Manav Thakkar and Manika Batra scripted wins in the men’s and women’s singles first round of the World table tennis championships in Doha on Sunday. Manav, India’s top-ranked male paddler, outlasted New Zealand’s Timothy Choi 11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 14-12. Manika beat Fatimo Bello of Nigeria 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-2 to progress to the second … Read more
India’s Manush Shah and Diya Chitale booked their places in the men’s and women’s singles second round of the World table tennis championships in Doha on Saturday. Manush scripted an authoritative 4-2 (11-6, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6) win over Tiago Apolonia of Portugal while Diya put it across Sofia-Xuan Zhang of Spain (4-0) 11-4, … Read more
File picture of India’s Rohit Sharma and Pakistan’s Babar Azam with the Asia Cup trophy | Photo Credit: Reuters Don’t mix sport and politics, says Pakistan cricketer Mohammed Rizwan. It is the kind of statement made by those who understand neither politics nor sport. History has shown that sport is often politics by other means. … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ batter Dewald Brevis and Shivam Dube run between the wickets during the IPL match with Rajasthan Royals on May 20, 2025 | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Chennai Super Kings scored 187 for eight against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday. Asked to bat first, CSK were … Read more
Delhi Capitals will sorely miss Starc, right. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Delhi Capitals bowling coach Munaf Patel minced no words ahead of the must-win game against Mumbai Indians. “We don’t have our main bowler in Mitchell Starc and we have to decide who has to bowl with the new ball,” Munaf said, when asked … Read more
Mahela Jayawardene, right, will be hoping for fine performances from Suryakumar Yadav, left, and skipper Hardik Pandya in the big game. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Mumbai Indians is in a tricky territory. It has an outside chance of making it to the top two at the end of the league stage in IPL 2025. … Read more
Kalikesh Singh Deo. | Photo Credit: File photo: BISWARANJAN ROUT The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) governing board finalised various aspects of the inaugural Shooting League of India (SLI) featuring global stars, to be hosted with eight teams from November 20 to December 2. The governing board gave concrete shape to the governance structure, … Read more
Mumbai Indians will look to its star players like Bumrah, Hardik and Shubhman to come out firing when it takes on Delhi Capitals. | Photo Credit: File photo: EMMANUAL YOGINI All eyes will be on the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday night, with Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals — the only teams still in the fray … Read more
Heinrich Klaasen prioritised pragmatism over power. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori lauded his side’s batting effort, led by Abhishek Sharma’s explosive half-century, in its victory against Lucknow Super Giants, which ended the home side’s playoff hopes. In doing so, the visitor became the first team to chase down a … Read more
Relieved, happy but a touch disappointed too, Indian javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra said now that he is done breaching the 90m mark, he would be striving to go farther as his body is more or less free of the niggles that plagued him in the past few years. The 27-year-old two-time Olympic-medallist sent his … Read more
Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa posing after winning first Grand Chess Tour tournament. | Photo Credit: X/@rpraggnachess Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to win his first-ever tournament on the Grand Chess Tour by showcasing his supremacy in the Superbet Classic in Romania. The Indian, after drawing with the Armenian-American GM Levon Aronianin in the final … Read more
Suresh Kumar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement : Tamil Thalaivas has announced Suresh Kumar as the team’s assistant coach for the twelfth season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL). Suresh played across four seasons (seasons two to five) in the PKL with reputed franchises like Patna Pirates, Dabang Delhi, and U Mumba. Suresh, who hails … Read more
Fighting for the only available play-off spot, Mumbai Indians will take on Delhi Capitals in a potentially decisive showdown in Mumbai on Wednesday (May 21, 2025) with the five-time champion home team better-placed to advance against the erratic visitors. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s six-wicket thrashing of Lucknow Super Giants on Monday (May 19, 2025) ended the latter’s … Read more
