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
India’s Shree Charani celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England’s Amy Jones. | Photo Credit: Reuters A brilliant 24-run victory for India Women over England Women at County Ground in Bristol on Tuesday (July 1, 2025), fueled by half-centuries from Amanjot Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues, as well as outstanding bowling from Shree Charani, … Read more
Manu Bhaker, topper Suruchi Phogat, and Rahi Sarnobat. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Suruchi Phogat continued to assert her class as she beat double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker by 1.1 points for the top spot in the women’s air pistol in the National shooting selection trials at the Trishul Academy in Maharana Pratap Sports College … Read more
Watching India lose a Test in England that many thought they had sewn up early (before the threads were loosened), told us something about generational change. The flag-waving was premature. Teams need a settling-down period. Teams also need to have the right man in the right slot, not someone who on a good day can … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images Promising Indian shuttlers Tanvi Sharma and Ayush Shetty marched into the semifinals of the U.S. Open badminton tournament with convincing wins to continue their impressive run in the Super 300 Tournament here. The 16-year-old Tanvi wrapped up her match in 33 minutes with a fine 21-13, … Read more
U. Sasidev of Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans in action against Chepauk Super Gillies in the TNPL Qualifier 1 at Natham in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday, 01 July 2025. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN Last year, IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans posted 200 in Qualifier 1 against Lyca Kovai Kings but got blown away by B. Sai … Read more
England’s Ben Stokes during the press conference. Photo: Action Images via Reuters Success breeds success, and Bazball-era England has been a shining example of this. Starting in June 2022, England has chased six targets of 250 or more successfully. Two of these have come against India – 378 here in Birmingham in July 2022 and … Read more
India’s Shubman Gill during the press conference. Photo: Action Images via Reuters The curiosity and chatter around India’s team composition leading into the second Test against England has come to resemble a long, drawn-out soap opera. Yet another episode played out on Tuesday (July 1, 2025) afternoon at Edgbaston in Birmingham, again without any conclusion. … Read more
Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa won the UzChess Cup Masters 2025 tournament in Tashkent on June 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Instagram/@pragg_chess Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa became India’s top-ranked chess player in the live ratings after winning the UzChess Cup Masters 2025, in Tashkent on Friday (June 27, 2025). The win took Praggnanandhaa’s live rating to 2778.3, making … Read more
The podium: Sonam, topper Narmada, and Rajshree. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Narmada Nithin beat Sonam Maskar by 1.7 points for the top spot in women’s air rifle in the National shooting selection trials at the Trishul Academy in Maharana Pratap Sports College on Friday. Rajshree Sancheti won third place ahead of Shreya Agrawal and … Read more
Shoan Ganguly won the400m medley with an ‘India best’ performance at the National aquatics in Bhubaneswar. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Entrusted with the responsibility of reviving the Asian swimming championships in Ahmedabad after a nine-year gap in October, the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) is not only looking at showcasing its organisational ability but … Read more
Indian swimmer Benediction Rohit is a top prospect ahead of the 2025 Asian Swimming Championships | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Entrusted with the responsibility of hosting the revival edition of the Asian championships in Ahmedabad in October after a nine-year gap, the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) is not only looking at showcasing its organisational … Read more
Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana moved up one spot to be ranked third in the ICC rankings for batters in women’s T20 Internationals. | Photo Credit: Reuters India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday (July 1, 2025) moved up one spot to be ranked third in the ICC rankings for batters in women’s T20 Internationals. Mandhana, who is … Read more
India will need to shed their conservative selection approach and give themselves the best chance to take 20 wickets on what is expected to be another batting surface in the second Test against England, beginning in Birmingham on Wednesday (July 2, 2025). By the team management’s own admission, India missed a specialist bowler at Leeds, … Read more
File photo of Australian spinner Nathan Lyon. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australian spin great Nathan Lyon has no immediate plans of Test retirement as he yearns for one final away series win in India before calling time on his illustrious career. The 37-year-old, who is the most successful off-spinner for Australia with 556 wickets in … Read more
