India’s captain Shreyas Iyer, center, with batting partner Tilak Varma (AP/PTI) Shreyas Iyer finally ended his wait for a victory as India’s T20I captain after leading the side to a convincing seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the opening match of the three-game series in Harare on Thursday. The result marked Shreyas’ first win since taking…
Indian sub-junior boys defeated arch-rival Pakistan 7-3 and host Oman 10-1 to enjoy a triumphant Friday at the FIH Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship here. The Indian sub-junior girls, meanwhile, put up a spirited fight before going down 3-6 to China in their Elite Pool match. The Indian boys took early control against Pakistan, leading 3-0…
Travis Head and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Australia batter Travis Head has spoken publicly for the first time about the controversy involving Virat Kohli during the IPL 2026 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The incident gained attention after cameras appeared to show RCB star Kohli skipping a handshake…
SQUASH Anahat enters World Junior squash semis Indian top seed Anahat Singh moved into the women’s semifinals of the World Squash Junior Individual Championships in Ontario, Canada, on Thursday. Women’s world No 20 Anahat defeated Egyptian 5/8 seed Habiba Rizk 11-7, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9 in the quarterfinals. The Delhi girl, bronze medal-winning semifinalist last year,…
Rahul Dravid with former international hockey players Sandeep Somesh (centre) and Anil Aldrin in Bengaluru on Friday Bengaluru: Rahul Dravid, once a hockey midfielder, famously put away the stick and stuck to weaving magic with the willow. Almost four decades later, with a stick in hand, he can still trap a ball with precision and…
File Pic: Rohit Sharma and Jos Buttler (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler shared a special moment with fans after receiving a signed Team India jersey from Rohit Sharma, calling the Indian opener “one of his all-time favourite players”.Following the conclusion of the three-match ODI series between India and England, Buttler took to…
MUMBAI: Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has lauded the BCCI for conducting the inaugural Emerging Men’s Tournament at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, but has urged the cricket body and its Centre of Excellence head and former India batting great VVS Laxman to incentivise the red-ball tournament.The tournament began on July 6. Four teams…
Former India cricket team captain Rahul Dravid got the chance to indulge in nostalgia when he visited St. Joseph’s College of Commerce (SJCC) here on Friday. Dravid, perhaps SJCC’s most famous alumnus, held centrestage in the inauguration ceremony of the Colgate Total inter-college 5-a-side hockey tournament, held as past of the SJCC (B. Com) programme…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s stand-in bowling coach Sunil Joshi has urged everyone to keep the spotlight firmly on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s batting, lavishing praise on the teenage sensation after his record-breaking knock in the opening T20I against Zimbabwe while revealing that the youngster’s bowling will be developed gradually at the BCCI Centre of…
It’s been more than half a century that the Indian men’s hockey team has been anywhere near the World Cup podium. As Craig Fulton’s boys enter the final stretch of preparations for yet another shot at the elusive medal, the coach is not only aware of the challenge ahead but also comfortable with the ‘underdogs’…
