Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rajat Patidar NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced a 15-member India A squad for the upcoming two multi-day matches against Australia A in Lucknow, beginning September 16. Shreyas Iyer, who was left out of India’s Asia Cup squad, has been named captain.While the squad…
Players of China in action during the ongoing Hockey Asia Cup in Rajgir. Rajgir: China couldn’t have hoped of starting the Asia Cup on a better note as they almost held India to a draw in their tournament opener last week at Rajgir Sports Complex here. With just a game left in the Super4s stage,…
India Grand Master (GM) Divya Deshmukh says she won’t mind losing all 11 games in the ongoing FIDE Grand Swiss tournament in Samarkand as long as she is learning.Divya was handed a defeat by her mentor Abhimanyu Puranik, who helped her win the FIDE Women’s World Cup, in the opening round. But the 19-year-old bounced…
Bengaluru: Chennai Super Kings’ MS Dhoni during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has taken a jibe at Irfan Pathan’s favoritism allegations against MS Dhoni, under whose captaincy he played his…
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, acknowledges the crowd after losing to Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, during the men’s singles semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Novak Djokovic, after losing his US Open semi-final match against Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets on Friday in New York,…
Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova (Getty Images) New York: The US Open final promises high-voltage drama as Aryna Sabalenka and Amanda Anisimova face off for one of the biggest prizes in tennis, a staggering $5 million. The defending champion’s serve will be tested by the season’s fiercest return game. Anisimova’s head-to-head record against two of…
Bengaluru: South Zone�s Narayan Jagadeesan plays a shot on day two of the Duleep Trophy 2025 first semifinal cricket match between South Zone and North Zone, at BCCI Centre of Excellence ground, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) (PTI09_05_2025_000099B) Bengaluru: Six minutes before noon on Friday, South Zone’s players and staff were seen waiting in…
Anna Muzychuk vs Zsóka Gaál (Screengrab) A major shock lit up the opening day of the FIDE Grand Swiss as 18-year-old Hungarian prodigy Zsóka Gaál defeated seasoned Ukrainian star Anna Muzychuk, the current world No.5. Gaál, rated 2388, capitalised when the 35-year-old Muzychuk, last year’s Women’s Norway Chess runner-up and champion this year, forgot about…
Tennis legend Bjorn Borg (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) Tennis legend Bjorn Borg has disclosed in his forthcoming memoir “Heartbeats” that he was diagnosed with an “extremely aggressive” prostate cancer. He recently informed The Associated Press that his cancer is in remission following surgery in 2024.“I have nothing right now. But every six months I have…
Once, the gravitational pull of global football lay firmly in Europe. The Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and the Bundesliga were where the money flowed and the legends gathered. Today, the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia has rewritten that script. In just two years, the Saudi Pro League has transformed itself into one of…
