Category: Sports

FIFA World Cup Trophy (AP Photo) FIFA has unveiled the seeding pots and draw procedures for the 2026 World Cup — the first-ever 48-team edition — confirming a major structural change that will keep the world’s top four teams apart until the semi-finals. The announcement, made on Tuesday, sets the stage for a historic draw […]

Smriti Mandhana and her father NEW DELHI: Indian cricket star Smriti Mandhana and her family finally received a wave of relief after her father, Shrinivas Mandhana, was discharged from the hospital and declared stable. Shrinivas had been rushed to a Sangli hospital on Sunday after suffering severe chest pain, initially presumed to be a heart […]

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 schedule unveiled (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council announced on Tuesday the fixtures for next year’s T20 World Cup to be played in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8.The groups and venues of the 20-team tournament set for its 10th edition.Group A : India, […]

Anil Kumble surprised by KL Rahul’s dismissal on Day 4 in Guwahati Test Former India captain Anil Kumble grabbed headlines from the commentary box on Tuesday, but not merely for his analysis. The cricketing legend drew attention for a spontaneous mimicry of KL Rahul’s costly shot during the closing stages of Day 4 in the […]

Chelsea’s Estevao, second right, celebrates with his teammates (Bradley Collyer/PA via AP) A night marked by wholesale rotations, defensive mistakes and a moment of teenage brilliance saw both Manchester City and Barcelona fall to damaging Champions League defeats on Tuesday. While 18-year-old Estevão lit up Stamford Bridge with a stunning solo effort, lapses at the […]

Ravindra Jadeja during the fourth day of the second Test cricket match between India and South Africa, at ACA Stadium, Barsapara in Guwahati. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja said on Tuesday that the likely series loss to South Africa will not influence India’s next Test assignment in Sri Lanka in August next […]

NEW DELHI: Indian batter Virat Kohli on Tuesday arrived in India ahead of the ODI series against South Africa starting November 30. The veteran Indian batter landed at Mumbai airport in the afternoon. Having settled down in London for a while, the former India captain usually prepares for home and away tours in England and […]

Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav shared the stage as the schedule and groups for the 2026 T20 World Cup were revealed. (Images via Getty, Screengrabs) Suryakumar Yadav made his feelings clear during the official event to announce fixtures and venues ahead of the 2026 T20 World Cup, saying he would prefer to face and defeat […]

The Indian national flag is projected onto a balloon during the 2010 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi. (Reuters File Photo) New Delhi: Only a formal announcement separates Ahmedabad from being named as the host of the 2030 Commonwealth Games, edging out Abuja, Nigeria. The final approval for that […]

Pressure has been mounting on Gautam Gambhir after the Test side has been struggling in the Test series against South Africa. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Virat Kohli’s elder brother, Vikas Kohli, stirred fresh conversation around India’s red-ball struggles with a sharp post on Threads, landing right in the middle of a tense fourth day of the […]