New Zealand’s Kane Williamson celebrates after scoring a century during the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Ex-captain Kane Williamson has again rejected a central contract with New Zealand Cricket and likely will miss the […]
Paris Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Aman Sehrawat (57kg) claimed a bronze in the Ulaanbaatar Open Ranking Series on Sunday. On his comeback to competition after the Olympics last year, Aman defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Almaz Smanbekov 11-1 before being pinned by another Olympian and Pan-American champion, Mexico’s Roman Gulliermo Bravo Young, in the semifinals. However, he bounced […]
Freestyle wrestler Jaskaran Singh, the 2023 Asian under-20 champion in 65kg, has been handed a three-year suspension for testing positive for a banned substance. Jaskaran tested positive for SARMS LGD-4033 (ligandrol) metabolite (which improves muscle mass) following an in-competition test during the 2023 Asian championships in Amman, the International Testing Agency (ITA), on behalf of […]
Indian badminton due of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action during the quarter final of men’s doubles match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2025. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The celebrated pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will make a much-anticipated return to elite competition after shaking off fitness concerns when the […]
A little after 1.30 pm on Saturday, Ajit Agarkar formalised what everyone invested in Indian cricket knew was a foregone conclusion. The chairman of selectors officially announced Shubman Gill’s coronation as India’s 37th Test captain, making the 25-year-old the fifth youngest to occupy the hottest sporting seat in the country. Gill is already a semi-veteran, […]
Aryan Shah outplayed Thiago Cigarran of Argentina 6-1, 6-2 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $30,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Coquimbo, Chile. In the €91,250 Challenger in Skopje, North Macedonia,, Rithvik Bollipalli and Vijay Sundar Prashanth scored a thrilling 6-7(4), 7-5, [10-8] victory over Neil Oberleitner and David Pichler in the doubles quarterfinals. Sriram Balaji […]
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is likely to resume before the next weekend, at select venues in India, based on the government clearance. The decision is likely to be formalised by the IPL Governing Council in the next couple of days, provided it gets the government nod. Multiple members of various IPL franchise contingents confirmed […]
Deepika Kumari. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Parth Salunkhe stunned Olympics and World championships medallists Mete Gazoz and Kim Je Deok on his way to enter the recurve men’s individual semifinals at the Archery World Cup Stage-2 in Shanghai on Friday (May 9, 2025). Deepika Kumari, who beat Olympics silver medallist Li Jiaman, reached […]
Gujarat Titans’ Kagiso Rabada. | Photo Credit: AP South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada said on Saturday (May 3, 2025) that he is serving a provisional suspension after testing positive for a recreational drug. Rabada had left the Indian Premier League last month, saying at the time he returned home for personal reasons. The Gujarat […]
Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis heads up a stellar cast of athletes kicking off the 16th Diamond League season in Xiamen on Saturday amid a changing landscape that has seen Michael Johnson launch his Grand Slam track series. Petr Stastny, CEO of the Diamond League, insisted that he welcomed competition, but added he thought the 15-meet circuit […]