Mumbai Indians have signed Jonny Bairstow, Richard Gleeson, and Charith Asalanka as replacements. File | Photo Credit: PTI Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians have signed Jonny Bairstow, Richard Gleeson, and Charith Asalanka as replacements for a group of foreign recruits who are set to leave for national duty following the team’s final league match on … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants’ Digvesh Singh Rathi celebrates the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan with his trademark signature celebration during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match, at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI Lucknow Super Giants leg-spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi has been handed … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Harshal Patel in action. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Harshal Patel completed 150 IPL wickets after returning with a solitary scalp against Lucknow Super Giants on Monday at the Ekana Stadium in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Like most of the Hyderabad bowlers, Harshal turned out to … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants’ Aiden Markram drives Harsh Dubey of Sunrisers Hyderabad during IPL match at Ekana stadium, in Lucknow on May 19, 2025 | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Openers Mitchell Marsh (65) and Aiden Markram (61) hit fifties as Lucknow Super Giants set a 206-run target against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL clash here on … Read more
Treesa Jolly. File. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL India’s dismal run in elite international badminton tournaments continued, as all remaining shuttlers, including world number 10 women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand exited early, ending the country’s campaign at the Thailand Open Super 500 here on Thursday. Treesa and Gayatri, returned to action … Read more
On the prowl: Skipper Dhoni will be keen on muscling a few over the boundary. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals probably can’t wait for this IPL season to come to an end. It’s been that sort of a summer for both franchises, hurtling from one setback to another … Read more
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said the BCCI has not even discussed or taken any such steps regarding the ensuing ACC events. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The BCCI on Monday (May 19, 2025) termed as “speculative and imaginary” the report which claimed that it has decided to pull out of men’s Asia Cup and women’s … Read more
With the focus on keeping the youth engaged in sports, the Khelo India Beach Games will be held in Diu, Dadra, Nagar Haveli and Daman from May 19 to 24. Organised under the Sports Competition and Talent Development section of the Khelo India Scheme, the Beach Games will feature football, volleyball, sepak takraw, kabaddi, Pencak … Read more
Sai Sudharsan en route his hundred against DC. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR B. Sai Sudharsan’s game at the top of the order has many praiseworthy features. Foremost among them in the T20 format is his ability, aided by a robust technique, to pile up runs regularly without ever resorting to ungainly slogging. He … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah was the last man to lead India to victory in a Test match. Jasprit Bumrah was the last man to lead India in a Test match, period. And yet… And yet, Jasprit Bumrah isn’t really the front-runner to become India’s next Test captain, a position that lies vacant following the retirement from the … Read more
Delhi Capitals batter K.L. Rahul celebrate his century against GT during their 60th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar K.L. Rahul flourished in the opener’s role, smashing an unbeaten century to propel Delhi Capitals to 199 for 3 against Gujarat Titans in a crucial Indian Premier League clash … Read more
Though Tushar Deshpande picked up the openers early, Royals could not prevent Kings from posting a big total. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Rajasthan Royals’ batting crumbled under pressure while pursuing a target of 220 against Punjab Kings, stumbling in a run chase for the fifth time in IPL 2025, but head coach Rahul Dravid … Read more
LSG skipper Rishabh Pant has an excellent record against SRH. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA The eight-day suspension of the IPL threw a spanner in the works for the BCCI, international cricket calendar and fans. However, the break might just be what Lucknow Super Giants needed to steady a stuttering campaign. Three defeats on the … Read more
Malvika Bansod in action. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen suffered a shock defeat but the trio of Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap and Unnati Hooda advanced to the women’s singles second round after hard-fought victories in the $475,000 Thailand Open Super 500 tournament here on Wednesday. World No. 10 pair of … Read more
Punjab Batsman Nehal Wadhera during the IPL T20 Match against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Man Singh Cricket Stadium in Jaipur on May 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh struck fine half-centuries to rescue Punjab Kings and help them to a competitive 219 for 5 against Rajasthan Royals in … Read more
A middling start, an incandescent middle stage and a slow decline define Virat Kohli’s Test career. Still, his retirement from cricket’s longest format seems a touch drastic. Kohli’s goodbye note on Instagram that came close on the heels of Rohit Sharma’s exit marks a seismic change in the Indian squad. Walking in at number four, … Read more
Rory Mcllroy. File. | Photo Credit: AP Lightning-fast greens are predicted at rain-soaked Quail Hollow when the 107th PGA Championship tees off Thursday with the world’s top-ranked trio in a mouth-watering feature group sure to dominate attention. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, a two-time Masters winner, will join defending champion Xander Schauffele and new Masters champion Rory … Read more