For M.R. Lalit Babu, it was not just another win when he clinched the Aurionpro International Chess Tournament in Mumbai recently. The 32-year-old, who earned the GM title in 2012 and was part of the bronze medal-winning Indian team at the Chess Olympiad in 2014, believes this could mark the beginning of a new chapter…
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…
India’s ODI Skipper Rohit Sharma revealed how badly India wanted to knock out Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024 as everyone in the dressing room was seeking a revenge for the loss that Australia gave to the side and the countrymen on 19 November 2023 winning ODI World Cup 2023 at India from the…
South Africa tasted long-awaited success with victory in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia earlier this month, but there will be several new faces for the first Test against Zimbabwe that starts in Bulawayo on Saturday. Captain Temba Bavuma has not recovered from a hamstring injury sustained in the five-wicket win at Lord’s,…
South Africa has announced a 14-member squad for the upcoming T20 Tri-series, set to begin on July 14 at the Harare Sports Club. Rassie van der Dussen, with 50 T20I caps to his name, will lead a side that includes four uncapped players: Corbin Bosch, Lhuan-dré Pretorius, Rubin Hermann, and Senuran Muthusamy. The quartet has…
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 match in four years during Sussex’s County Championship game against Durham at Chester-le-Street on Sunday and took…
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…
South Africa will welcome the return of pacers Gerald Coetzee and Nandre Burger to international cricket after long injury layoffs during next month’s T20I tri-series in Zimbabwe. Coetzee last played for South Africa eight months ago and has since battled hamstring and groin issues, while Burger returns after 11 months on the sidelines with a…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola revealed that his side suffered a major injury blow in Claudio Echeverri before their final group-stage match against Juventus on Thursday. Echeverri, who scored from a stunning free-kick on his first start for City twisted his ankle during City’s previous match, a 6-0 win over Al Ain that secured its…
Out-of-favour England wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Bairstow rolled his arm over for the first time in 11 years during a County Championship Division 1 match for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire on Wednesday. With the contest heading towards a definite draw, Bairstow, who has been named Yorkshire skipper for this season, bowled what turned out to be the final…
IND vs AUS: Excitement is already soaring for the upcoming India vs Australia white-ball series, with tickets for key matches in Sydney and Canberra completely sold out months before the October-November tour begins. The six-match series, featuring three ODIs and three T20Is, has sparked a ticket-buying frenzy across Australia. 90,000 Tickets Sold In Just Two Weeks…
French World Cup winner Paul Pogba has returned to football, joining Ligue 1 side AS Monaco on a contract until 2027, according to reports from France and the United Kingdom. Pogba, 32, was banned for four years after failing a dug test in August 2023 while he was playing for Juventus in the Serie A….
The Oklahoma City Thunder’s journey to the 2025 NBA championship began with heartbreak 13 years earlier. In 2012, a young Thunder team featuring Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden reached the NBA Finals, only to fall to the star-studded Miami Heat. The Thunder never returned to the Finals despite their trio of future Hall…
BADMINTON BAI names 19-member team for Badminton Asian Junior Championships in July The fast-rising Tanvi Sharma was on Thursday named in India’s 19-member squad for the Badminton Asian Junior Championships (team and individual) to be held in Solo, Indonesia from July 18 to 27. Tanvi won a gold in the Badminton Asia women’s team championship….
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…
In a dramatic legal twist, Manoj Badale, the majority stakeholder of IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals, has accused his former co-owner Raj Kundra of blackmail. The allegation surfaced during an intense hearing at London’s High Court, where Badale and his firm, Emerging Media Ventures, are suing Kundra for allegedly breaching a confidential 2019 settlement agreement. The…
