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Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya, right, with Lucknow Super Giants’ player Abdul Samad during a practice session ahead of an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants, in Lucknow. (PTI Photo) Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will lock horns with Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match…

Novak Djokovic (Reuters Photo) Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff are among 20 leading tennis players who signed a letter sent to the heads of the four Grand Slam tournaments seeking more prize money and a greater say in what they called “decisions that directly impact us.” The letter, a copy of…

From left, author and hockey historian K Arumugam, 1975 World Cup-winning team member Onkar Singh and former India hockey captain Viren Rasquinha MUMBAI: The Indian hockey team’s Olympic medal-winning performances — back-to-back bronze medals in the 2021 and 2024 Games– have revived the hopes of the hockey fans in the country, including former stalwarts of…

Akash Deep (Photo Source: X) LUCKNOW: Pacer Akash Deep has declared himself “100% fit and ready to play” after having recovered from the back injury that plagued him in Australia and kept him away from the game for the last three months. Akash Deep joined LSG on Thursday night and was seen in franchise colours…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) icon Virat Kohli had an injury scare during the Indian Premier League match against Gujarat Titans at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday but the team’s head coach Andy Flower has assured that “there’s no worry”. Kohli sustained a finger injury while fielding but Flower said there were no significant concerns…

Kolkata Knight Riders players after the big win. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Venkatesh Iyer smashed a blistering 60 off 29 balls to power Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to a dominant 80-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Eden Gardens on Thursday. The win lifted KKR from the bottom of the IPL 2025 table to fifth…

Mohammed Siraj (BCCI/IPL Photo) Mohammed Siraj returned to form for Gujarat Titans with a match-winning spell against his former team Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday and was hailed for his effort and attitude by former players.His spell of 3 for 19 restricted RCB to 169 for 8 and…

Pakistani players during ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan cricketer Saud Shakeel took a subtle dig at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) during a recent interview, making a sarcastic remark about the board’s instability in appointing a permanent head coach. Shakeel humorously stated, “If I become the PCB Chairman, the first thing…

NEW DELHI: Facing the unforgiving wrath of the sun at the Youth Asian Championships in 2017, a 16-year-old Gurindervir Singh stood at the starting line.Unfazed by the magnitude of the competition and the competitors — given that he had won gold medals and set national records in almost every event he had participated in until…

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane and SRH skipper Pat Cummins. (IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: When asked about the Eden Gardens pitch after the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Ajinkya Rahane replied that the home team should get what they want. The question is routine one after a toss, but with the controversy surrounding Eden pitch…