red boxing gloves hanging on the ropes (representational image) Indian boxers’ preparations for the World Championships in Liverpool have hit a snag as visa complications have disrupted their planned training trip to Sheffield, UK. While four women boxers and some coaching staff have reached the UK, the 10-member men’s team and six women pugilists remain…
Former Indian cricket player Ravichandran Ashwin has voiced his concerns about the exclusion of Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal from the Asia Cup squad.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a 15-member team for the upcoming tournament, which begins September 9 in the UAE.“Selection is a thankless job. You have to…
Shreyas Iyer of India (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) Former India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar expressed disbelief over the exclusion of Shreyas Iyer from India’s Asia Cup squad announced at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Tuesday, while Test captain Shubman Gill secured a spot despite missing recent T20I matches.“With regards to Shreyas, not his…
Rishabh Pant of India (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) India will head into the Asia Cup 2025 without Rishabh Pant, who has been sidelined with a fractured foot. The wicketkeeper-batsman picked up the injury on the opening day of the fourth Test against England and was forced to return home, missing the fifth Test as…
Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav New Delhi: At the start of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, keyboard warriors had written off Shubman Gill before he could even take strike. His 754 runs in the Test series and series-levelling captaincy, as chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar rightly mentioned, “exceeded expectations.” And Gill’s elevation to India’s T20I vice-captaincy is…
Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill (X) India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav welcomed the appointment of Shubman Gill as vice-captain for the upcoming Asia Cup, starting September 9 in the UAE. Gill, who is also India’s Test captain, returns to the T20 format after his last appearance in July 2023, signaling selectors’ vision of grooming him…
Shreyas Iyer (L) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (R) have not been picked in the 15-member squad for Asia Cup. Shreyas Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been excluded from India’s squad for the Asia Cup 2025, following a selection committee meeting led by chief selector Ajit Agarkar and captain Suryakumar Yadav in Mumbai on Tuesday. The tournament…
CINCINNATI: Carlos Alcaraz won the ATP Cincinnati Open title on Monday after defending champion Jannik Sinner retired due to illness in the first set. World number one Sinner came into the final feeling unwell and lost the first seven points of the match before throwing in the towel at 5-0 down in a game played…
Abhishek Sharma has staked his claim at the top of the order in India’s T20 team. The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee will convene at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Tuesday to pick India’s squad for the 2025 Asia Cup. The tournament, scheduled in the UAE from September 9–28, will be played in the T20I…
Carlos Alcaraz will team up with Emma Raducanu at the 2025 US Open mixed doubles event. For long, doubles has been the overlooked event in tennis. Matches were largely played on the outside courts and moved up to the main courts only as the latter stages of the competition drew in. The prize money pales…
