Erling Haaland of Manchester City (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images) Manchester City and Aston Villa ensured the Premier League title race remains finely balanced with convincing victories on Sunday, responding quickly after Arsenal moved five points clear at the summit a day earlier. Arsenal had strengthened its grip on top spot with a 2-1 win…
From left, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dube celebrate (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) DHARAMSHALA: It’s a rarity in T20 cricket to see bowlers swinging the ball more than batters swinging their bats. It’s almost against the core marketing ethos of the format to see the ball dominating the bat, even as bowlers are fast being…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi, right, and former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) NEW DELHI: The Wankhede Stadium witnessed a historic moment on Sunday as sports legends Lionel Messi and Sachin Tendulkar shared the spotlight during a grand event.Messi, as part of his four-city GOAT India tour, spent an hour at Wankhede engaging with young…
NEW DELHI: India secured a commanding 90-run victory over Pakistan in their Under-19 Asia Cup Group A match on Sunday, thanks to an excellent bowling display spearheaded by Kanishk Chouhan and Deepesh Devendran.India batted first after being put in and scored 240 runs in 46.1 overs. Aaron George led the batting with a smooth 85,…
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi with West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas, right (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey has broken his silence on the chaos that marred Lionel Messi’s much-hyped appearance in Kolkata, squarely blaming political grandstanding and serious lapses in protocol for the disorder at Salt…
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Sunrisers Hyderabad head into the IPL Auction 2026 with a reputation they have earned the hard way. Over the last three seasons, no team has swung between extremes quite like them. Wooden spoon in 2023, runners-up in 2024, and then a slide to sixth in 2025. For a…
India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav (PTI Photo/Shiva Sharma) Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has raised concerns over Suryakumar Yadav’s current form, suggesting it poses a bigger challenge for the Men in Blue than Shubman Gill’s as the team gears up for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. The 10th edition of the T20 World Cup is…
India’s Tilak Varma (PTI Photo/Shiva Sharma) Tilak Varma’s rise in India’s T20I set-up continues to gather momentum, with the left-hander establishing himself as one of the most dependable batters in run-chases at the international level. Among players from Test-playing nations with at least 500 T20I runs while chasing, Tilak currently sits second on the list…
At the toss, neither Ayush Mhatre nor Pakistan skipper Farhan Yousaf initiated the customary exchange of pleasantries. (ACC Photo) NEW DELHI: As India and Pakistan clashed once again on the cricket field, this time in the U19 Men’s Asia Cup, India captain Ayush Mhatre maintained the team’s ‘no handshake’ policy during the group-stage fixture at…
Lionel Mess (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour 2025 moves to Mumbai on Sunday after its earlier stops in Kolkata and Hyderabad, with a packed schedule that includes a padel exhibition at the Cricket Club of India, an exhibition football match at the Wankhede Stadium, and a private charity fashion show featuring…
