Subhadeep Ghosh (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Team India will have a new face in its support staff as Subhadeep Ghosh takes over as the fielding coach, replacing T Dilip. The BCCI has decided against extending Dilip’s contract after it ended following India’s white-ball tour of England.Subhadeep’s first assignment with the senior men’s team will…
Two-time Olympic medallist hockey midfielder Vivek Sagar Prasad is drawing inspiration from his mentor, Ashok Kumar, to break India’s 51-year medal drought at the Hockey World Cup. India’s last World Cup medal, a gold in 1975, came when Ashok’s decisive goal sealed a memorable 2-1 victory over Pakistan in the final, and Vivek is relying…
Former India men’s team masseur Rajeev Kumar with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma after India won the 2024 T20 World Cup. (Special Arrangement) New Delhi: In 2002, when Rajeev Kumar arrived in Delhi, his only goal was to earn a stable income. Armed with a diploma in massage therapy from Jodhpur University, he took up…
HOCKEY Indian women’s hockey team leaves for Germany for final phase of WC preparation The Indian women’s hockey team departed for Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday, where it will undergo the final phase of its preparations for next month’s FIH World Cup, to be co-hosted by the Netherlands and Belgium. The team travelled from Bengaluru to…
Pakistan captain Babar Azam Pakistan dropped to the bottom of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 standings after an 90-run defeat to the West Indies in the opening Test at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. It was Pakistan’s eighth straight away Test loss, leaving them with just one win from five matches and a…
Hockey India has named a 20-member Indian men’s squad for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, with star drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh retaining the captaincy as India begins its title defence. India has been placed in Pool A alongside host Japan, Korea, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The defending champion opens its campaign against Indonesia on…
Andrew McDonald (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to increase World Cup squad sizes from 15 to 17 players for the 2027 ODI World Cup. His comments come after the ICC introduced a new format that could see finalists play up…
NEW DELHI: Zimbabwe has become India’s preferred destination to bring in young talent. Just like in 2024, when Abhishek Sharma, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sai Sudharsan and Tushar Deshpande received their maiden India caps, this year’s tour also saw Ashok Sharma and Yash Thakur make their T20I debuts. The series also marked the return of…
Ryan Ten Doeschate (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Knight Riders Sports has appointed former Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate as its new Head of Cricket Strategy, bringing him back to the franchise where he enjoyed success as both a player and coach.In his new role, ten Doeschate will oversee cricket strategy, player scouting, recruitment, squad planning and…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam (Photo by AP) Pakistan captain Babar Azam has revealed that Shan Masood fractured his finger during the first Test against the West Indies in Trinidad, an injury that affected the team’s batting plans in their 90-run defeat.Masood picked up the injury while batting in the first innings and was forced to bat…
