K Humpy, India’s top-ranked woman chess player, was unwilling to state her preferred board number for Team India at the Olympiad. Nor did she say that she would play according to the wishes of the team or captain. But she dropped enough hints.“I have played a few Olympiads and have always played on board one….
Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi, left. celebrates with teammate Babar Azam (AP Photo) Former Pakistan batter Basit Ali has claimed that a fallout between Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi over the captaincy played a major role in the national team’s decline.Basit’s comments came after Pakistan’s miserable showing in England, where they have already surrendered the…
Siddhesh Lad and Shardul Thakur (PTI Photo) Mumbai: Mumbai will have a new captain for the second successive Ranji Trophy season, with seasoned batter Siddhesh Lad set to take charge of the 42-time champions in the 2026-27 campaign. Lad will replace allrounder Shardul Thakur, who led Mumbai across formats during the previous domestic season.Confirming the…
Peter Handscomb and Sam Konstas (Agency Image) Peter Handscomb has been given another route back into Australia’s Test set-up after being selected in the Australia A squad for the upcoming tour of India.The 35-year-old batter is the most experienced member of the four-day squad and will get an opportunity to make his case for an…
Hardik Pandya (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Hardik Pandya‘s return to international cricket is poised to face another roadblock, as a late leg niggle derailed his plans at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) and puts the all-rounder on the back foot for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan.TimesofIndia.com reliably learnt that he was ticking the…
File Pic – Argentina’s Lionel Messi kisses the trophy after winning the World Cup in 2022. (AP/PTI Photo) It was morning in Miami and late evening in India as Lionel Messi’s announcement through an Instagram post flooded social media. Having seen him light up our lives for two decades, the world suddenly felt strangely empty,…
Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, celebrates winning a match against Roman Safiullin, of Russia, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Sydney Schaefer) Carlos Alcaraz made a winning return to Grand Slam tennis at the US Open on Monday, and the biggest positive was that…
The 30th edition of the BWF World Championships 2026 took place from August 17 to August 23 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, India. (TOI) NEW DELHI: At the recently concluded BWF World Championships, players weighed every word as carefully as their drop shots. But beyond the glare of the cameras, another…
Glenn Phillips pulls off unbelievable one-handed catch (Screengrab) Glenn Phillips produced another moment of brilliance in the Caribbean Premier League as his audacious one-handed catch sent Sunil Narine packing during Trinidad & Tobago Red Force’s chase against Guyana Amazon Warriors.Narine’s stay at the crease lasted only two deliveries before Dwaine Pretorius found his edge of…
Cristiano Ronaldo (Image: Instagram @cristiano) Cristiano Ronaldo has spent more than two decades being one of the most intensely scrutinised figures in football, but former teammate Álvaro González says the personality behind the superstar image is very different once the Portuguese forward walks into the dressing room. ‘A true phenomenon’ in the dressing room González,…