Pratika Rawal signs for Warwickshire Indian batsman Pratika Rawal has signed with Warwickshire Women for the rest of the 2026 domestic season, with the 25-year-old set to bolster the county’s batting line-up in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup. Rawal will be available for selection from Warwickshire’s next One Day Cup match on August 19 as…
File Pic: FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, with US President Donald Trump. (AP Photo) Uefa has launched a scathing attack on FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s ambitious proposal to set up a $20 billion business company to manage the World Cup and other major tournaments, saying soccer’s governing institutions have crossed a dangerous line.The European football…
India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas he threw his weight behind Indian batting icons Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharmainsisting that the two veterans still have a lot in the tank and should be part of India’s squad for the 2027 ODI World Cup.The legendary Pakistani batsman,…
A click of fingers sparked a cheating scandal (Image: BBC/X) An amateur cricket match in England is at the center of a major controversy after a fielder was accused of using a finger-clicking trick to trick the umpire into awarding a batter. The incident, which has gone viral on social media and is now being…
Gukesh Dommaraju and Javokhir Sindarov (Photo PTI/IANS) NEW DELHI: The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced Geneva, Switzerland as the host city for the 2026 FIDE World Championship Match, where reigning champion Gukesh Dommaraju will defend his crown against Uzbek challenger Javokhir Sindarov in what promises to be a historic clash.The World Championship match will…
Subhadeep Ghosh will be India’s new field coach; Ten Doeschate leaves, Dilip’s contract not extended (Image: Agencies) MUMBAI: Ryan ten Doeschate has quit as India men’s assistant coach, ending his two-year stint with the national team, while Subhadeep Ghosh will be India’s new field coach after T Dilip’s contract came to an end and was…
Roberto Mancini (AP Photo) Roberto Mancini has been handed the daunting task of rebuilding Italy once again, with the former European Championship-winning coach returning to the Azzurri dugout as the four-time world champions look to end their alarming World Cup drought.Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Giovanni Malagò confirmed the appointment of Mancini as Italy’s new…
Glasgow: India’s Nirupama Devi (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) India’s Nirupama Devi saw her Commonwealth Games medal hopes come to a heartbreaking end after she failed to register a total in the women’s 63kg weightlifting event on Tuesday. The Commonwealth Championships silver medalist looked good in contention after the snatch but suffered a dramatic collapse in the…
Sarvesh Kushare and Tejaswin Shankar during the CWG 2026 high jump final in Glasgow. NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar’s own Commonwealth Games campaign ended in heartbreak, but the Indian jumper has ensured that his disappointment will not stop a teammate from making history.The national record holder, forced out of the men’s high jump competition by a…
File Pic: Manjot Kalra (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India Under-19 World Cup winning star Manjot Kalra will remain in custody in Sri Lanka after a Colombo court rejected his application for anticipatory bail in connection with an alleged match-fixing case linked to the ongoing 2026 Lanka Premier League (LPL).Kalra, who shot to fame with…
New France national soccer team coach Zinedine Zidane, left, poses with French Football Federation president Philippe Diallo (AP Photo) France has finally returned to one of its greatest icons, nomina Zinedine Zidane as the new head coach after Didier Deschamps resigned after 2026 FIFA World Cup. The French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed the appointment on…
Saransh Jain (X-Cricbuzz) Mumbai: Having spent almost a quarter of a century in coaching since retiring from the game, the former India and Mumbai keeper Chandrakant Pandit he has a good idea of what makes a player stand out from the rest.After closely following and supporting the 33-year-old Indore spinner Saransh Jain Since taking charge…
NEW DELHI: “It felt really unreal. I felt like a dream. I still feel like a dream.” That’s how Anahat Singh described the moment the Indian flag came up after she became the first Indian to win the World Junior Squash Championship.She carried the same disbelief during the virtual media interaction facilitated by the Sports…
Harbhajan Singh with Saransh Jain at the BCCI Center of Excellence in Bangalore (Saransh Jain | Instagram) New Delhi: On March 27 this year, Saransh Jain posted pictures and videos on Instagram, thanking the former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for the valuable lessons he learned during a five-day camp at the BCCI Center of Excellence…
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 6 Live Updates: A day after enjoying their most successful outing of these Commonwealth Games, India returns to action with renewed confidence and multiple medal opportunities in multiple disciplines. Monday belonged to the Indian contingent, which bagged six medals, highlighted by Sharmila Dhankar’s historic gold in the women’s F57 shot put…
