Paris Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Aman Sehrawat (57kg) claimed a bronze in the Ulaanbaatar Open Ranking Series on Sunday. On his comeback to competition after the Olympics last year, Aman defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Almaz Smanbekov 11-1 before being pinned by another Olympian and Pan-American champion, Mexico’s Roman Gulliermo Bravo Young, in…

Paris St Germain fans celebrate with flares at Porte d’Auteuil after winning the Champions League. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two fans died and a police officer is in a coma after mass nationwide celebrations for Paris Saint-Germain’s historic Champions League victory, European soccer’s biggest prize, French authorities said Sunday (June…

Big Bay and Alfonsine may fight out the finish of the Benaka Developers Karnataka Juvenile Million (1,400m), the chief event of the races to be held here on Sunday (June 1). False rails (width about 2.5m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position. 1. PRINCE KHARTOUM PLATE…

File photo of Sachin Yadav. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Rising Indian javelin thrower Sachin Yadav delivered a stellar performance to clinch the silver medal, while sprinter Animesh Kujur and hurdler Vithya Ramraj added a bronze each to the country’s tally at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi…

India suffered a 1-3 defeat in shootout against Chile after the regulation time ended in a 2-2 stalemate in the four-nations junior women’s friendly hockey tournament in Rosario, Argentina. Sukhveer Kaur (35′) and Kanika Siwach (47′) were the scorers for India, while Jacinta Solari (27′) and captain Laura Muller (42′)…

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…

A file image of Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh | Photo Credit: The Hindu Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI), on Thursday (May 29, 2025), announced the teams for the Asian individual championships (June 17 to 21) and Asian doubles championships (June 23 to 26) in Sarawak, Malaysia. Abhay Singh…

File picture of India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Indian men’s doubles team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open badminton tournament after rallying to beat the seventh-seeded Indonesian pair of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza…

Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships will be held in Ahmedabad from April 1 to 10, the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) confirmed on Wednesday (May 28, 2025). India was awarded the hosting rights last year by the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) during its annual…

Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal controls the ball during the Spanish La Liga match against Athletic Bilbao. File | Photo Credit: AP Teenage star Lamine Yamal has signed a contract extension to stay at Barcelona until 2031, the club announced. The 17-year-old Yamal helped the Catalan club clinch a domestic treble —…

Pakistan’s captain Salman Agha (R) and his Bangladesh counterpart Litton Das pose with the trophy at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore on May 27, 2025, ahead of their first T20 International cricket match | Photo Credit: AFP Next year’s World Cup is in sight as a new-look Pakistan under…

Cristiano Ronaldo. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Cristiano Ronaldo’s time at Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr might be done. The 40-year-old Portugal striker posted a message on social media hours after the final round of the Saudi Pro League late Monday sparking speculation over the future of one of the most…

A file image of archer Prathamesh Fuge of India. Photo: World Archery Federation via Getty Images Archer Prathamesh Fuge has won the compound men’s individual gold medal in the Veronica’s Cup World ranking event at Kamnik, Slovenia. Fuge, who was seventh in the qualification round with a total of 706…

There are few cars that evoke the kind of cult-like enthusiasm the Volkswagen Golf GTI commands. It is a name that needs no introduction — synonymous with hot hatch performance, razor-sharp dynamics, and everyday usability wrapped in a practical shell. And now, after years of anticipation, the Golf GTI is…

Ojasvi Thakur and champion Shambhavi Kshirsagar were top class in air rifle in the Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. Photo: ISSF Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Ojasvi Thakur asserted India’s dominance in air rifle by winning the gold and silver in the Junior World Cup shooting in Suhl, Germany. Ojasvi had…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Josh Hazlewood. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Royal Challengers Bengaluru have got a massive boost ahead of the Indian Premier League playoffs with Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood rejoining the side two days before their final league match in Lucknow on May 27, 2025. Hazlewood…

Winner Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with the trophy after the final match of the ATP 250 Geneva Open tennis against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, in Geneva, Switzerland on May 24, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Novak Djokovic made more tennis history by winning a 100th career singles title on…

Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 42 runs at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow, on May 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Sunrisers Hyderabad assistant coach Simon Helmot commended Ishan Kishan’s unbeaten knock (94, 48b) and the batting unit in general, after his…

Circle Of Dreams, who has been well-prepared, is expected to score in the War Hammer Million (1,400m), the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday (May 24). False rails (width about 5m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position. 1. ROYAL TERN PLATE…

Amarnath’s journey is laid out meticulously and chronologically, chapter by chapter, from tour to tour. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Athletes are image conscious, both during their playing days and long after. Some may want to be remembered for their high skill and art, some for their nature, both pleasing…

Lucknow Super Giants’ Mitchell Marsh plays a shot during the match against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League 2025, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 22, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran, two shining specks for Lucknow Super Giants in its otherwise dull…

Already through to the playoffs, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will aim to secure a top-two league stage finish for the first time in nine years when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their Indian Premier League clash on Friday (May 23, 2025) RCB has not finished inside the top…

Former batting coach Vikram Rathour is expecting a tough England tour for a young Indian side that is now without three stalwarts, who left the Test arena in quick succession. First it was veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, and then skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli too walked into the sunset,…

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…

Kerala Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “It was part of my personality that I hated running. I was very vocal about it too. However, the fact that I was running behind a frisbee made it joyful,” says Theertha Menon. She is one of the two spirit…

Watching Jasmine Paolini compete on a tennis court is like watching a child at play. All of 5’4”, she is a bundle of joy; she glides across the surface as if she has rollerskates on, caresses the ball more than hitting it and breaks into an innocent smile — often…

