The shooting of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly’s biopic has landed a Counry club in financial trouble. Leicestershire have been handed a 27-point penalty and fined £5,000 (almost Rs 6.43 lakh) after being found guilty of breaching pitch regulations during their County Championship match against Glamorgan in August. The decision has left the club in…
Zimbabwe’s Tavengwa Mukuhlani was appointed as the new deputy chairperson of ICC on Thursday until November 2027 after the Board of Directors gave green-light to his appointment, replacing Singapore’s Imran Khwaja.Mukuhlani currently serves on the ICC Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA) and the Nominations Committee, and chairs the HR and Remuneration Committee, an ICC…
India vs Afghanistan Live Score, 3rd T20I: With the three-match series already sealed, India could make changes to the playing XI and give players on the bench a chance when they take on Afghanistan in the third and final T20I in New Delhi on Thursday. India have dominated the series so far, making host Afghanistan…
India head into the 20th Asian Games determined to breach the 100-medal mark again in Aichi-Nagoya and cement their place behind the continent’s “big three” sporting superpowers.The 107 medals India won in Hangzhou three years ago were a big jump from 70 in Jakarta-Palembang in 2018 and the first three-figure haul at an Asiad by…
A person walks near wooden container units built to house athletes, ahead of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan, September 15, 2026. A senior coach travelling with India’s 30-member shooting contingent for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has expressed disappointment over the arrangements in Japan, saying the long travel time between the team’s hotel…
Lionel Messi wins 49th career trophy with 100th goal for Inter Miami Lionel Messi marked another major milestone on Wednesday, scoring his 100th goal for Inter Miami as the MLS club beat Mexican side Cruz Azul 2-0 to win the Campeones Cup in Florida.Messi opened the scoring in the 24th minute, heading home a pinpoint…
Signages of the 20th Asian Games on display in Nagoya, central Japan. (Reuters Photo) The Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya are facing an early weather threat, with organisers bracing for possible disruption from a tropical storm that could strengthen into a typhoon and approach central Japan just as the continental multi-sport event gets into full swing.The…
Sumit Nagal of Team India (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images for ITF) India’s top-ranked singles player Sumit Nagal has had a difficult 2026 season, with injuries disrupting his progress and pushing him down to No. 247 in the rankings. But the 29-year-old says he has changed his mindset and is now focused more on enjoying…
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave names India among Chess Olympiad contenders NEW DELHI: The 46th edition of the Chess Olympiad kicked off in style for the French men’s team on Wednesday as they secured a clean 4-0 sweep over lower-ranked Tunisia. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, popularly known as MVL, was absent from action as the Board 1 player was rested,…
Chess Olympiad in Samarkand (FIDE Photo) NEW DELHI: FIDE has stepped in to address an accommodation crisis that disrupted the opening day of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, assuring affected federations that they will not be left to bear additional costs arising from the arrangements.In a statement, FIDE said it “notes with deep regret”…
