Sachin Tendulkar has commended the ISPL’s new national framework (Screengrabs via X) In a significant step for tennis-ball cricket, the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) has rolled out a structured national framework aimed at enhancing grassroots development and creating a direct pathway for emerging talent across India. The initiative divides the country into eight administrative…
NEW DELHI: The Indian and Pakistan teams on Tuesday trained at the ICC Academy in Dubai. While the time slots for their practice sessions were different, the two teams were at the venue at the same time for around an hour. After finishing his training session, India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav returned to the team…
Neeraj Chopra World Athletics Championships 2025 Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra, India’s javelin superstar, will begin his World Championship title defence in the qualification round in Tokyo on Wednesday, facing a formidable field including Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and Diamond League champion Julian Weber of Germany. The event takes place at the same…
On Tuesday, at the ICC Cricket Academy in Dubai, India and Pakistan trained at the same venue in different time slots. (Image credit: Pratyush Raj/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: Watching India and Pakistan train at the nets reveals the gulf between the two sides.It starts with the basics — discipline and work ethic — which the…
R Vaishali won the FIDE Grand Swiss for second edition running. (Image: FIDE) NEW DELHI: Grandmaster R Vaishali became the third Indian – after Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy – to qualify for the Women’s Candidates tournament 2026 on Monday, having won the Women’s Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the second time in a…
Yusuf Pathan (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan is facing legal trouble over a residential plot in Vadodara. The Gujarat High Court has declared Pathan an encroacher after rejecting his petition challenging a notice from the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). Following the judgment, civic authorities have been directed to…
New Chandigarh: India’s Jemimah Rodrigues (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore) New Chandigarh: In a major blow to the India women’s cricket team, TOI has learnt that middle-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues has been ruled out of the last two WODIs against Australia due to a viral infection and weakness. Tejal Hasabnis, who was on standby, is set to…
Suryakumar Yadav of India (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Dubai: Before the start of the Asia Cup, there were apprehensions about how India’s batting would hold up in the post-Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli era. There was also concern that Suryakumar Yadav — India’s only true 360-degree batter, with a career strike rate near 170…
Indian men faded on the sport’s most competitive global stage at the World Championships in Croatia’s Zagreb. Eight of the 10 participating male wrestlers failed to reach the bronze bout, while Paris Olympics medallist Aman Sehrawat suffered an embarrassing exit after being found overweight. Except for Sujeet Kalkal, who showed a notable performance in the…
File photo of former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi. (Instagram) Former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi has criticised the Indian cricket team for refusing post-match handshakes after India’s seven-wicket victory against Pakistan in the Asia Cup Group A match at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. The incident led to tensions between the teams, with Pakistan Cricket…