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra in action during the men’s javelin throw at the Doha Diamond League 2025, in Doha on Friday, May 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters “The 90-metre “mental barrier” broken, superstar Neeraj Chopra will now strive to push the limits further to attempt tasks that were previously…

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…

Circle Of Dreams, who has been well-prepared, is expected to score in the War Hammer Million (1,400m), the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday (May 18). False rails (width about 7m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position. 1. NEWMARKET PLATE (1,400m),…

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.…

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…

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates winning his semi final match against Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Carlos Alcaraz advanced to his first Italian Open final with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Lorenzo Musetti on Friday. It’s the third final in three clay-court events this season for Alcaraz, who…

Delhi Capitals’ Mitchell Starc bowls a delivery during the IPL match against Punjab Kings in Dharamshala on May 8, 2025. The match was cancelled midway following air raid alerts in neighbouring cities of Jammu and Pathankot, putting the entire league at risk of being called off due to India’s ongoing military…

Attacking opener Shafali Verma on Thursday (May 15, 2025) returned to India colours after a gap of seven months as she was included in the national T20I squad for the five-match away series against England, starting from June 28 in Trent Bridge. Shafali was out of the Indian team from…

Virat Kohli. | Photo Credit: AP “Gutted, shocked and sad” at Virat Kohli’s sudden retirement from the longest format, former England skipper Michael Vaughan said no individual has done more for Test cricket than the star Indian batter. Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday, drawing the curtain…

CSK pacer Jamie Overton may miss the remainder of the IPL. | Photo Credit: PTI Chennai Super Kings will have the services of most of its overseas players for its final two IPL league matches. As of now, only Jamie Overton is unavailable, considering he has been picked in England’s…

Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma during a test cricket match between India and Australia, at Holkar Cricket Stadium, in Indore. File | Photo Credit: PTI England pacer James Anderson feels India’s next generation of batters have the aggression and fearlessness to step into the “big shoes” of Virat…

To lose one experienced batter before a tour of England might be unfortunate; to lose two seems like carelessness. And yet, it is possible that picking Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli would have been more a tribute to the past than a solution for the present. A new generation is…

File picture of Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara during a practice session | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Cheteshwar Pujara, who once served as the backbone of the Indian batting order, believes the No. 4 batting position is crucial, and says it’s where you want your top batter, he told ESPNcricinfo.…

The precision-personified Josh Hazlewood has been the standout Australian performer of this IPL season. The ‘Hazlegod’ nickname, conferred on by RCB fans, feels earned. In stark contrast, Glenn Maxwell has been drastically underwhelming considering his T20 form before the IPL; Jake Fraser-McGurk has regressed from explosive to ineffective; Travis Head,…

Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket ending the speculation about his future in the longest format. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Just five days after Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket in an Instagram story, Virat Kohli followed suit with a post on the social…

S. Mukund. | Photo: Kamesh Srinivasan In the intensely competitive world of tennis, it is easy to lose one’s way — and game — in the rat race for rankings. Experience has taught 28-year-old S. Mukund the need to occasionally step back and re-focus, get stronger with one’s game and…

January is associated with fresh beginnings and cliched New Year resolutions. But as this year’s January 2nd waned at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground, there was a sense of an ending. The Indian cricket team was preparing for the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Trailing 1-2, Rohit Sharma’s…

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is likely to resume before the next weekend, at select venues in India, based on the government clearance. The decision is likely to be formalised by the IPL Governing Council in the next couple of days, provided it gets the government nod. Multiple members of…

Deepika Kumari. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Parth Salunkhe stunned Olympics and World championships medallists Mete Gazoz and Kim Je Deok on his way to enter the recurve men’s individual semifinals at the Archery World Cup Stage-2 in Shanghai on Friday (May 9, 2025). Deepika Kumari, who beat Olympics…

Over the past few weeks, a question has popped up in the minds of many players, commentators and fans associated with cricket: What were we doing when we were 14? Serious reflection may elicit a variety of interesting responses. But the brief purpose of this rhetorical query is to highlight…

Roman Weidenfeller | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Roman Weidenfeller, one of German football’s most celebrated goalkeepers and a 2014 World Cup winner, was in India in April to inspire the next generation. The long-time Borussia Dortmund star, who lifted multiple Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal trophies, is here as part of the…

Fans leaving the Dharamsala Cricket Stadium during the IPL T 20 Match in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, May 08, 2025. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The IPL match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals here on Thursday (May 8, 2025) was cancelled midway following air raid alerts in neighbouring cities…

Rohit Sharma announces retirement from Tests. File | Photo Credit: PTI Rohit Sharma has quietly drawn the curtain on his Test career, but his story in Indian cricket is far from over. In what could be the final chapter of a glittering career, the batting stalwart is now fully focussed…

In mid-February, when Jannik Sinner accepted a three-month ban from tennis after entering into a case-resolution agreement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for two positive tests in March 2024 for the banned anabolic steroid clostebol, many in the tennis world thought that the Italian had gotten away lightly. After…

Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl against India in a Women’s ODI Tri-Series match in Colombo on Wednesday (May 7, 2025). India has won two games and lost one, while South Africa has lost both their…

As the IPL turns 18 and grows into adulthood, it seems to have put away childish things. We are seeing the fourth generation in this rapidly-evolving format. Gone are the days of manic batting, artificially promoted excitement, silly team selection and Bollywood imperatives. Teams are more professional, better coached, and…

