Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar and his Punjab Kings counterpart Shreyas Iyer seen during the toss of the IPL 2025 final in Ahmedabad on June 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first during the IPL 2025 final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru … Read more
File photo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were pleased with the way they challenged their higher-ranked opponents despite not being at their physical best, marking a promising comeback at the Singapore Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on … Read more
Chevell was instrumental in keeping McGrath fit in his long career. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The MRF Pace Foundation, headed by its Director of Coaching Glenn McGrath, has brought in Australian trainer Kevin Chevell to work with its trainees this year. Chevell, a former left-arm pacer who played for Western Australia, worked with McGrath … Read more
Dabang Delhi rode on captain G. Sathiyan’s exploits to outplay Jaipur Patriots. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Defending champion Goa Challengers and last year’s finalist Dabang Delhi TTC began their Ultimate Table Tennis Season 6 campaign with wins in contrasting fashion on the opening day at the EKA Arena here on Saturday. Goa Challengers — … Read more
Daily Quiz | On IPL finals and champions M. Bisla of Kolkata Knight Riders, who played a title-winning innings against CSK START THE QUIZ 1 / 7 | 2025 will see a new champion. Apart from Rajasthan Royals in 2008 (inaugural edition), which other team triumphed in its debut season? 2 / 7 | The … Read more
RCB hope for strong Virat Kohli performance in IPL final, star batter has mixed record in title outings Former India skipper Virat Kohli has performed well many times in big games and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be hoping for a strong performance from him in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 final against Punjab Kings … Read more
Former Indian cricket team captain Anil Kumble was recently appointed ambassador of the Karnataka Forest Department and for wildlife conservation. | Photo Credit: DEEPAK SALVI Former Indian cricket team captain Anil Kumble, who was recently appointed ambassador of the Karnataka Forest Department and for wildlife conservation, said that he would work with the department for … Read more
Ananya Muralidharan beat Divyanshi Bhowmick 11-3, 11-10, 2-11 in the girls’ match to eke out a 5-4 victory for U Mumba TT over Stanley’s Chennai Lions in the Dream UTT juniors table tennis tournament at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Prateek Tulsani had beaten Siddhanth Dhariwal in the first rubber to put U … Read more
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 trophy at the Narendra Modi Stadium ahead of the final match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, in Ahmedabad. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Premier League (IPL) will get a new champion on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) in Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium after the much-awaited final between … Read more
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson celebrates after scoring a century during the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Ex-captain Kane Williamson has again rejected a central contract with New Zealand Cricket and likely will miss the … Read more
Quickly: Beyond both representing their respective countries, what is the iconic, unforgettable, eminently forgettable (for the two protagonists, that is) common thread that binds Ollie Pope and Washington Sundar together? If you said embarrassingly having their stumps splattered by magical yorkers from Jasprit Bumrah, allow yourself a pat on the back. Or not, really. After … Read more
File photo of Olympic champion Imane Khelif | Photo Credit: Reuters Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to participate in upcoming events with the sport’s new governing body. World Boxing announced mandatory sex testing for all athletes Friday. The governing body specifically mentioned Khelif when announcing the policy, saying the Algerian … Read more
RCB Captain Rajat Patidar during a practice session on the eve of the final. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans are a patient and loyal lot. Seventeen IPL editions have gone without the ultimate prize, but the support base has remained hopeful and enthusiastic. Expectations are high as RCB hopes to break … Read more
Australia celebrates with the trophy after winning the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Final match against England. India will be hosting the 2025 edition with Colombo being added as neutral venue. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 will be held across India and Sri Lanka from September 30 to … Read more
Right attitude: McGrath added that new India Test captain Gill has good composure. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU As India gears up for the five-match Test series in England starting later this month, former Australia pacer Glenn McGrath feels India’s pace attack needs to step up and reduce the burden on spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. “Bumrah … Read more
Shreyas Iyer has had a wonderful campaign both as a batter and leader. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI After securing the win against Mumbai Indians in the IPL Qualifier 2 here on Sunday, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer walked off without much celebration. Shreyas, who played out of his skin to guide PBKS home, shifted … Read more
File photo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. | Photo Credit: The Hindu India’s top men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stayed on course for their maiden title of the season, storming into the Singapore Open semifinals with a straight-game win over world No. 1 Malaysian duo of Goh Sze Fei and … Read more
Skipper Shreyas Iyer’s sensational knock took PBKS past MI in Qualifier 2. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI History beckons as Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings attempt to break new ground here on Tuesday. Now into the 18th edition of the IPL, the wait for a maiden title has been long and painful for RCB … Read more
South African batter Henrich Klaasen makes a shock exit from all forms of international cricket on Monday (June 2, 2025). The decision comes as a blow for the country ahead of their co-hosting of the 2027 World Cup, where he would have been a major draw card. Klaasen, 33, is one of the world’s most … Read more
Reigning world champion D Gukesh emerged the winner in a thrilling Armageddon tie-break against American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana but Arjun Erigaisi succumbed to Magnus Carlsen’s intuitive skills on a mixed day for the Indians in the ‘Open’ category of Norway Chess in Stavanger. World No. 3 Caruana enjoyed a pawn advantage for most part of … Read more
South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, a blow for the country ahead of their co-hosting of the ICC World Cup 2027, | Photo Credit: AP South Africa batter Heinrich Klaasen has retired from all forms of international cricket, a blow for the country ahead of their co-hosting of … Read more
Virat Kohli’s nearly two-decade long agonising wait to lay hands on an IPL Trophy with Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be up against Shreyas Iyer’s resolve to make first-time winners out of the tenacious Punjab Kings when the 18th season finale of the world’s biggest T20 league unfolds in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (June 3, 2025). The … Read more
File picture of Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell during a practice session | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell on Monday (June 2, 2025) retired from ODIs to focus on next year’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, saying that he did not want to “play for selfish reasons” given how his … Read more
Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya and Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer before the IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, on June 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer and Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya have been fined for … Read more
Rajeev Shukla, 65, is currently serving as the BCCI vice-president. | Photo Credit: PTI Veteran cricket administrator Rajeev Shukla is set to replace Roger Binny as BCCI president in an interim capacity after the latter turns 70 next month, BCCI sources told PTI on Monday (June 2, 2025). Binny, who had replaced Sourav Ganguly as … Read more
Punjab Kings’ batters Marcus Stoinis and Shreyas Iyer during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Qualifier 2 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, on June 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Bigger the occasion, calmer he becomes is how Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer described his … Read more
Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh have chosen to play only in doubles. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) on Thursday announced the national teams for the Asian individual championships (June 17 to 21) and Asian doubles championships (June 23 to 26) in Sarawak, Malaysia. Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh, … Read more
A little shimmy to the off, his stumps exposed to the fast bowler, and a cheeky paddle-scoop over the ’keeper or fine-leg, for four or six. That has been one of B. Sai Sudharsan’s more productive strokes in IPL 2025. It’s a stroke that has also brought about his downfall. Against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in … Read more
Joshna Chinappa returned to action after a knee surgery and put all doubts about her fitness to rest by reaching the women’s doubles and mixed doubles finals at the National Championships in Chennai earlier this month. She finished as the runner-up (alongside Velavan Senthilkumar) in the former and clinched the title in the latter by … Read more
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya with his Punjab Kings counterpart Shreyas Iyer during the toss of the IPL 2025 qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad on June 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad on Sunday (June 1, 2025). … Read more