The International Cricket Council (ICC). File | Photo Credit: Reuters The ICC has introduced stop clock in Test cricket to deal with slow over rates while allowing fielding teams to decide which batter should be on strike in case of a ‘deliberate’ short-run as part of the playing conditions for the 2025-27 World Test Championship … Read more
No rush: Srihari says he will take his time before deciding whether to compete in 200m freestyle too. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT After setting the ‘India best’ time in 200m freestyle earlier this month, two-time Olympian swimmer Srihari Nataraj is considering pursuing the style along with his favourite backstroke in 2026. Srihari, who competed … Read more
Rujula improved upon her previous personal best (26.91) while winning the women’s 50m event. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Rujula S. and Bhavya Sachdeva swam confidently to break women’s 50m and 1500m freestyle meet records respectively and clinch gold medals in the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre here on Tuesday. The … Read more
India captain Rohit Sharma and Australian captain Steve Smith during the toss before the start of ICC Champions Trophy semi-final cricket match between India and Australia, in Dubai, UAE, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s white-ball tour of Australia is still four months away but Cricket Australia (CA) has already sold more … Read more
Rishabh Pant in action during the first Test against England in Leeds. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India should focus on extending their batting time and Rishabh pant must convert his hundreds into double centuries against an “average” England attack in the ongoing Test series, said senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in his detailed post-mortem of … Read more
Rajkumar’s big-hitting helped Trichy Grand Cholas pull off a win against Siechem Madurai Panthers in a Tamil Nadu Premier League match in Tirunelveli on June 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: M. Periasamy The maximum average bounce offered by the Chennai Super Kings ground for the pacers this season came to the fore on Wednesday, as … Read more
File picture of England bowler Jofra Archer stretching during the IPL | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Injury-prone Jofra Archer should not be rushed back to play in England’s second Test against India at Edgbaston despite the pace bowler’s recent comeback to red-ball cricket, feels former captain Michael Vaughan. Archer played in his first first-class … Read more
West Indies’ Jayden Seales is seen during the first day of the first Test against Australia in Bridgetown. | Photo Credit: AFP The West Indies shot out Australia for 180 and discovered how tricky the Kensington Oval pitch was by losing four wickets on day one of the test series opener. The home side was … Read more
A passed pawn did the trick as Lalit Babu beat Levan Pantsulaia with black and emerged the champion with eight points from nine rounds in the Aurionpro Grandmaster chess tournament at the World Trade Centre here on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Lalit was tied with Mamikon Gharibyan, who also capitalised on a passed pawn to prevail … Read more
Rishabh Pant celebrates after reaching his century, his second century of the match during day four of the 1st Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Headingley on June 23, 2025 in Leeds, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Greg Chappell, former Australia captain and former Indian men’s cricket coach, is thrilled with Rishabh … Read more
Rishabh Pant, who became only the second wicketkeeper to hit two hundreds in the same match during the first Test of the five-match series, climbed one spot in the list. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s swashbuckling wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant reached a career-high seventh in the latest ICC Test rankings for batters on Wednesday (June … Read more
Dhinidhi Desinghu gestures after win in the 200m freestyle final. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Teenage Olympian Dhinidhi Desinghu and her Karnataka State-mate Shoan Ganguly secured women’s 200m freestyle and men’s 200m medley crowns respectively with ‘India best’ times in the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre here on Monday. Dhinidhi, who … Read more
Harshit Rana, who played two Tests in Australia with modest results, was a part of the India A squad but hardly made an impact in the unofficial Test against England Lions in Canterbury, where he was hit for 99 runs for a solitary wicket in 27 overs. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Young speedster … Read more
Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha celebrates the wicket of Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim during the first day of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Debutant spinner Sonal Dinusha and fast bowlers Vishwa Fernando and Asitha Fernando took two wickets each to … Read more
Rajkumar’s big-hitting helped Trichy Grand Cholas pull off a win against Siechem Madurai Panthers in a Tamil Nadu Premier League match in Tirunelveli on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY The maximum average bounce offered by the Chennai Super Kings ground for the pacers this season came to the fore on Wednesday, as Athisayaraj Davidson … Read more