Sunrisers Hyderabad Coach Daniel Vettori during the practice session ahead of the IPL 2025 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori felt the slow pitches on their home ground…

Workers cover the ground with plastic sheets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad after heavy rain lashed part of the city on Monday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Heavy rains lashed several parts of Hyderabad on Monday evening and night, disrupting normal life and leaving many commuters…

Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid shoots whilst under pressure from Yoel Lago of Celta Vigo during the LaLiga match between Real Madrid CF and RC Celta de Vigo at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on May 4, 2025 | Photo Credit: Getty Images Real Madrid survived a late scare but kept pace…

Punjab Kings player Prabhsimran Singh in action during IPL T20 match PBKS and LSG at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh on May 04, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Red was the dominant colour on this cold night at the foothills of the Himalayas.…

RCB’s Romario Shepherd plays a shot during the IPL 2025 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK). File | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Romario Shepherd said he sensed confusion in Khaleel Ahmed’s thinking, which helped him execute his range-hitting plans effectively…

Gujarat Titans’ Kagiso Rabada. | Photo Credit: AP South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada said on Saturday (May 3, 2025) that he is serving a provisional suspension after testing positive for a recreational drug. Rabada had left the Indian Premier League last month, saying at the time he returned home…

Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam along with Mohammad Rizwan. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak India on Friday (May 2, 2025) blocked Instagram accounts of leading current and former Pakistani cricketers including Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Wasim Akram, intensifying its digital crackdown on influential personalities across the border in the aftermath…

Manikanta Hoblidhar played volleyball, kabaddi and handball to a high standard at school. But once he had a taste of athletics at 17, there was no looking back. The 23-year-old is currently one of the country’s fastest men, hungry to regain his 100m National record which he had surrendered to…

The pillars: Sai Sudharsan and Gill will be Titans’ strongest hope for another title run. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR When Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan walk out, casually practising their strokes, their every movement speaks volumes about their calmness and confidence. They go about winning hearts…

Pakistan’s Gold medallist Arshad Nadeem. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s Olympic gold-winning javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem’s Instagram account has been blocked in India owing to a “legal request” in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. Users attempting to access Nadeem’s Instagram page from India are met with the message:…

A little under a fortnight ago, the Indian Premier League turned 18. A fortnight prior to that, Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrated his 14th birthday. Taken individually, those two sentences are unlikely to excite, merit even a second thought. So what, it happens, right? Events age, even kids grow older. But put…

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts during his match against Matteo Arnaldi of Italy during the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, on April 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Italian Open in the midst of a three-match losing streak, shedding doubt on how…

Coco Gauff of USA serves against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland during the Women’s Round of 16 match on Day Seven of the Mutua Madrid Open at La Caja Magica on April 28, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff was preparing to…

Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates after scoring a century during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, India, on April 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Rajasthan Royals’ newest batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi created history on Monday when he…

There came a fatal accident in March involving a Xiaomi SU7 that had been in assisted driving mode just before it crashed [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Intelligent driving features are the new battleground in China’s merciless car market, with competition spurring brands to world-leading advances — but a recent…

Having whipped a full toss from Yash Dayal nonchalantly behind square, he followed the path of the ball unblinkingly, knowing from the moment it made contact with the bat where it was headed. Still, typical of the man, he waited for confirmation. As the ball screamed over the boundary buntings, over the…

Barcelona players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Spanish Copa del Rey final soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid at Estadio de La Cartuja stadium in Seville, Spain on April 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Barcelona has launched its bid for a treble after it beat Real…

W.V. Raman. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: M. VEDHAN Former India cricketer W.V. Raman on Saturday said that T20 leagues will dominate the future of cricket globally. “It (cricket) is going to take the route of football in terms of governance, the way I see it. What will happen is…

Rayo Vallecano’s Pep Chavarria in action with Atletico Madrid’s Marcos. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Goals from Alexander Sorloth, Conor Gallagher and Julian Alvarez powered Atletico Madrid to a 3-0 home win over city rivals Rayo Vallecano on Thursday, strengthening their grip on third place in LaLiga. With their league title…

KKR’s Moeen Ali feels the team can turn things around. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR KKR all-rounder Moeen Ali said on Friday his team must nurture a positive mindset like that of Mumbai Indians to bounce back against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens…

Dalilah Muhammad says events like the Grand Slam Track give athletes more opportunities. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The Grand Slam Track, a professional track and field league, intends to boost the profile of the sport. The event, the brainchild of former sprinter Michael Johnson, offers prize money substantially greater…

Kapil Dev, left, at the inauguration of the Kapil Dev Grant-Thornton Invitational at the Prestige Golfshire Club in the city’s outskirts on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The legendary Kapil Dev stated that golf was one of the few really inclusive sports in today’s landscape. “It’s true inclusiveness,” said…

It has been 17 seasons, countless heartbreaks, and still no Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy. Yet, every year, as the summer heat rises, so does the roar of the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) faithful fans. Clad in red and gold, with voices hoarse from chanting “RCB, RCB” and hearts full…

Dravid said his injury has not affected him as a coach. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Sanju Samson’s injury status will be assessed on a “day-to-day basis”, Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid said here on Wednesday. Samson, who suffered an injury during the match against Delhi Capitals last…

Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis heads up a stellar cast of athletes kicking off the 16th Diamond League season in Xiamen on Saturday amid a changing landscape that has seen Michael Johnson launch his Grand Slam track series. Petr Stastny, CEO of the Diamond League, insisted that he welcomed competition, but added…

