India’s impressive start to the ICC Women's T20 World Cup has been reflected in the latest ICC rankings, with star all-rounder Deepti Sharma climbing to third in the Women's T20I All-Rounder Rankings after her match-winning performance against Pakistan.
India booked their place in the semi-finals of the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup 2026 with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Japan in their second Pool A match in Auckland on Tuesday.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo begin what is likely their final FIFA World Cup journey as Argentina and Portugal launch their 2026 campaigns, with history and legacy on the line.
Pakistan have been fined five per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during their Women's T20 World Cup Group A defeat to India at Edgbaston.
Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei criticised FIFA and tournament organisers after claiming his team was forced to leave Los Angeles immediately following their World Cup draw with New Zealand.
The women’s team that won the historic Badminton Asia Team Championship (BATC) crown last month will get Rs 35 lakh, Asian Games gold medalist men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are awarded Rs 12 lakh, Asian Games men’s singles bronze medalist HS Prannoy will receive Rs 5 lakh while the men’s team that bagged the 2022 Asian Games silver for the first time will collectively get a prize sum of INR 40 lakh.
After winning the toss, England got off to a positive start with Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett enduring a tough first hour in swinging conditions before lifting the visitors to 64 for 0 with their seventh 45-plus stand in nine partnerships on this tour. However, that scoreline was 175 for 6 by the time Ben Stokes became Kuldeep’s fifth and final scalp, and ultimately 218 all out with Ashwin running through the tail.
Amandeep is 9-under 207, while Gaurika is 5-under 211. Khushi Khanijau (72-71-69) with the best card of the day moved to third place at 4-under 212.
Richards made his debut for the West Indies Test team in January 1974. In the second test of the same series in New Delhi, he scored an unbeaten 192.
India head coach Rahul Dravid presented a special memento to Ashwin on the occasion of his 100th Test match
