Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy’s match-winning partnership for the third wicket was a throwback to the early days of T20 batting, when minimising risk was still trendy. The duo proved that the retro quality it imbibed was still efficient as Bangladesh cantered to a seven-wicket victory against Hong Kong at the Zayed Cricket Stadium here…
Indian shooters’ medal-less campaign in the ISSF World Cup here continued on Thursday with the likes of Divyansh Singh Panwar, Umamahesh Maddineni and Rahi Sarnabot bowing out in the qualifications. Italy’s Danilo Sollazzo, who finished second behind India’s Rudrankksh Patil in the Cairo World Championship in 2022 and was fifth in the Paris Olympics last…
Firing the first salvo ahead of high-profile Asia Cup clash against arch-rival India, Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson on Thursday termed left-arm spinner Mohammed Nawaz as “best spinner in world cricket”. Nawaz, who recently got a five-for against Afghanistan in the tri-nation T20 final at Sharjah, will headline Pakistan’s spin department alongside wrist spinners Sufiyan…
The PlayCom – Business of Sports Summit 2025, jointly hosted by Sportstar and KPMG in India, will bring together policymakers, athletes, and industry leaders to frame the next chapter of Indian sport. The two-day conclave, at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, opens on Friday with a keynote address by Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Honourable Union…
Madrid and Warsaw will host the 2027 men’s and women’s Champions League finals respectively, UEFA announced on Thursday. The Executive Committee met in Tirana on Thursday and decided the men’s Champions League final will be played at the Estadio Metropolitano, home of Atletico Madrid and the venue where Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur in the 2019…
World champion D. Gukesh will face women’s World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh in an exciting clash between two 19-year-old Indian Grandmasters in the eighth round of the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Friday. The list of pairings, following the Swiss format, was released following the conclusion of the seventh round on Thursday in…
Cricket icon Steve Waugh feels Australia can play a significant role in “helping” India become a global sporting superpower by providing expertise in key areas such as technology, high-performance coaching, sports science, and sports medicine. Even as India dominates world cricket on and off the field, Waugh said Australia can definitely assist the country in…
World champion D Gukesh’s struggles continued as he slumped to a third successive defeat, losing to 16-year-old Turkish Grandmaster Ediz Gurel in the seventh round of the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Thursday. Coming off reverses to USA’s Abhimanyu Mishra and Nikolas Theodorou of Greece, the rest day did little to arrest Gukesh’s…
Dabang Delhi K.C. is the only team that remains unbeaten in the twelfth season of Pro Kabaddi League after the completion of the Visakhapatnam leg of the competition. Ashu Malik’s side has won five matches out of five thus far. Aslam Inamdar’s Puneri Paltans follows in second with four wins from six matches. At the…
Manchester United’s preparations for its Women’s Champions League qualifier against SK Brann on Thursday took an unexpected twist when several players’ boots went missing, forcing the club to scramble for replacements. The disruption came as the team travelled to the Norwegian city of Bergen for the first leg of the final qualifying round, with a…