Zhu Jiner, left, beat Divya Deshmukh to move back into lead after the penultimate round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix at Pune. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar PUNE After her terrible loss to Koneru Humpy, Zhu Jiner showed her resilience and class to post a badly-needed win that…

Star pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, while American gymnast Simone Biles bagged the top women’s honour at the Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony here on Monday (April 21, 2025). The 25-year-old Duplantis, regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time, was…

Olympic gold medallist Nadeem could feature alongside Neeraj and Peters. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Some of the biggest names in world javelin including two-time world champion Anderson Peters, current World leader Curtis Thompson, 2016 Olympic champion Thomas Rohler and former world champion Julius  Yego will be in action at the Neeraj Chopra Classic…

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia celebrates after winning the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Oscar Piastri has shown he has the pace to fight for the Formula 1 title. In winning…

Jena will have to contend with Sachin and Rohit in men’s javelin. | Photo Credit: R. K. Nithin This has been a season of surprises. Quartermiler Aishwarya Mishra and javelin thrower Sachin Yadav produced some stunning personal bests at the Dehradun National Games, their season-opener, in early February. And a…

PSG’ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Vitinha, and Joao Neves celebrate after winning the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Le Havre at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Saturday, April 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Paris Saint-Germain laboured past lowly Le Havre 2-1 and moved closer to…

The Gujarat outfit makes it three in a row at home; Capitals’ top-order fails to convert starts; Prasidh and Ishant hold their own on a belter

Christian Horner, Team Principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing in the garage during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on April 18, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. | Photo Credit: Getty…

Deepak Patil (MCA joint secretary), Abhay Hadap (MCA secretary), Ajinkya Naik (MCA president), Rohit Sharma, Vihang Sarnaik (T20 Mumbai league chairman), Sanjay Naik (MCA vice-president), Armaan Mallick (MCA treasurer) and Ganesh Iyer (MCA T20 League governing council member) at the launch. The T20 Mumbai League will return after a six-year…

Isack Hadjar of France and Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing, and Fernando Alonso of Spain and Aston Martin F1 Team look on during the Drivers Press Conference during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at Jeddah…

RCB’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar at a training session on Thursday ahead of the IPL match against Punjab Kings in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Yet to record a win in these parts, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will feel that the comfort of home advantage has been missing in this season…

Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League quarterfinals second leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Arsenal at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Arsenal defeated defending champion Real Madrid 2-1 on Wednesday (April 16, 2025)…

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s coach Daniel Vettori and Travis Head during the practice session ahead of the clash against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI At a time when batters are fearless and reckless frequently in the T20 era, Daniel…

Dortmund’s Niklas Suele, right, and Dortmund’s Pascal Gross react at the end of the Champions League quarterfinals second leg. | Photo Credit: AP Serhou Guirassy and Borussia Dortmund did what no else has been able to in 2025 — they beat Barcelona. It still wasn’t enough to reach the Champions…

The triumphant Punjab team after winning the men’s national hockey title after defeating Madhya Pradesh in the final in Jhansi on April 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Jhansi: Former champion Punjab overwhelmed a fighting Madhya Pradesh to reclaim the title 4-1 in the final of the 15th Men’s…

Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and West Ham United at Anfield in Liverpool, on April 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Virgil van Dijk says he expects a “big summer” for Liverpool in the transfer…

Punjab Kings’ Arshdeep Singh at a training session ahead of the IPL match against KKR at New Chandigarh. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Punjab Kings is yet to fully adopt Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium as its home. The team has only registered two wins from seven games…

Race winner Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren celebrates with his team in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit on April 13, 2025 in Bahrain, Bahrain. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Oscar Piastri took his second win of the Formula 1 season in…

Mohun Bagan SG captain Subhasish Bose and coach Jose Molina pose with the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 trophy. | Photo Credit: PTI The quality of the players combined with hard work helped the team achieve its aim, said Mohun Bagan Super Giant head coach Jose Molina after his side…

Oscar Piastri of Australia driving the (81) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes on track during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit on April 12, 2025 in Bahrain, Bahrain. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Formula One pacesetters McLaren dominated final Bahrain Grand Prix practice on Saturday…

Chatter before matter: Kohli has a word with Dravid and Samson before the RCB-RR face-off. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY After experiencing the high from scaling the unassailable peaks in Chennai and Mumbai, it was a sobering experience for Royal Challengers Bengaluru when it lost both its matches at home.…

Chennai Supers Kings’ MS Dhoni during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI A disappointed Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni on Friday (April 11, 2025) blamed his batters…

Unblemished essay: Rahul took on immense pressure with ease, bailing DC out of trouble and to a famous win. | Photo: K. Murali Kumar K.L. Rahul’s exuberant celebration on Thursday, inspired by a scene from Kannada superhit movie ‘Kantara’, revealed what the knock meant to him.  Rahul’s unbeaten 93 against…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s captain Rajat Patidar in action during the match against Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2025, at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: ANI Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar was not amused with the way his batters threw away their wickets in a heap…

Seventh seed Australia beat India 3-0 in the second league match of the Asia-Oceania World Junior Tennis under-14 boys championship in Kuching, Malaysia, on Thursday. It was the second defeat for India, following the one against top seed Korea. India will play its last league match against Pakistan on Friday.…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli celebrates the dismissal of Mumbai Indians’ Tilak Verma during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India, Monday, April 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Royal Challengers Bengaluru takes on Delhi Capitals in a…

