Ahlawat and Shubhankar during the media interaction on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivaan A battery of champions, more than a dozen of them from around the world, will be flexing their muscles to hit their best shots and sink putts, but the home fans will look for a familiar face to lift the trophy … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli at a training session ahead of the IPL match against Chennai Super Kings in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Dinesh Karthik is no stranger to the city of Chennai. The pre-match press conference ahead of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers … Read more
Sunil beat China’s Jiaxin Huang after losing in the semifinals of the 87kg bout in the continental tournament on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: olympics.com Indian wrestler Sunil Kumar won the bronze medal in the 87kg Greco Roman bout of the Asian Championship in Jordan on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). In the bronze medal … Read more
Sumeeth Reddy represented India at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games and won the 2015 Mexico City Grand Prix and 2016 Canada Open, along with finishing as runner-up at the U.S. Open and Dutch Open in 2015. File | Photo Credit: Srinivas Aditya P@Chennai India’s doubles specialist B. Sumeeth Reddy, a member of the … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma and Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant during a training session ahead of the match. | Photo Credit: KVS GIRI Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. LSG made one change, bringing … Read more
Chennai Super Kings will try to keep its record against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai in tact. RCB has beaten CSK only once in Chepauk. | Photo Credit: Reuters Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s hopes of exorcising a 17-year jinx hinge on their experienced batting unit finding its range when they face familiar foes Chennai Super … Read more
Rachakonda Police issued a list of 12 items prohibited at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal of Hyderabad, where Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 matches are being held. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Hours before the Sunrisers Hyderabad are scheduled to play Lucknow Super Giants on Thursday (March 27, 2025), police officials have once … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan has taken an early lead in the orange cap standings. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 which runs from March 22 to May 25 is underway, with 6 games played till now. Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad paved the way to top the … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s pace bowling coach James Franklin addresses a press conference ahead of an IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, in Hyderabad, on March 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Ahead of the IPL 2025 clash against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at home on Thursday (March 27, 2025), … Read more
Moeen Ali, left, with KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane against RR in Guwahati on March 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Moeen Ali knew that he would be making his debut for Kolkata Knight Riders only on Wednesday (March 26, 2025) morning. He replaced the injured Sunil Narine. The 37-year-old England all-rounder ensured the … Read more
Shreyas Iyer has rediscovered himself after being dropped from BCCI’s central contract list for 2023-24. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer is the most “improved” batter in the past year and appears to be “ready” for all formats. Shreyas has rediscovered himself after being dropped from … Read more
Marcus Stoinis returns to the franchise after almost a decade and is excited to work compatriot and head coach Ricky Ponting. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has been left supremely impressed by the quality of youngsters in the Punjab Kings squad as well as the Indian T20 set up on the sidlelines … Read more
Joyous bunch: The victorious Tamil Nadu team with their reward. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Haryana men and Tamil Nadu women emerged as the champions in the inaugural National under-23 basketball championships at the Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati, on Monday (March 24, 2025). Captain B. Sahil contributed 29 points to help Haryana, which led 47-28 at the … Read more
Tamim Iqbal has played 70 Tests and 243 ODIs, scoring 5,134 runs and 8,357 runs respectively for Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Bangladesh cricket captain Tamim Iqbal’s condition has improved, doctors said Tuesday (March 25, 2025), after he was hospitalized following cardiac arrest during a Twenty20 match. The 36-year-old Tamim was being … Read more
File photo of Harmeet Desai. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Irrespective of the draw being favourable or not, Indian paddler Harmeet Desai felt that he could perform well and go deep in the WTT Star Contender Chennai from March 25 to 30.The main draw begins on March 27. With the likes of World No.3 Tomokazu … Read more
Then the tweakers turned things around. Rajasthan Royals was looking good with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and stand-in captain Riyan Parag involved in a promising partnership, after Sanju Samson came forward and made enough room to get himself yorked by Vaibhav Arora. RR raced to 54 for one by the end of the PowerPlay. KKR captain … Read more
Minakshi | Photo Credit: File photo Reigning national champion Minakshi stayed on course to defend her title with an upset win over world champion Nitu Ghanghas in the 48kg category for the first major upset at the eighth Elite Women’s National Boxing Championships here on Monday. Minakshi, representing All India Police, beat the Commonwealth Games champion … Read more
Wink wink: DC skipper Axar was playfully nudged to bat first by LSG’s Pant, who had lost the toss. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/IPL How will the pitch behave? Will there be dew? What’s the par-score? All pertinent questions fly around ahead of a game of cricket. The early trends in the 18th edition of the … Read more
Champion Quim Vidal in the Delhi Challenge golf in Gurugram on March 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Spaniard Quim Vidal won the play-off on the third hole to beat the champion of the last tournament Joshua Berry of England after the two tied for the top spot with 18-under 270 in the $300,000 … Read more
Bold: Southpaws Abhishek and Pant are expected to bat in their usual free-spirited manner. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowling coach James Franklin said that the team will have to get ‘creative’ in dealing with the Lucknow Super Giants’ batting might. Against Delhi Capitals in its IPL season opener, LSG, riding on … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad players Pat Cummins and Ishan Kishan celebrate the wicket of Rajasthan Royals batter Riyan Parag during the IPL 2025. File | Photo Credit: – The Sunrisers Hyderabad viewing experience is a lot like watching one of the films from the Mad Max universe. There’s an almost dystopian feel to the brand of cricket … Read more
Head Coach Rodney Terry of the Texas Longhorns. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP The University of Texas fired basketball coach Rodney Terry on Sunday (March 23, 2025) after a disappointing first season in the Southeastern Conference and another quick exit from the NCAA Tournament. The move comes two years after Terry led … Read more
Making a difference: Vyshak’s spell (3-0-28-0) tilted the game in Kings’ favour. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/IPL Even as he warmed up with his teammates at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday, V. Vyshak had no idea that he would be brought in as an Impact Player for Punjab Kings. But once the first innings was … Read more
Top-scorer A. Nikitha (28 points) helped Tamil Nadu defeat Kerala 70-61 in the women’s semifinals of the National under-23 basketball championships at the Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday. Tamil Nadu will face Karnataka, which got past Delhi in the other last-four clash, in the final. Haryana rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Karnataka, … Read more
Gujarat Titans’ Rashid Khan celebrate the wicket of Punjab Kings batsman during the IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Afghanistan’s premier spinner, Rashid Khan, broke India’s prime pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah’s record to become … Read more
Punjab Kings’ batter Shreyas Iyer during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between the Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings’ Shreyas Iyer on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) said scoring 97 not out in his debut match as captain of … Read more
M.S. Dhoni and R. Ashwin during the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, on March 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters The valiant never taste of death but once, Caesar said, but he was wrong. If you are a sportsman, you die twice — once … Read more
Rajasthan Royals’ player Riyan Parag during a training session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, at ACA Stadium, in Guwahati on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Riyan Parag may be a bit nervous on Wednesday (March 26, 2025), but he will be excited, … Read more
Delhi Capitals’ Faf du Plessis play a shot during the match against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025 at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI South African veteran Faf du Plessis declared he has “lots of life left” as a franchise player but said … Read more
India’s women cricket player Smriti Mandhana. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma held on to their third positions respectively in the latest ICC Women’s T20I batter and bowlers’ rankings issued here on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). Besides Mandhana, no other Indian is in the top-10 with skipper … Read more