India’s Rohit Sharma and skipper Shubman Gill (ANI Photo) New Chandigarh: If one takes a quick scan of India’s ODI resources for next year’s World Cup in South Africa, the pace cupboard wears a bare and fragile look. There’s only Jasprit Bumrah who truly commands a place in the XI. The rest are either on…
Vantika Agarwal opens up on Chess Olympiad and more NEW DELHI: The 46th edition of the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand, like usual, had just one rest day, after Round 6. Consequently, India’s Vantika Agrawal, who had beaten US chess legend Irina Krush in that sixth-round matchup on Board 3, ended up with three days…
The upcoming world chess championship between defending champion D Gukesh of India and challenger Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan will take place in Geneva from November 22 to December 12. Organized under the aegis of FIDE, the match carries a prize fund of USD 2.5 million.The first world chess championship took place 140 years ago in…
Pranavi Urs and Sumit Nagal India signed off from the Asian Games 2026 in fourth place with 85 medals — 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze. The final tally was below the record 106 medals won at Hangzhou, but a strong finish in the final days changed the complexion of the campaign.From Kumkum Mohod’s…
West Indies captain Shai Hope and Gudakesh Motie celebrate (ANI Photo) The India-West Indies ODI series was a run-fest from start to finish, with the three-match contest setting a new record for the highest scoring rate in a bilateral series involving at least three ODIs.The series recorded a scoring rate of 7.43 runs per over,…
India’s Neeru Dhanda (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Days before leaving for the Asian Games 2026, Neeru Dhanda was hospitalised with viral fever. She had barely any time to recover before boarding the flight to Japan. There was no proper recovery period. Just medicines, ORS, and a dream of winning a medal at the Asian Games.When…
India vs Pakistan Asian Games gold medal match (Screengrabs) India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the Asian Games men’s cricket final on Saturday, but the match was much closer than the final score suggests. Pakistan, led by Sahibzada Farhan, pushed India hard, with Hasan Nawaz scoring 96.India eventually held its nerve in the final…
India face Brazil in a historic international friendly at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Saturday, October 3, with kick-off scheduled for 7:30 PM IST. Better known as Salt Lake Stadium, the venue will host the first senior men’s international meeting between the two countries and Brazil’s first international match on Indian soil….
Gulveer Singh (left), Neeru Dhanda looks at her gold medal (c), and Harmanpreet Singh celebrates after scoring a goal during the men’s final hockey India’s Asian Games 2026 campaign ended on a winning note as the Harmanpreet Singh-led men’s hockey team thrashed Malaysia 5-1 in the final on Saturday. The gold was India’s 21st at…
India’s medal tally now stands at 85 medals — 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze. (Image credit: Agencies) India produced one of their biggest medal hauls of the Asian Games on Saturday, with gold medals coming in men’s hockey, T20 cricket, wrestling, golf and archery.The men’s hockey team capped the day by beating Malaysia…