Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi booked his spot in the quarterfinals of the chess event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday. Erigaisi (Group B), along with other group winners – Levon Aronian (Group A), Alireza Firouzja (Group C) and Magnus Carlsen (Group D) – progressed to the last-eight stage of the…
India’s handling of its fourth seamer in this England series has been muddled at best. Across the four Tests, the fourth pacer has bowled just 55 of the 672.1 overs sent down by the visitor. This isn’t surprising from a team that leans heavily on all-rounders. The fourth seamer has often been picked more for…
Goalkeeper James Trafford has returned to Manchester City on a five-year contract after helping Burnley earn a promotion back to the Premier League with the fewest goals conceded in the Championship last season, City said on Tuesday. Englishman Trafford, who won the golden glove with 29 clean sheets in the Championship last season, has re-joined…
Mitch Owen has been rewarded for his fine form in his first five T20 internationals by being named in both of Australia’s squads for the short-format series against South Africa in the far north of the country next month. The 23-year-old all-rounder, who has yet to play a one-day international, scored 125 runs and took…
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty cruised into the second round of the Macau Open 2025 with a straight-games victory over Malaysia’s Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong. The duo, who recently moved back into the top 10 of the world rankings, raced past the Malaysian duo 21-13, 21-15 in just 36 minutes. Satwik and…
Sanan Mohammed’s second half strike ensured Jamshedpur FC secured a 1-0 victory over Indian Army FT for its consecutive victory in Group C of the Durand Cup 2025 which was played at the JRD Tata Sports Complex on Tuesday. With this win, Jamshedpur FC moved to the top of the group with six points from…
East Bengal notched up consecutive wins in the Calcutta Football League after beating BSS Sporting 6-0 at Barrackpore‘s Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium on Tuesday. This victory comes after the Red and Gold Brigade had beaten archrival Mohun Bagan Super Giant 3-2 in the CFL’s Kolkata Derby to break a winless streak in the competition. East Bengal…
The $4 million DP World India championship will be the biggest golf event in the country. The president of the Delhi Golf Club (DGC), Raj Khosla, assured that it would be ‘the best’. More than anything, Khosla was delighted that multiple Major champion Rory McIlroy and company would compete in the heart of Delhi, surrounded…
The Indian team management seems to have taken the wait-and-watch approach before deciding on Jasprit Bumrah’s availability for the fifth Test. Before the series got underway, it was decided that Bumrah would feature in only three fixtures to manage his workload. He has already played his quota, but with the series on the line, the…
India senior women’s team coach Crispin Chettri labelled the Blue Tigresses’ group in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026 an ‘interesting and tricky’ one. India was placed in Group C with Japan, Vietnam and Chinese Taipei in the draw ceremony at the Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday. “I think we have a very interesting,…