The Royal Challengers Virat Kohli, Bangalore’s batting hero, reached another unique milestone in the Indian Premier League, becoming the first batter in the competition’s history during a match against the Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. In front of his home crowd in Delhi, Virat Kohli got off to a flying start with a … Read more
KL Rahul, the Lucknow Super Giants skipper, has been ruled out of the IPL due to a leg injury suffered earlier this week. This development also casts doubt on his participation in the World Test Championship final against Australia, which begins on June 7 at the Oval. In the second over of their play against … Read more
Erling Haaland has broken the Premier League goal-scoring record for the most goals scored in a single season. The Manchester City striker became the first player in EPL history to score 35 goals in a single season with a superb lobbed finish 70 minutes into Wednesday’s 3-0 triumph over West Ham. Nathan Ake had … Read more
So far in the ongoing IPL 2023, Mumbai Indians’ chasing has been outstanding. The previous encounter, against the Rajasthan Royals (RR), saw the Men in Blue and Gold complete their third-highest successful chase of 212 runs. RR rode on Yashasvi Jaiswal’s amazing century after deciding to bat first at the Wankhede Stadium. The youthful southpaw … Read more
Although there has been much speculation about Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni’s retirement from the Indian Premier League (IPL), there has been no official update from either the man or his franchise. And, once again, Dhoni has refused to say categorically that the current IPL 2023 season will be his last. When asked … Read more
Maria Sakkari and Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the Madrid Open women’s singles semi-finals. Before rallying, both players dropped their first sets. World number two Sabalenka defeated Egypt’s Mayar Sherif 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 at Manolo Santana. The 2023 Australian Open winner has a 27-4 win-loss record in 2023. Sakkari of Greece will face her, who defeated … Read more
India will have to raise their game a few notches as the Hardik Pandya-led side faces a must-win situation to level the three-match T20I series against New Zealand, in Lucknow on Sunday. India were caught in a spin web on the Ranchi pitch and lost the opener by 21 runs on Friday. The loss also … Read more
An amateur footballer in France, described as a “fanatic”, was on Friday banned from playing for 30 years for punching a referee. “The penalty is appropriate. These fanatics must not be able to set foot on a football pitch again. They have no place there,” said Benoit Laine, president of the Loiret football district in … Read more
Padma Shri awardee Gurcharan Singh has said many coaches taking credit for the success of athletes only because they trained at their academies is a wrong practice. The 87-year-old veteran cricket coach, who has produced more than a dozen internationally-acclaimed players including Kirti Azad, Ajay Jadeja and Maninder Singh among others, added that Sunil Gavaskar, … Read more
In a significant first for world cricket, the ICC on Friday named an all-female panel of match officials, including the Indian trio of GS Lakshmi, Vrinda Rathi and Janani Narayanan, for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. Three match referees and 10 umpires make up the 13-woman team in what is a … Read more
Indian cricketer Axar Patel tied the knot with Meha Patel in Vadodara on Thursday. The all-rounder skipped the ODI series against New Zealand this time owing to his wedding. Although he did not share any photos or videos, many fan accounts on Twitter shared some from his memorable day. Happy married life Axar Patel 💞👩❤️👨#AxarPatel … Read more
Indian trailblazer Sania Mirza bowed out of Grand Slam tennis Friday with defeat in the Australian Open mixed-doubles final playing alongside Rohan Bopanna — her first playing partner 22 years ago. The 36-year-old Mirza, regarded as her country’s greatest women’s tennis player, returned to Melbourne Park for one last hurrah and made it all the … Read more
Australia Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins has trashed the claims that pointed his views on environmental issues causing Cricket Australia a loss of AUD 40 million in sponsorship with Alinta Energy. A week before Australia embark on the tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar series, Cummins is again courting an old controversy that began … Read more
An annoyed Rohit Sharma takes a dig at the broadcaster for showing his century in the third ODI against New Zealand was the first in “three years” as the skipper pointed out he hardly played any 50-over matches during the period due to various reasons. As Rohit pulled away to deep square to get to … Read more
After blanking New Zealand in the ODI series by 3-0, Team India captain Rohit Sharma praised Shardul Thakur, who took crucial wickets of visitors to ease some pressure from the team, and said teammates call him a ‘magician’ in the squad as he makes telling contributions with ball and bat literally every time he is … Read more