It’s early days for Chennai Super Kings in this season’s IPL, having played just two games (a win and a loss). However, the 50-run defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the MAC Stadium here on Friday exposed the team’s fundamental weakness, which has been apparent since the squad was put together at the auction last … Read more
Delhi Capitals’ captain Axar Patel and Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Pat Cummins during the toss before an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won … Read more
Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya celebrates the wicket of Gujarat Titans’ Rahul Tewatia during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya has been fined ₹12 lakh after … Read more
Through the gate: CSK batters have not been able to free their arms consistently this season. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM It’s still early days for Chennai Super Kings in this season’s IPL as it has played just two games (a win and a loss). However, the 50-run defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Ishan Kishan at a practice session ahead of the team’s IPL match against Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Sunrisers Hyderabad made the 600-plus km journey to take on Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam, the second ‘home’ for its opponent. However, Muttiah Muralitharan, SRH’s spin bowling coach and … Read more
Keita Nakajima. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Defending champion Keita Nakajima handled a tricky climax competently to emerge the joint leader with Eugenio Chacarra with four-under 140 at the end of two rounds in the $2.25 million Hero Indian Open golf championship at the DLF Golf and Country Club on Friday. After having been two-over … Read more
RR’s stand-in skipper Parag needs to pull his weight both with the bat and on the field. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Visiting teams don’t often force Chennai Super Kings into submission at the MAC Stadium, but Royal Challengers Bengaluru after a long 17-year- gap did just that on Friday. With little time to recover after … Read more
A view of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad ahead of the IPL 2025 match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and chose to bowl against Gujarat Titans in an IPL match in Ahmedabad on Saturday (March 29, 2025). Having missed MI’s opener … Read more
Boxing Federation of India (BFI) President Ajay Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president Ajay Singh on Thursday (March 27, 2025) asserted that boxers will not miss any more tournaments, with national camps set to resume soon and a new coaching setup also to be announced. Indian boxing was in … Read more
Delhi Capitals will be bolstered by the return of K.L. Rahul in its IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Bolstered by the return of new parent K.L. Rahul, Delhi Capitals will hope to bring the curtains down on its time at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium … Read more
Phil Salt playing a shot against CSK. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Royal Challengers Bengaluru needed an aggressive opener for IPL 2025. The franchise figured out Phil Salt was the man for the job. In a YouTube video titled The Launch — Phil Salt Planning, it can be seen how impressed the RCB think-tank … Read more
Payas Jain upstaged G. Sathiyan in the men’s singles first round of the WTT Star Contender in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran On a day when top-ranked paddlers including Tomokazu Harimoto, Hugo Calderano and Hina Hayata among others were given a bye, two young Indian players and an Indian legend in his swansong, … Read more
Fresh from their morale-boosting win over LSG and bolstered by the return of India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul, Delhi Capitals will look to build on the momentum when they take on formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL in Visakhapatnam on Sunday (March 30, 2025). After a thunderous start to their campaign, SRH lost to Lucknow Super … Read more
Cheteshwar Pujara during a net practice session with Saurashtra | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Indian Test legend Cheteshwar Pujara believes that Chennai Super Kings is “one franchise” that has always prepared tracks at the Chepauk as per its strengths and hence finds it difficult to digest head coach Stephen Fleming’s comment of “not having any … Read more
Prodigy: Harimoto is one of the fastest rising young stars in women’s table tennis. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Japan’s Miwa Harimoto is one of the fastest rising young stars in women’s table tennis. She is just 16 and is already ranked sixth in the world. Doing consistently well on the WTT circuit, Miwa, the … Read more
Completely shaken by the sound thrashing that Royal Challengers Bengaluru handed them, a confused Chennai Super Kings might feel more “at home” against an equally clueless Rajasthan Royals on a slow turner expected to be on offer in their next IPL game in Guwahati on Sunday (March 30, 2025). Losing by more than 50 runs … Read more