Chennai Super Kings’ Mukesh Choudhary attempts to take the catch of Punjab Kings’ Priyansh Arya during an IPL 2025 match in New Chandigarh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. However, Mukesh Choudhary touched the boundary cushion after taking the catch off R. Ashwin. | Photo Credit: PTI Luck is only as good…

Looking good: Buttler will look to make things difficult for the RR bowlers. | File Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash Jos Buttler will see a very familiar colour on the opposite side on Wednesday night: pink. Rajasthan Royals must be hoping he doesn’t see red. The Royals letting go of Buttler,…

Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya gestures during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya completed 200 wickets in T20 cricket on Monday (April 7, 2025). Pandya…

Punjab Kings have lost their last five games at home. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Punjab Kings’ assistant bowling coach Trevor Gonsalves said the side’s struggles at home in the IPL were not something to fret over. “We had been to Ahmedabad and beat Gujarat Titans over there. That…

Hitesh claimed the 70kg gold medal as he got a walkover against England’s Odel Kamara, who did not fight in the final due to an injury, at the World Boxing Cup Brazil 2025 in Foz do Iguacu. Abhinash Jamwal, the other Indian to reach the final, was beaten 5-0 by…

Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill and Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins during the toss ahead of their match during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Twenty20 cricket match at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Gujarat Titans’ skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and…

Paris Saint-Germain players celebrate after PSG’s Desire Doue scored his side’s opening goal during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Angers at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. | Photo Credit: AP Paris Saint-Germain beat Angers 1-0 and won a record-extending 13th Ligue 1 title without…

Amlan Borgohain expectedly took the top spot in both the 100m and 200m despite running a visibly slow race at the second Indian Open athletics meet here on Saturday. Amlan, the national record holder in 200, was almost a second slower than his best but at 21.27 seconds, it was…

The five-year-old Time And Tide is in rousing form and is poised for a hat-trick in the Zavaray S. Poonawalla Sprinters’ Challenge, the main attraction of the penultimate day’s races here on Saturday (April 5) evening. Rails will be placed one hour before the first race. 1. ARKTOUROS MILLION (1,600m),…

High jumper Pooja set a new record at the recent National Games. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR With the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) making it mandatory for athletes to participate in at least one national competition in the coming days to be eligible for the Federation Cup, the…

Javi Hernandez celebrates the winning strike for Jamshedpur in the first leg of the ISL semifinal against Mohun Bagan Super Giant in Jamshedpur on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement : Javi Hernandez produced a fantastic goal in added time to help Jamshedpur FC snatch a 2-1 win against the league…

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s captain Pat Cummins with Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Ajinkya Rahane before the start of an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, April 3, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won the toss…

Followers of the Indian Premier League will identify Vikram Solanki as the Director of Cricket with Gujarat Titans, the champions on debut in 2022. The Udaipur-born Solanki, who celebrated his 49th birthday on Tuesday, played 51 ODIs and three T20Is for England between 2000 and 2007 with modest returns, but he will go…

GT captain Shubman Gill, and Mohammed Siraj, during the training session ahead of the IPL 2025 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Gujarat Titans (GT), in Bengaluru on April 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to field…

Everybody has a plan to make cricket more equitable, bring in more money, have more rational calendars, comprehensible points systems and so on. The International Cricket Council, sadly, isn’t one with such plans. Some years ago, the Woolf Report put forward ideas which were heartily ignored. Now the World Cricketers’…

Mumbai Indians bowler Ashwani Kumar during the IPL 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai on March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Mumbai Indians’ (MI) latest sensation, Ashwani Kumar, made a dream debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL), delivering a match-winning performance against the Kolkata Knight…

Pooran has been in sparkling form. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA A buoyant Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will look to kick off its IPL 2025 home campaign with a win against Punjab Kings at the Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. LSG comes into the fixture on the back of…

Olympian Deepak Punia, a former 86kg World championships silver medallist, confirmed another medal by entering the 92kg final on his return to international competition.  | Photo Credit: ANI Udit collected a silver medal in the men’s freestyle 61kg category at the Asian wrestling championships in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday (March…

Eugenio Chacarra of Spain rose to the challenge to emerge the champion in the $2.25 million Hero Indian Open golf championship at the DLF Golf and Country Club on Sunday. The 25-year-old Spaniard, who has the experience of playing in the International series at this place, and was competing on…

Ryan Williams scored Bengaluru FC’s third goal as the team crushed Mumbai City FC in the ISL playoff in Bengaluru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR On yet another magical night of knockout football for Bengaluru FC at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Gerard Zaragoza’s men spanked Mumbai City…

  The four-year-old filly Thalassa, who ran a close fourth in the Indian Derby, should score over her rivals in the Western India Race Horse Owners’ Association Trophy, the main event of Sunday’s (March 30) evening races here. Rails will be announced one hour before the first race. 1. RACING…

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…

Shardul Thakur celebrates the wicket of Ishan Kishan. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Shardul Thakur, who had gone unsold at the IPL auction, was gearing up to turn out for Essex in the County Championship games when Lucknow Super Giants approached him. The team was in need of a last…

Yuki Tsunoda moves up from Red Bull’s second team, Racing Bulls, in time for his home Japanese GP next week. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Red Bull dropped Liam Lawson as the teammate of Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen after just two rounds of the season and replaced him with…

Former Spanish soccer president Ángel María Villar. File | Photo Credit: AP Prosecutors in Spain are seeking a sentence of more than 15 years in prison on corruption charges for former Spanish soccer president Ángel María Villar. Prosecutors said on Thursday (March 27, 2025) that they want Villar to go…

