samson in the player auction for the second season of Kerala Cricket League (KCL), which will be held here on Saturday. Samson, who missed the first season of KCL, is among … Read more
Jyothi Yarraji is currently in the 12th spot among those who can make it to the World Championships through world ranking quota, but will need to maintain her spot by competing in events. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Asian champion and national record holder 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji has suffered a “freak” knee injury while … Read more
India bowler Mohammed Siraj celebrates the wicket of England batsman Ben Stokes with KL Rahul during day three of the Second Test Match between England and India at Edgbaston on July 4, 2025 in Birmingham, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India pacer Mohammed Siraj struck twice in as many balls but Jamie Smith swung … Read more
India bowler Mohammed Siraj celebrates the wicket of England batsman Ben Stokes with KL Rahul during day three of the Second Test Match between England and India at Edgbaston on July 4, 2025 in Birmingham, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India pacer Mohammed Siraj struck twice in as many balls but Jamie Smith swung … Read more
It would take the combined might of new Test captain Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant to take the Indian Test team forward in the absence of Virat Kohli, who did the job “single-handedly” in his prime, feels former England captain Michael Vaughan. The Indian batting line-up seems to have moved on rather smoothly … Read more
Anderson Peters in action during the men’s javelin | Photo Credit: Reuters Two-time World Championship gold-medallist javelin thrower Anderson Peters on Tuesday pulled out of the Neeraj Chopra Classic due to an ankle injury, dealing another blow to the showpiece. The 27-year-old Grenada stalwart, who had taken the bronze medal behind Neeraj at the Paris … Read more
In his first 13 Tests outside Asia, Shubman Gill had only two half-centuries and a highest of 91, which came in Brisbane on his maiden tour in 2020-21. That record was in direct contrast to the numbers he stacked up in India and Bangladesh, where 19 matches yielded five centuries. Having waited more than four … Read more
After his magnificent double hundred against England, India skipper Shubman Gill on Thursday (July 3, 2025) said he had stopped enjoying his batting in pursuit of runs but going back to basics and making some technical changes helped him rediscover the joy in his craft. Gill struck 269 off 387 balls to become the first … Read more
At 14, Dhinidhi Desinghu, who competed in women’s 200m freestyle in 2024 Olympics, was the youngest Indian to participate in the Paris Games. The teenager showed her class earlier this year when she bagged 11 medals, including nine gold, to emerge as the Best Athlete in the Uttarakhand National Games. With several important international events … Read more
Praggnanandhaa | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The India No. 1 in chess ranking is kind of a musical chair now. It shows how strongly the young Indians have been faring at the highest level. The latest occupant of the hot seat is R. Praggnanandhaa, who is ranked World No. 4 in the latest FIDE rating … Read more
The new National Sports Policy that seeks to utilise the potential of sports to drive excellence, economic growth and social progress, was approved by the Union Cabinet on Tuesday. The aim of the sports policy, developed in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders apart from different branches of the government machinery, is to create … Read more
Gill and Jadeja put on 203 for the sixth wicket. | Photo Credit: AFP India’s strategy to pack its team with batting all-rounders was to give the side added help in putting up giant totals. On the second day of the second Test against England here, it bore fruit as Ravindra Jadeja scored 89 batting … Read more
Twice in Leeds, India had threatened to bury England under a mountain of runs — at 430 for three in the first innings and 333 for four in the second. But it was here at Edgbaston on Thursday (July 3, 2025) that the visitors finally made good on the promise by raking up a mammoth … Read more
Mainstay: Skipper Harmanpreet missing matches did not help India’s cause. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO While most of the Indian men’s hockey team players and staff took a break after the disappointing outing in the European leg of the FIH Pro League, assistant coach Shivendra Singh landed straight back at the SAI Centre, Bengaluru. As … Read more
Ashwin had led Dragons from the front. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN Chepauk Super Gillies and Dindigul Dragons will square off for a berth in the final of the TNPL when the two sides meet in Qualifier 2 at the NPR College ground here on Friday. Super Gillies have been the standout team of the … Read more
