Banned from the Indian Premier League until the 2028 season, Harry Brook has insisted he has no regrets about skipping the cash-rich franchise league, saying his only priority is representing England as he also emerged as the leading contender to succeed Ben Stokes as the country's next Test captain.
Reliance Foundation-supported athletes dominated the 65th Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, winning 33 medals, including 14 gold, 13 silver and six bronze, over the five-day competition. As many as 15 athletes also achieved the qualification standard for the Asian Games.
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has made a slight tweak to the India Open's schedule, shifting the Super 750 event to February in 2027 before restoring it to its usual late-January window in 2028 as part of the World Tour calendar announced on Tuesday.
India have made just one change to their squad for the women’s cricket competition at the 2026 Asian Games, replacing out-of-form wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia with 17-year-old G Kamalini after their group-stage exit from the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate admitted the team’s 0-2 T20I series defeat to Ireland was difficult to digest but said it exposed an important lesson: the need to adapt much quicker to unfamiliar conditions.
India’s ODI and Test skipper Rohit Sharma, who led the team to their second ICC T20 World Cup title last June, has been named captain of the ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2024. The team dominated by Indians also features star pacer Jasprit Bumrah and left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh, along with all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
Star opener Smriti Mandhana, wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were on Saturday named in the ICC Women’s T20I Team of Year 2024 which was dominated by the Indians.
Novak Djokovic's bid for the record 11th Australian Open took a major blow as the Serbian great retired with injury following a first set of the semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday.
India received a significant injury concern ahead of the second T20I against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, as opener Abhishek Sharma twisted his right ankle during a warm-up session on Friday evening.
National champion Ganemat Sekhon extended her good run of form with yet another confident win in women’s Skeet, clinching the 3rd Digvijay Singh Memorial Shooting Championship (Shotgun) crown with a sensational 56 hits in the 60-shot final.