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…

High Command, Jackson and Exuma caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Mar. 26) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Regal Galleria (P. Dhebe) 42. Easy. Mysteriousstranger (Nirmal) 39. Moved fluently. Thalassa (Merchant) 40. Easy. Highground (Prasad) 41. Easy. Enchanting (Nirmal) 39. Moved well. 800m: Luna (Parmar), Jetfire…

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),…

Shah leading in one of his winners. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Veteran horse trainer Syed S. Shah, 87, officially retired after a remarkable career at the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) on Sunday, March 23. In his last race, Shah saddled two runners and his six-year-old mare Golden…

Sunil Kumar and his wife Bindu did not expect to see their son, Vignesh Puthur, make his debut for the Mumbai Indians in the side’s very first match of the season in Chennai. With an intimidating Chennai Super Kings batting line-up to deal with, MI brought in the 24-year-old left-arm spinner, who took to the big…

Glenn Phillips has proved to be a handy off-spinner. | Photo Credit: AP He may be renowned for his stunning catches in the outfield, but Glenn Phillips has transitioned into a proper all-rounder after rising through the ranks as a wicketkeeper-batter. The uncanny Kiwi has no qualms in admitting his…

Kagiso Rabada was snapped by Gujarat Titans for ₹10.75 crore and will share the new ball with Mohammed Siraj. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kagiso Rabada has played for Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings but he feels at home in his new franchise Gujarat Titans having already grown a liking for…

Payal Nag | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At the archery arena of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, a few claps and cheers rang out before the sixth match of a sunny Sunday morning. That Sheetal Devi was eyeing gold in the women’s compound archery event of the second Khelo India Para…

Sunrisers Hyderabad Head Coach Daniel Vettori during a training session ahead of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match against Rajasthan Royals, at the Rajv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad on March 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori on Saturday (March 22, 2025) backed the…

The four-year-old colt Shambala, who won well in his last start, maintains his winning form and should win the Seth Ramnath Daga Trophy, the main event of Sunday’s (Mar. 23) evening races. Rails will be announced one hour before the first race. 1. S.A. WAHID PLATE (1,600m), Cl. V, rated…

Indian long-distance runners Pradhan Kirulkar and Vivek More have been banned for three and five years respectively by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after they tested positive for prohibited substances. Both athletes’ positive results were from in-competition tests conducted during the Pune Half Marathon on December 15, 2024, adding to…

: Mescalito pleased when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (March 21). Inner sand: 600m: Yukan (Shreyas) 41. Moved on the bit. 1000m: Kalamitsi (Indrajeet) 1-8, 600/40. Moved impressively. Outer sand: 600m: Big B (rb), Hidden Dreams (B. Harish) 46. They moved freely. 1600m: Mescalito (Shreyas) 1-59, 1,400/1-42.5,…

Casey Wasserman, chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, speaks during the 144th International Olympic Committee session, which will elect the new IOC President, in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Boxing was included on Thursday in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics…

Desert Goddess and Santorius impressed when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (March 20). Inner sand: 600m: Prophecy (Akram) 40. Moved well. Kalamitsi (Darshan) 40.5. Moved freely. Outer sand: 600m: Ladylion (Chetan K) 45. In fine nick. Desert Goddess (D. Patel) 44. Pleased. 1400m: Santorius (rb) 1-44, 1,200/1-28.5, 1,000/1-13.5,…

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)Thomas Bach speaks during the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece, where the next IOC President will be elected on March 19, 2025, in Costa Navarino, Greece. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The race to succeed Thomas Bach as President of the International…

High Command and Pyrite excel

Having performed the role of a “silent hero” at number four in the title-winning Champions Trophy campaign, Shreyas Iyer wants to make a big impact at number three position in this Indian Premier League season. Iyer is not part of India’s T20 set up but a productive debut season for…

Forseti, Legendary Impact, Assurance and Priceless Prince excelled when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (March 18). Inner sand: ‘ 600m: Multisided (Jagadeesh) 40.5. Moved well. Vibrant Queen (rb) 39.5. Moved attractively. Outer sand: 600m: All Attraction (Koshi K), Connecting Dots (Likith) 46. They moved on the bit.…

Ducati Lenovo Team’s Marc Marquez celebrates winning the race with second place BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP’s Alex Marquez | Photo Credit: Reuters Marc Marquez thwarted his younger brother Alex once again to land the Argentina MotoGP on Sunday (March 16, 2025) and maintain his perfect start to the season. The…

Mirra Andreeva, of Russia, returns to Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, during the final match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Indian Wells, Calif. | Photo Credit: AP Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva came back to beat No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the…

Virat Kohli. FIle | Photo Credit: Reuters Star batter Virat Kohli supported the presence of players’ families on tours, saying he would always prefer having personal support around him to deal with tough and intense days on the field, instead of sulking alone in his hotel room. A BCCI directive…

Madison Keys (USA) leaves the court after she was defeated by Aryna Sabalenka (BEL) in their semifinal match in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Well Tennis Garden. | Photo Credit: Reuters Aryna Sabalenka avenged her Australian Open loss to Madison Keys on Friday, thrashing the American 6-0, 6-1…

India’s Saurav Ghosal has pulled out of the HCL Challenger Tour squash tournament scheduled in Chennai from March 17 to 21 due to an issue with his hip. In a message to The Hindu on Saturday (March 15, 2025), the former World’s top 10 player said: “I am withdrawing from…

