Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the opening round of the Duleep Trophy as he hasn’t fully recovered from an injury he suffered in the United Kingdom during his County Championship stint with Nottinghamshire. In his place, Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead East Zone, which faces the Shubman Gill-led North Zone from August 28. In…
South Africa has added 19-year-old pacer Kwena Maphaka to its squad for the upcoming three-match One-Day International series against Australia, which begins on Tuesday in Cairns. Maphaka joins the 17-member squad on the back on an impressive performance in the three-match T20I series against the Aussies, during which the left-arm fast bowler picked nine wickets…
Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been told to improve his batting against spin and boost his overall strike rate to be considered for Twenty20 Internationals, coach Mike Hesson said. Babar is Pakistan’s batting mainstay in other formats but has not played a T20 International since its tour of South Africa late last year. The…
Despite debuting most of its new signings, Atletico Madrid couldn’t avoid conceding two late goals and losing its opening Spanish league match for the first-ever time under coach Diego Simeone. Host Espanyol’s 2-1 win on Sunday was Atletico’s first opening defeat since Simeone took over in late 2011. It hadn’t previously lost an opening league…
Vitinha broke the deadlock with the aid of a lucky deflection as Paris Saint-Germain began its Ligue 1 title defense with an unconvincing 1-0 win at Nantes on Sunday. Champions League winner PSG looked short of ideas, just as it had for long spells against Europa League champion Tottenham during the UEFA Super Cup final…
Two months ago, mixed martial arts fighter Kaushik Saikumar was cooking dinner for himself after a training session when, out of the blue, he got a potentially career-changing call. It was his manager on the other end of the line asking if he wanted to fight in the Contender Series. Without missing a beat,…
Chelsea survived an early scare when Crystal Palace had an Eberechi Eze goal controversially disallowed in a scrappy 0-0 draw in the Premier League on Sunday. Chelsea, whose last competitive outing was winning the Club World Cup last month, failed to stamp its authority on the game against the FA Cup holders in warm southwest…
East Bengal came with a nice essay of attacking football to prevail over its traditional rival Mohun Bagan Super Giant 2-1 in the fourth quarterfinal of the Durand Cup 2025 tournament at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Sunday. East Bengal will now take on the newcomer Diamond Harbour FC, which surprised Jamshedpur FC…
Dr. Vece Paes, an Olympic bronze medallist and pioneering sports medicine expert, was laid to rest on Sunday as former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly and Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey joined scores of mourners in his funeral procession. In a poignant moment, young players lined up on either side of the road and raised…
For someone who’s bowled very little in senior cricket, it came as a surprise to watch Ayush Mhatre practice his off-spin, bowling to Sarfaraz Khan in the nets at the A.M. Jain College ground here on Sunday. Mumbai, under captain Mhatre, is preparing for its opening fixture in the Buchi Babu All India Cricket Tournament…