England outscored Australia 3-1 at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium on Saturday to secure a spot in the ninth-place classification match of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2025. The victory brought some cheer to England supporters in Chennai, particularly as it coincided with their cricket team struggling in the second Test of the Ashes…
Rohit Sharma (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Former Indian cricketers Mohammad Kaif and Irfan Pathan commended Rohit Sharma‘s performance as he scored his 61st ODI fifty during the third match between India and South Africa in Visakhapatnam.Opening the innings with Jaiswal, Rohit scored 75 runs from 73 balls. The duo established a 155-run partnership at a…
India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his first ODI century as India secured a 2-1 series victory with a dominant nine-wicket win against South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.India successfully chased the target of 271 runs, with Jaiswal remaining unbeaten at 116. He formed a crucial 155-run opening partnership…
Austria and Bangladesh won their respective crossover matches at the FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup 2025 at the Madurai International Hockey Stadium on Saturday to set up a 17th-place playoff clash. The winner of that game, set to take place on Monday, will receive the new Challenger Trophy, constituted by FIH president Tayyab Ikram….
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma during the third ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India, chasing a tricky target of 270 in the third ODI against South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, started well through Yashasvi Jaiswal and…
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is not yet ready to increase the number of teams in the senior men’s World Cup to 24, as it has done for the ongoing junior event, citing a huge gap in performance levels. For the first time, 24 teams are participating in the Junior World Cup in both the…
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma became the fourth Indian batter to reach 20,000 runs in men’s international cricket on Saturday. He got to the milestone on the fourth ball of the fourteenth over of India’s innings during the third ODI against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.Keshav Maharaj bowled an angled delivery…
Having navigated its “first real test”, India now faces its most formidable hurdle in the ongoing FIH Men’s Hockey Junior Cup 2025. On Sunday at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, PR Sreejesh’s squad will clash with reigning champion Germany for a spot in the final. Goalkeeper Prince Deep Singh’s brilliance in the shootout propelled the Blue…
Australia’s Mitchell Starc appeals successfully for the wicket of England’s Joe Root (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard) Australia moved closer to a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series after a commanding display on the third day of the day-night second Test at the Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday. The hosts dominated proceedings, first batting England out of…
India’s Sanju Samson (AP /PTI) Sanju Samson produced a captain’s knock when Kerala needed him the most, holding a shaky innings together with an unbeaten 73 in a low-scoring Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy fixture against Andhra Pradesh at the A.B. Vajpayee Stadium in Lucknow. On a surface where every other Kerala batter failed to reach…