C. D. Gopinath presents a commemorative book to V. V. Kumar as part of his 90th birthday celebration. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran It was an evening of celebration, filled with fascinating anecdotes and a trip down memory lane during the launch of a book on former India leg-spinner V.V. Kumar to commemorate his 90th … Read more
Harbour Diamonds rode on Abhishek Raman’s 15-ball 32 to beat Shrachi Rarh Tigers by 18 runs in a rain-affected Bengal Pro T20 League match at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. The win helped the team seal a berth in the semifinals with 10 points from seven matches. The scores: Men: Harbour Diamonds 87/8 in 9 overs … Read more
Rohit broke Khade’s India best mark of and co-competitor Sajan’s four-year-old meet record. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Armed with his new-found mental strength, B. Benediction Rohit set a India best time on his way to claim the men’s 100m butterfly gold on the opening day of the National aquatics championships at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic … Read more
Ben Duckett’s century set the tone for England’s win in the first Test against India at Leeds. | Photo Credit: Reuters England skipper Ben Stokes hailed the roles of openers Zak Crawley (65, 126b, 7×4) and Ben Duckett (149, 170b, 21×4, 1×6) in the staggering five-wicket win over India in the Headingley Test here. The duo’s tone-setting … Read more
Stronger together: Captain Gill will need more than just Bumrah magic for India to take 20 wickets. | Photo Credit: Getty Images If victories confirm grand plans and strategies, defeats often force an almighty rethink. In that sense, India’s bruising five-wicket reverse to England in the first Test at Headingley here has understandably posed … Read more
It was the first time in a major that Aditi, who had a first-round 81, shot successive rounds in the 80s. File | Photo Credit: AP Indian golfer Aditi Ashok missed the cut in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship after a second round 11-over 83 in tough conditions at the Fields Ranch East course in Frisco. … Read more
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Shubman Gill watches teammates train before the start of play on day five of the first cricket test match between England and India at Headingley in Leeds, England, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. File | Photo Credit: AP India’s new captain Shubman Gill’s tactics in the first Test against England have drawn flak after the visiting … Read more
Kuldeep Yadav in action. | Photo Credit: AP Former England spinner Monty Panesar believes it’s time for India to unleash Kuldeep Yadav at the expense of seam-bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur in the second Test in Birmingham where spin is likely to play a bigger role. India lost the first Test on Tuesday (June 24, 2025) … Read more
Trial by fire: Chase’s first assignment as the WI captain will be against Australia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Roston Chase has two immediate puzzles to solve — find his groove in Test cricket and tame Australia in his first series as the new West Indies captain, and he is confident of achieving those twin … Read more
Indian freestyle wrestlers collected five more gold medals and a silver at the Asian under-23 championships on Saturday (June 21, 2025). Nikhil (61kg) beat Kazakhstan’s Merey Bazarbayev 7-2, Sujeet Kalkal (65kg) outclassed Uzbekistan’s Umidjon Jalolov 10-0, Jaideep (74kg) got the better of another Uzbek Zafarbek Otakhonov 7-0, Chandermohan (79kg) defeated Turkmenistan’s Alp Begenjov 5-2 and … Read more
Yashasvi Jaiswal drops Ben Duckett on the final day. | Photo Credit: Getty Images As stinging as Tuesday’s five-wicket reverse against England in the first Test at Headingley was, India coach Gautam Gambhir put up a brave face and refused to single out anyone. There were dropped catches galore, twin lower-order batting failures and a … Read more
Priorities: Srihari will compete only in the 50m backstroke as he will train for next month’s World University Games. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR Top swimmers of the country, including Paris Olympians Srihari Natraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu, Sajan Prakash, Aryaan Mehra, Kushagra Rawat, Shoan Ganguly and Hashika Ramachandra, will be seen in … Read more
At 90, Vaman Vishwanath Kumar’s passion for cricket remains, and of regrets there is no sign. At another time, perhaps in any other country, he might have had a long career as a leg spinner in the classical mould. When he made his debut against Pakistan with a five-wicket haul in 1960-61, chief selector Vijay … Read more
Neeraj Chopra in action during the men’s javelin in the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic. | Photo Credit: Reuters Indian javelin throw superstar Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday (June 25, 2025) clinched the title at the Golden Spike meet in his maiden appearance here, his back-to-back win in a top-class competition. Fresh from his … Read more