Just a year ago, before the 2024 Formula One season started, there was a sense of trepidation about where the sport was heading. Red Bull had come off a sensational season, winning 21 of 22 races, and fears of one team dominating F1 for the foreseeable future felt very real.…

Daily Quiz | On India’s hockey World Cup win The captain of the 1975 victorious Indian team, Ajit Pal Singh and coach Balbir Singh Sr. snapped with the then President of the Indian Hockey Federation, M.A.M. Ramaswamy (right). START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | In which Asian Capital city…

Czar, who has been well tuned, is expected to score in the Madras Race Club Trophy (1,200m), the main event of the races to be held here on Friday (Mar. 14). False rails (width about 3.5m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position. 1. LINGANAMAKKI STAKES (1,400m),…

Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria in Washington on March 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Former Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria has alleged that he faced huge discrimination in Pakistan and his career was destroyed. Kaneria, who is a Hindu by faith, said he did not get equal values and respect…

Featuring at ninth among the top-10 run-getters in the Women’s Premier League this year, Harleen Deol is one of three Gujarat Giants players in the list, alongside the Australian duo of Beth Mooney and Ashleigh Gardner. Their contributions have gone a long way towards helping GG enter the Eliminator for…

GG’s Simran Shaikh was in action during the WPL Match between Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants, which was held at CCI Stadium in Mumbai on Monday. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI On Monday night, the Gujarat Giants came within striking distance of beating the Mumbai Indians for the first time…

Is this India’s greatest white ball era and ODI team? The results would seem to suggest that. India have won 23 of 24 matches in global tournaments, the defeat coming in the final of the 2023 World Cup. They didn’t need any help from the Board of Control for Cricket…

File photo of Deepti Sharma. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji India’s Deepti Sharma surpassed New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr to climb one spot and break into the top five of the latest ICC Women’s all-rounders rankings. The 27-year-old Indian now occupies the fifth spot with 344 points, in a list headed…

K.L. Rahul threw his head back, in quasi-disappointment. He had fairly smashed the ball, but he didn’t get either the distance or the elevation he was looking for. As the ball went to deep mid-wicket on the bounce, he grimaced and ran a single. How he would have loved to…

Winners trophy is seen during the presentation ceremony. The PCB is set to register its protest with the ICC for ignoring its CEO and Champions Trophy tournament director Sumair Ahmed Syed during the event’s closing ceremony in Dubai. | Photo Credit: AP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to…

In the absence of Paris Olympian Antim Panghal, Madhya Pradesh wrestler Priyanshi Prajapat secured the women’s 53kg crown on the concluding day of the Federation Cup at the Lovely Professional University (LPU), Jalandhar, on Sunday (March 9, 2025). Antim withdrew from the event on medical grounds, according to a Wrestling Federation…

Captain Rohit Sharma with his New Zealand counterpart Mitchell Santner during the toss of the ICC Champions Trophy final in Dubai on March 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner won the toss and opted to bat against India in the Champions Trophy final in Dubai…

Fed Cup wrestling, day one

File photo of Aravindh Chithambaram. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam At 25, Aravindh Chithambaram is a late bloomer when compared to teenaged sensations like D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa who are ruling the global chess circuit right now but the manner in which he maneuvered the odds in his…

File picture of Newcastle United’s Sven Botman. | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Newcastle United have suffered an injury blow after Dutch centre back Sven Botman was ruled out for eight weeks due to a knee problem, manager Eddie Howe said on Friday. The injury comes as Newcastle are…

Described as “a wise decision” by the sport’s national federation, Sunil Chhetri’s return from international retirement at 40 is certainly an acknowledgement of his greatness in Indian football but more strikingly, it lays bare the paucity of quality strikers in a country of over 1.4 billion. No amount of praise…

Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer receives medical attention after sustaining an injury on March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has torn a calf muscle, the club said on Thursday, after celebrating a goal in the 3-0 Champions League last-16 first-leg win over Bayer Leverkusen. Neuer…

New Volvo XC90 B5 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The 2025 Volvo XC90 retains its familiar silhouette but incorporates styling updates inspired by the all-electric Volvo EX90. The redesigned grille features diagonal slats, while the Thor’s Hammer LED headlights are now slimmer. Other changes include darker tail-lamps, updated bumpers, and…

Virat Kohli moved up a spot to reach fourth place in the ICC ODI rankings while Rohit Sharma dropped two positions to fifth. | Photo Credit: PTI India batting superstar Virat Kohli on Wednesday moved up a spot to reach fourth place in the ICC ODI rankings for batters after…

Emma Raducanu of Great Britain reacts while playing against Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in their second round match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on February 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu said she could not see the ball through…

India’s Varun Chakravarthy during the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal cricket match against Australia at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav on Tuesday said mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been a different player since his comeback to…

Captain Rohit Sharma with his Australian counterpart Steve Smith during the toss of the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat against India in the first semifinal of the…

AC Milan’s Rafael Leao walks off the pitch after the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Lazio at the San Siro stadium, in Milan, Italy, on March 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP AC Milan fell further into crisis on Sunday as a stoppage-time penalty condemned it to…

Artists performed during the opening ceremony of the Khelo India Winter Games on January 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) 2025 will be held at Gulmarg from March 9 to 12 following heavy snowfall over the past few days in the higher reaches of…

Rithvik Bollipalli, Nicolas Barrientos, the doubles champions in the ATP tennis tournament in Santiago, Chile. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rithvik Bollipalli in partnership with Nicolas Barrientos of Colombia outplayed top seeds Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni of Argentina 6-3, 6-2 in the doubles final of the $710,735 ATP tennis…