Chris Woakes of England bowls during a net session at Edgbaston on June 30, 2025 in Birmingham, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ahead of England’s opening Test against India in Leeds, the home bowling line-up was under the microscope. Both Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes hadn’t bowled much in the lead-up, and Josh Tongue … Read more
Priorities: Brook says his full focus is on England duties for now. | Photo Credit: Getty Images After having been signed by Delhi Capitals for ₹6.25 crore in the 2025 IPL mega auction, Harry Brook decided to pull out of the tournament to focus on his England National team commitments. The decision did not go down … Read more
Ravindra Jadeja’s left-arm spin was put to an arduous test at Leeds. The final evaluation for his match figures of 47-5-172-1: room for improvement. The Headingley pitch got drier as the first England-India Test progressed, and the stage was set for Jadeja to utilise the rough outside the left-hander’s off-stump. The last day’s play, however, … Read more
In focus: It remains to be seen whether India will play both Jadeja and Kuldeep, while Sai Sudharsan, centre, will be keen on making a mark with the bat. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Watching a nets session ahead of an all-important cricket match is like sitting down to solve a crossword puzzle. There may … Read more
Earlier this month, Dhoni was inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame for the year 2025 along with seven cricketers, including Australian great Matthew Hayden and South Africa’s Hashim Amla. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has filed a trademark application for the phrase ‘CAPTAIN COOL’, a sobriquet … Read more
KUCHING India made history in the second Asian doubles squash championships by securing a hat-trick of gold medals in men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles — a feat never achieved before by the nation in any of the Asian or World doubles squash championship. Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar defeated Pakistan’s Noor Zaman and … Read more
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi with Azhar Mahmood who was appointed as the acting red-ball head coach. | Photo Credit: AP Former all-rounder Azhar Mahmood was on Monday (June 30, 2025) elevated to the post of Pakistan’s acting red-ball head coach until the conclusion of his current contract, which runs until April next year. … Read more
Confident India will aim to capitalise opener Smriti Mandhana’s sublime form and hope for skipper Harmanpreet Kaur availability in the second T20I against England in Bristol on July 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A confident India will aim to capitalise on opener Smriti Mandhana’s sublime form and hope for skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s availability … Read more
File photo of Joshna Chinappa and Anahat Singh | Photo Credit: The Hindu India made history in the second Asian doubles squash championships by securing hat-trick of gold medals in men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles — a feat never achieved before by the nation in any of the Asian or World doubles squash … Read more
Sai Kishore en route his fifty. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN R. Sai Kishore, for a change, let his bat do the talking as he stroked a well-paced half-century (55, 34b, 8×4, 1×6) that set-up a comfortable 69-run win for IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans over Nellai Royal Kings in the penultimate league game of TNPL-9 at … Read more
“It’s disappointing that the final of a 50-over tournament had to be decided by a Twenty20 game.” One would think this would be the lament of the losing captain, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni is anything but conventional. Not long after his side got out of jail, defeating England by five runs in the final of the … Read more
Munir says that while Moeen’s success has made it better for children with immigrant backgrounds, challenges remain. | Photo Credit: N. Sudarshan Munir Ali breathes cricket. After helping shape the career of his nephew Kabir Ali, who represented England in one Test and 14 ODIs, and then making Moeen Ali the cricketer he was — … Read more
A file image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Wednesday (June 25, 2025) announced the launch of the Top National Players Stipend Scheme (TNPSS), a financial support initiative to help in talent development. The project, championed by AICF President Nitin Narang, will seek to … Read more
Shubman Gill has plenty to ponder after the demoralising loss at Headingley. | Photo Credit: Getty Images As shadows lengthened on day one of the first Test between India and England in Leeds, Shubman Gill would have been a pleased man. His side had reached a comfortable 359 for three and the captain had helped … Read more
Indian team celebrates with the trophy after winning the Twenty20 World Cup 2025 in Barbados. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak In Barbados, India ended an 11-year-long ICC Trophy drought, beating South Africa by seven runs to capture the ICC T20 World Cup title for the second time on June 29 last year. This was Rohit … Read more