ROWING Olympian Balraj Panwar spearheaded India’s impressive show at the 2025 Asian Rowing Championships in Hai Phong, Vietnam, as the country bagged 10 medals, including three gold and five silver, marking one of its strongest performances in recent years. Paris Olympian Panwar produced a commanding show to win the gold in the men’s single scull…
Batting superstar Virat Kohli admitted that the aggressive Australian cricketing environment tested his resilience, but felt that standing up to it while playing a bold brand of cricket toughened his mind and shaped his career path, besides influencing his growth as an individual. Kohli first toured Down Under in 2011 and faced a hostile reception…
The last remaining seeded player at the WTA’s Japan Open is through to Sunday’s final — Leylah Fernandez defeated 35-year-old Sorana Cîrstea 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. At 4-4 in the deciding set Saturday, Fernandez broke Cîrstea’s serve, then held her own serve in the next game to advance. The fourth-seeded Canadian player will face either Jaqueline…
New Zealand and England will face off in a white-ball series, starting with the first T20 International at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Saturday. The three-match T20I series is a good opportunity for the Kiwis to get their T20 World Cup preparations back on track after they were beaten by Australia 2-0 at home earlier…
Afghanistan has pulled out of a tri-nation series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka next month after three local cricketers were killed in an attack, the country’s cricket board said on Friday. The ACB said that the players had travelled from Urgun to Sharana in the eastern Paktika province on the Pakistan border to take part…
The all-important clash between India and England at the Holkar Stadium here on Sunday brings together two interesting individuals – Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt. They have shared a dressing room for three seasons of the Women’s Premier League at the Mumbai Indians and won two titles. The pair was in the middle of a…
There might not have been a match at all had the rains not cleared, the famously efficient groundstaff not sprung into action, and fans at the R. Premadasa Stadium here not held on through a damp evening. But fate had other ideas — and a dramatic T20-style finish lit up the Women’s ODI World Cup…
Oodles of aggression, a deep batting unit, and a versatile set of bowlers – those are not the only things powering Australia at the ongoing Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. A pair of fans who travelled here from Perth to shadow the team across the country – and beyond the borders to Colombo – to…
The towering presence of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the Indian ODI team can only help newly appointed captain Shubman Gill grow as a leader, said left-arm spinner Axar Patel in Perth on Friday. Following India’s second training session ahead of the first ODI on Sunday, Axar said Rohit and Kohli, who have not…
It takes a batting display of some calibre to blunt an otherwise spirited Bangladesh bowling attack, but that’s what Australia did and with some comfort in its Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 clash at ACA-VDCA Stadium in Vizag on Thursday. ALSO READ | Australia seals semifinal sport with 10-wicket demolition job against Bangladesh Here are…