File picture of Vaibhav Suryavanshi in action for India U-19s against the England U19s | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi continued his rich vein of form by smashing a record nine sixes as India defeated England by four wickets in the rain-truncated third U19 Youth ODI to take a 2-1 … Read more
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India’s captain Shubman Gill acknowledges the applause from the crowd as he leaves the field at the end of play on day one of the second Test match against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, on July 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India captain Shubman Gill’s clearly thought-out strategy and body language on the … Read more
Second seed Divyanshi Bhowmick defeated China’s Zhu Qihui, seeded three, 13-11, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8 to clinch the under-15 girls’ singles title at the 29th Asian youth table tennis championships in Tashkent. With the stunning victory – her second against a Chinese opponent in the knockout stage – Divyanshi secured a direct berth for … Read more
A 20-member India-A men’s team will tour Europe later this month as Hockey India hopes to cultivate and improve the national team’s bench strength ahead of a crucial 18 months, culminating in the Asian Games next year. The squad was announced on Tuesday and includes a bulk of players from the senior core group and … Read more
Shubman Gill plays a shot during a One Day International (ODI) cricket match of the ICC Champions Trophy between India and Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI India’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh in August could be rescheduled because it needs clearance from the Indian government, a senior Bangladesh cricket official told AFP on Wednesday (July … Read more
BCCI Ombudsman has granted RCB and KSCA four weeks to respond, following an official complaint filed by IPS officer Vikas Kumar. File | Photo Credit: PTI IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru have landed in further trouble after BCCI Ombudsman-cum-Ethics Officer Justice (Retd) Arun Mishra directed the franchise, along with the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), … Read more
When the bell rings, it’s not the size of the fighter that matters — it’s the precision of the blows, the ability to absorb them, and the will to hit back harder. 835 runs in total — five centuries from the opposition. Every sign pointing towards collapse and defeat in a fourth innings chase. But … Read more
R. Ashwin of Dindigul Dragons bats against Trichy Grand Cholas in the TNPL Eliminator at Natham in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday, 02 July 2025. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN Dindigul Dragons has easily the best bowling attack in the TNPL, led by its potent spin combo of R. Ashwin and Varun Chakaravarthy. Add … Read more
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brisk knock set the tone for the Indian innings. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Yashasvi Jaiswal, who fell 13 short of scoring his second century of the series (87, 107b, 13×4), lauded his captain Shubman Gill, who grabbed the opportunity for a second hundred by coming up with a mature knock (114 batting, 216b, 12×4). … Read more
On a day when India’s team selection provoked and riled admirers and critics alike, Shubman Gill & Co reached 310 for five at stumps in the second Test against England at Birmingham on Wednesday. On the opening morning at Edgbaston, when asked by Ben Stokes to experience the pitch first, India left two of its … Read more
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The organisers of the World Super Kabaddi League (WSKL) on Monday (June 30, 2025) announced that the inaugural edition of the tournament, featuring about 30 countries, will be held in Dubai, tentatively in February-March next year. Backed by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF), WSKL … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah during the warm up before the match against England on July 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters England won the toss and opted to field on Day 1 of the second Test match against India in Edgbaston on July 2, 2025. India has opted to rest Jasprit Bumrah after much … Read more
File picture of cricketer Mohammed Shami | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court directed Indian pacer Mohammed Shami to pay his estranged wife, Hasin Jahan, and daughter a monthly alimony of ₹4 lakh as maintenance during the ongoing legal battle with his spouse. Jahan had moved the High Court against a district sessions court’s … Read more
In this image via Badminton Photo, India’s Ayush Shetty returns to Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien-chen during the men’s singles semi-final match at the US Open 2025 badminton tournament, in Iowa, USA, on June 28, 2025. Photo: Badminton Photo/Yves Lacroix via PTI Photo Rising shuttler Ayush Shetty notched up his first BWF World Tour title with … Read more