India’s captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli during a practice session on the eve of the ICC Champions Trophy-2025 match against New Zealand, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: X/@BCCI India is all set to clash with New Zealand in their last group stage…

Dubai, Feb 28 (ANI): New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell during a practice session ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy-2025 match against India, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Friday. (ANI Photo) | Photo Credit: ANI Stalwart top-order batsman Daryl Mitchell has declared himself fit to face India in New…

Driving force: Rahul is one of the key members of the Indian middle-order in ODIs. File | Photo Credit: PTI K.L. Rahul has been one of the pillars of India’s middle-order batting in ODIs in the last few years and has owned the No. 5 spot. However, in recent times, as…

Time And Tide appears to have an edge over his rivals in the Zavaray S. Poonawalla Sprinters Cup (Gr. I) (1,200m), while Truth appeals most in the Coromandel Gromor Stayers Cup (Gr. I), (3,000m), the stellar attractions of the races to be held here on Saturday (March 1). An amount…

Jannik Sinner. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday because of the top-ranked tennis player’s three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago. Laureus World Sports Academy chairman Sean Fitzpatrick said in…

At the start of any men’s ICC tournament, when the exercise of favourite-picking is undertaken, the names of the usual suspects crop up. Australia. India. South Africa. Even England. With New Zealand, there is always an asterisk. They are labelled as perennial dark horses who punch above their weight in…

Fans leave the enclosure due to rain before start of the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on February 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Inclement weather delayed the start of Champions Trophy game between host Pakistan and Bangladesh in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Thursday…

Midway through his event at the National Para Athletics Championships in Chennai recently, Navdeep Singh — India’s gold medallist in the javelin throw (T41 class for athletes with short stature) at the Paris Paralympics — was fairly relaxed. Seated in the company of the chief coach of the Indian national…

England’s Mark Wood celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia’s Steven Smith. | Photo Credit: Reuters Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi opted to bat first against England in a must-win Champions Trophy match for both teams on Wednesday (February 26, 2025). England have made just one change, bringing Jamie Overton in…

The four-year-old filly Mikimoto, who is in good shape, should score an encore in the Prayagraj Plate, the main event of the concluding day’s races of the Hyderabad Winter Races to be held here on Wednesday (Feb. 26). 1. TIME AND PLACE PLATE (Div. II) (1,200m), (Terms) Maiden, 3-y-o only…

Groundsmen cover the pitch and field area due to low rain fall before start of the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Australia and South Africa, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on February 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Rain delayed the toss in the Champions Trophy Group B game between South…

The architect: Ecclestone tied the game with a whirlwind knock before bowling a sensational Super Over. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR  UP Warriorz edged out Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a dramatic Super Over finish in the Women’s Premier League at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Monday. With 18…

The LED screen inside the stadium displays match information ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on February 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to field against Bangladesh in…

The five-year-old gelding Siddharth, who ran second in his last start, should make amends in the Heritage Plate, the main event of penultimate day’s races to be run on Monday (Feb. 24). 1. TIME AND PLACE PLATE (Div. I) (1,200m), (Terms) Maiden, 3-y-o only (Cat. II), 1.10 p.m.: 1. Authoritarian…

Pakistan brought Imam in place of Fakhar and India will be playing with the same XI that won against Bangladesh.

The three-year-old gelding Cherie Chevalier, who finished second in his last start, should make amends in the N. Nari Reddy Memorial Million, the feature event of Sunday’s (Feb. 23) races. 1. OLYMPIC FLAME PLATE (Div. I) (1,200m), (Terms) Maiden, 3-y-o only (Cat. II) 4-y-o — 1.15 p.m.: 1. Country’s Dictator…

Australian team are seen during a training session ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy match against England in Lahore. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to field against England in the Champions Trophy Group B match in Lahore on Saturday (February 22, 2025). …

Gloriousness, who is in fine fettle, may score an encore in the Bangalore Juvenile Million (1,400m), the chief event of the races to be held here on Saturday (Feb 22). There will be no false rails. 1. GHATAPRABHA PLATE (1,400m), rated 20 to 45, 5-y-o & over, 2-30 p.m.: 1.…

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi speaks during a press conference ahead of their ICC Champions Trophy match against South Africa, in Karachi. | Photo Credit: AP South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan in their Champions Trophy match in Karachi on Friday (February…

Shubman Gill’s previous three scores coming into the Champions Trophy read: 87, 60 and 112 (all against England). On Thursday, the 25-year-old continued his purple patch as he smashed his eighth ODI hundred (101 n.o, 129b, 9×4, 2×6) to help India kickstart its Champions Trophy campaign with a six-wicket win…

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat against India in their Champions Trophy opener in Dubai today (February 20, 2025). India have made two changes from their previous ODI against England earlier this month, bringing in Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja in place of Arshdeep…

Milind Rege | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar paid tribute to former Mumbai captain and selector Milind Rege, who passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. “He was like my elder brother. We lived a building across each other and grew up together, went to the same…

From Sachin Tendulkar to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Milind Rege was among the first former cricketers to spot their talent and promote them at the highest level. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Mumbai captain Milind Rege – renowned as Mumbai cricket’s encyclopedia – passed away on Wednesday (February 19,…

India all-rounder Shardul Thakur will play seven matches for County team Essex in Division One from the beginning of the 2025 season, the club announced on Tuesday. File photo | Photo Credit: ATUL YADAV India all-rounder Shardul Thakur will play seven matches for County team Essex in Division One from…