Gukesh visits famous Tirumala temple NEW DELHI: Reigning World Chess Champion D Gukesh visited the famous Tirumala Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Andhra Pradesh on Friday to seek blessings ahead of his upcoming World Chess Championship title defence.The 20-year-old Indian grandmaster offered prayers as he prepares for a major challenge against Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov later…
Gagan Narang (Image via X/Screengrab) NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) Sportspersons of Outstanding Merit (SOM) elections have been reduced to a contest in the female category after eight of the 12 male candidates withdrew from the fray, leaving the four remaining nominees unopposed.According to the final list of contesting candidates issued by the…
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – LaLiga – Real Madrid v Deportivo Alaves – Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain – September 24, 2024 Deportivo Alaves’ Jesus Owono REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo Jesús Owono is reportedly considering walking away from professional football after the death of Jesús de Miguel, the Tenerife forward who suffered fatal injuries following an…
File photo of the IPL auction venue. New Delhi: The commercial model that transformed cricket into one of the world’s biggest sporting properties is facing a new test. The BCCI, Indian cricket and the ICC are all confronting a tougher broadcast market, with renewal deals showing signs of stagnation. As the large gains from media…
Gurnoor Brar (Photo by Sahil Malhotra from TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: India pacer Gurnoor Brar credited the guidance and support of senior players Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill after delivering a match-winning performance in India’s narrow four-wicket victory over New Zealand in the rain-affected second ODI. Brar, who picked up a career-best four wickets…
Mohammed Shami (ICC Photo) Bengal head coach Laxmi Ratan Shukla is disappointed that Mohammed Shami could not make a comeback to India’s Test team before announcing his retirement from the format.Shukla said he and many others wanted the senior fast bowler to return to the Indian team and end his Test career while wearing the…
PV Sindhu and Harmanpreet Singh (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has been elected chairperson of the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) Athletes’ Commission, with India men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh named vice-chairperson, in an interesting development ahead of the Dec 5 elections of the national Olympic committee.However, neither will exercise voting…
Tanvi Patri (Image credit: X) India’s 15-year-old badminton player Tanvi Patri may have missed out on the gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, but her fighting spirit has won her praise from some of India’s biggest sporting stars.India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra, was impressed by the way Tanvi fought…
Virat Kohli added another significant milestone to his remarkable ODI career on Saturday, becoming the highest run-scorer against New Zealand in the history of the format. The former India captain moved past Australian great Ricky Ponting during the second ODI between India and New Zealand in Wellington.Kohli had been tied with Ponting on 1,971 runs…
Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his impressive run in red-ball cricket, producing his second successive first-class century to put India A in a strong position against New Zealand A in the third unofficial Test on Saturday. The visitors reached 227 for two at stumps on the opening day after rain brought an early end to proceedings at…
