The All India Buchi Babu Invitational Cricket Tournament 2025 will be hosted by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) between August 18 and September 9 across multiple venues in Chennai. The tournament will feature 16 teams, who will be divided into four groups of four each. The league stage of the competition will see teams…
Punjab named a 16-member squad for the All India Buchi Babu Invitational Cricket Tournament 2025, which will be hosted by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) from August 18 to September 9 in Chennai. Anmolpreet Singh will lead the team, which includes notable players such as Prabhsimrah Singh and Ramandeep Singh. As many as 16…
Amidst speculation and concerns about his workload, India’s pace ace Jasprit Bumrah has reportedly made himself available for the upcoming Asia Cup, which begins from September 9 in the United Arab Emirates. Bumrah featured in just three of the five Tests against England during the recently concluded Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series to manage his workload, but…
As the Indian cricket team was making its way around England during an exciting cricket series, I spent some time with John Arlott. Or more precisely, the book he wrote on India’s tour of England in 1946, the first series after World War II. India were led by Pataudi Sr., and lost all three Tests….
Paul Pogba watched as Monaco easily beat Le Havre 3-1 in its Ligue 1 opener on Saturday as Lyon won away at Lens. On Friday French giants Marseille suffered a first-day upset 1-0 at 10-man Rennes. In Saturday’s late game, last season’s fourth-placed team Nice fell 1-0 at home to Toulouse, but Monaco and Lyon avoided…
World Champion D. Gukesh returns to classical chess after a brief hiatus to face a star-studded field at the Sinquefield Cup starting on Monday, while R. Praggnanandhaa will eye a podium finish in the fifth leg of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) to strengthen his overall fifth-place standing. While many argue that the field feels…
SQUASH Anahat finishes runner-up at NSW Squash Bega Open Top seed Anahat Singh went down to second seed Habiba Hani of Egypt in the final of the NSW Squash Bega Open, a PSA World Tour (Copper Level) event, in Australia on Sunday. The 17-year-old Anahat, playing her maiden World Events final, clinched the opening game…
Manchester United kicks-off its Premier League 2025-26 campaign against Arsenal on Sunday at the Old Trafford Stadium. Ruben Amorim’s Man United, which finished 15th last season, will be hoping to start on a high against Arsenal, which finished runner-up last season and is favourite to win the clash. When and where will the Manchester United…
Lionel Messi wouldn’t be denied for long. The Argentine superstar had missed numerous scoring chances in his return from injury Saturday night against the LA Galaxy, but in the match’s waning minutes, Messi scored the go-ahead goal, then assisted on another to help lift Inter Miami to a 3-1 victory. Messi did not start the…
Ahead of the Kolkata Derby against Mohun Bagan Super Giant, East Bengal head coach Oscar Bruzon said that new signing Jay Gupta will not be available for the Durand Cup 2025 quarterfinal match. Defender Jay joined the Kolkata side on a two-year deal, with option of extending it by another year, from FC Goa. Bruzon…