Antoine Semenyo of AFC Bournemouth during the Premier League match against Liverpool. (Getty Images) Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo said the racist abuse he alleges was directed at him by a Liverpool fan at Anfield “will stay with me forever”, but added that the game also showed football’s “best side when it mattered most.”Go Beyond The…
NEW DELHI: With the Indian selectors set to announce the Asia Cup 2025 squad on Tuesday, August 19, former India batter Mohammad Kaif has created a stir with his own team prediction. Sharing his thoughts on his YouTube channel, Kaif made a surprising call by including Test captain Shubman Gill in the 15-member squad but…
Harry Singh (Getty Images) Lancashire’s Harry Singh scored his first fifty in the County One-Day Cup at Hove on Friday. Despite his impressive performance, Sussex secured a narrow one-wicket victory.Harry Singh, whose father Rudra Pratap Singh played two ODIs for India in the 1980s, made a significant impact in the match.After being put in to…
Rishabh Pant (Getty Images) The BCCI has formally introduced a new clause in its playing conditions for the 2025–26 domestic season, allowing “Serious Injury Replacements” in multi-day cricket. The move, inspired by incidents in the recent Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy between India and England, is one of the most significant amendments to the game’s rules in years.Go…
Dewald Brevis came in as a injury replacement for Chennai Super Kings during IPL 2025. (ANI) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have issued a statement to clear the air over their signing of South Africa’s Dewald Brevis during IPL 2025 as an injury replacement for Gurjapneet Singh. The five-time IPL champions have claimed that the IPL…
Divya Deshmukh and Garry Kasparov NEW DELHI: In 1989, Garry Kasparov, then the undisputed king of world chess, told Playboy magazine: “Chess does not fit women properly. It’s a fight, you know? Women are weaker fighters.”A sweeping statement, of course. But then came Judit Polgár, who went on to become the only woman in chess…
Shubman Gill or Yashasvi Jaiswal? Aakash Chopra makes his pick for the Asia Cup (Images via Getty Images & X/@pullxshot) Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra feels Yashasvi Jaiswal has a stronger case than Shubman Gill for a spot in India’s squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, highlighting that the left-hander’s game is better aligned with…
American Levon Aronian secured a convincing victory at the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz chess tournament, while World Champion D Gukesh of India finished in tied sixth position. Aronian clinched the title with 24.5 points, winning the event with two rounds to spare and claiming the top prize of USD 40,000 from a total prize…
Steve Smith has sent out a firm warning to England ahead of The Ashes in November (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) Steve Smith has cautioned England’s batters ahead of the upcoming Ashes series, suggesting that conditions in Australia will pose a big challenge to their aggressive style of play. The veteran batter highlighted both the…
On a night when cricket and Independence Day celebrations came together, Sanju Samson gave fans plenty to cheer. The Kerala star scored a fluent half-century in an exhibition match organised by the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) at the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. The timing could not have been better, coming just weeks before India’s squad…