Jason Sangha and Alex Carey are seen during their match-winning partnership and enabled South Australia win its first Sheffield Shield cricket title in 29 years. Photo: X/@cricketcomau South Australia has chased down a record 269 runs in an Australian first-class cricket final to win its first Sheffield Shield cricket title in 29 years. South Australia … Read more
Mumbai Indians batsman Rohit Sharma is seen during a practice session ahead of the IPL 2025 game against Gujarat Titans. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Rohit Sharma says the Indian team has endured cricket’s vicissitudes in the last nine months but it waged a collective battle to achieve success and every member of the side … Read more
New Zealand’s Mark Chapman and Daryl Mitchell during the ODI match against Pakistan on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: X/@BLACKCAPS Mark Chapman scored 132 and Daryl Mitchell 76 in a 199-run partnership as New Zealand made 344-9 and went on to beat Pakistan by 73 runs Saturday in the first one-day international. Chapman posted … Read more
File picture of Joe Root of England | Photo Credit: Getty Images Charismatic England batter Joe Root has advocated for consistency to counter India in the upcoming five-Test series, saying “there’s no hiding place” when it comes to facing such an indomitable opponent. India will commence their their 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle in England … Read more
Fresh from their morale-boosting win over LSG and bolstered by the return of India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul, Delhi Capitals will look to build on the momentum when they take on formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL in Visakhapatnam on Sunday (March 30, 2025). After a thunderous start to their campaign, SRH lost to Lucknow Super … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ M.S. Dhoni arrives to bat during the IPL match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, on March 28, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI M.S. Dhoni on Friday (March 28, 2025) surpassed former left-hand batter Suresh Raina to become the highest run-getter for five-time champions Chennai Super Kings … Read more
Mumbai Indians Hardik Pandya with Head Coach Mahela Jayawardene during the practice session ahead of IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat Titans will look to preserve its spotless home record against Mumbai Indians as … Read more
“We have to segregate the venues and the opposition. Each venue, each opposition throws us different challenges and that’s something that we will focus on,” said MI coach Mahela Jayawardene. | Photo Credit: AP Just when you thought the Indian Premier League touched its batting zenith in 2024, the 2025 season has already started to … Read more
Delhi Capitals’ Ashutosh Sharma during IPL 2025 match between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ashutosh Sharma will forever remain indebted to his former franchise Punjab Kings’ skipper Shikhar Dhawan, whose “life lessons” will stay with him ‘forever”. The 26-year-old played a sensational unbeaten innings of 66 … Read more
Neeraj Phogat edged out Simranjit Kaur in the final of 65kg category in the 8th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship in Greater Nodia on Thursday | Photo Credit: PTI Neeraj Phogat registered a narrow 4-3 win against Simranjit Kaur to be crowned the national champion in the 65kg category in the 8th Elite Women’s National … Read more
In its 18th summer, the Indian Premier League is just tiding past adolescent churn. Its roots are deep, the accrued commercial heft is at an all-time high, and its monetary numbers find space in business dailies. And just like mangoes, the IPL is inextricably linked to Indian summers. Yet, that opening fixture, pitting host Royal … Read more
Paris Olympian Reetika Hooda. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Paris Olympian Reetika Hooda (76kg) booked a berth in the final of the Asian wrestling championships in Amman, Jordan, on Thursday (March 27, 2025). Three more Indian women – Nishu (55kg), Muskan (59kg) and Mansi Lather (68kg) – also reached bronze medal contests in … Read more
Naveen Pulligilla and Musa Sherif competed in the iconic Safari Rally Kenya 2025, which is a part of WRC. | Photo Credit: WRC via ANI Hyderabad’s Naveen Pulligilla and co-driver Musa Sherif of Kasargod have become the first all-Indian team to participate in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and win the RC3 Kenyan National Rally … Read more
Raring to go: Sreeja is eager to get her campaign underway. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Sreeja Akula, at No. 33, India’s second-highest ranked paddler in the world after Manika Batra, hasn’t had a great start to the new year (2025), losing early in all the five tournaments she played. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad, however, … Read more