Text Story by Justin Greaves (Agency Image) Justin Greaves etched his name in the history of Test cricket with a sensational spell against Pakistan, becoming the first bowler in recorded Test history to take five consecutive wickets during the opening Test in Tarouba, Trinidad. The West Indies all-rounder produced a devastating blast on Day 3…
Sharmila Dhankar (ANI Photo) New Delhi: For Sharmila Dhankar, every pull carries the weight of a rebuilt life. From growing up in poverty in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district and surviving domestic abuse in his first marriage to selling the family home to support his sporting dream, the 40-year-old para shot putter has turned adversity into ambition…
Novak Djokovic joins Aryna Sabalenka (Photo by Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Novak Djokovic will join Aryna Sabalenka as the top tennis stars in the initial list of 16 teams that have entered this year’s revamped US Open mixed doubles championship. The event, which offers a $1 million prize to the winning pair, has once again…
Muthupandi Raja (ANI Photo) Chennai: The silver medal that Tamil Nadu weightlifter Muthupandi Raja won on Sunday probably belonged to his parents as much as to him. His years of miserable work as daily wage earners gave his son the opportunity to pursue a dream that found his defining moment in Glasgow. The medal was…
Rishikanta Singh Chanambam (right) with his family in Imphal and (pic right) after winning silver in Glasgow on Sunday. As Rishikanta Singh Chanambam stepped onto the platform for the men’s 60kg weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday, his biggest supporters gathered around a mobile phone more than 7,000 km away in…
Sajan Prakash. (AP Photo) India enjoyed its best day in this edition of the Commonwealth Games on Monday, winning six medals to take its overall tally to 10. The Indian contingent will look to carry the momentum into Tuesday (July 28) with several medal hopefuls and crucial knockout competitions lined up in weightlifting, boxing, athletics…
Glasgow: India’s Tejas Shirse, second left, St Lucia’s Khailan Vitalis, left, and others compete in the men’s 110m hurdles round 1 (PTI Photo) Indian heavyweights literally carry the weight of expectations in Glasgow. After Mirabai Chanu’s gold and Rishikanta Singh’s silver, Muthupandi Raja, Gyaneshwari Yadav and Bindyarani Devi added two silvers and a bronze to…
Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah (Agency Image) The senior men’s selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, has announced the 15-member squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka, starting on August 15 in Galle. Ravindra Jadeja, who was rested for the Afghanistan Test, returns to the squad, while spinner Saransh Jain earned his first call-up…
Gurindervir Singh (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) NEW DELHI: India’s fastest man Gurindervir Singh entered the Commonwealth Games carrying the weight of expectation after rewriting the national record earlier this year. Instead, his campaign came to an abrupt end in the men’s 100m, with a hamstring injury emerging as the key reason for his disappointing outing.The 25-year-old…
India’s Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson (ANI Photo) Abhishek SharmaThe struggles in T20Is have been renewed after another disappointing series against Zimbabwe, with former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth asking the selectors to take a tough decision if the opener’s poor run continues.The left-handed batsman endured a forgettable three-match run, failing to register a double-digit score….
Rohit Sharma and Abhishek Sharma (Image Agency) India’s former wicketkeeper-batsman Engineer Farokh believes teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already done enough to earn an ODI call-up and wants the 15-year-old to open alongside him. Rohit Sharma ahead of the 2027 World Cup. The engineer feels that India should replace their batting order by changing it…
India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo) The debate around Virat Kohli and Rohit SharmaThe ODI future refuses to die down despite both continuing to deliver for India. While neither head coach Gautam Gambhir nor chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar has publicly committed to his participation in the 2027 World Cup, keeping alive the…
Sharmila Dhankar, India’s first para-athletics gold medalist India enjoyed a memorable Day 5 at the Commonwealth Games as Sharmila Dhankar won a historic gold, Sarvesh Kushare, Valluri Ajaya Babu and Gyaneshwari Yadav claimed silver medals, while Shilpa K. Shyla and Bindyarani Devi added bronze medals. The six-medal haul took India’s overall tally to 10 and…
NEW DELHI: India on Monday enjoyed one of its best days at the Commonwealth Games with six medals overall, with Sharmila Dhankar making history after becoming the country’s first para-athletics gold medallist. On Day 5 of the event, she won the women’s F57 shot put title with a season-long throw of 9.81m, ending India’s 20-year…