RCB’s Jacob Bethell and skipper Rajat Patidar (ANI Photo) Jacob Bethell has cut short his IPL 2026 campaign with Royal Challengers Bengaluru after suffering a finger injury, creating fresh concern for England cricket team ahead of their upcoming Test series against New Zealand cricket team.The 22-year-old missed RCB’s final league game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on…
Rohit Sharma (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) MUMBAI: Rohit Sharma has been in the news more due to his dodgy fitness than his batting in IPL-2026. Hampered by the recurrence of an old hamstring injury, the 39-year-old batter has played eight matches for the Mumbai Indians, in which he has scored 283 runs at an average of…
Lucknow Super Giants’ captain Rishabh Pant, left, and Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer (AP Photo) Punjab Kings won a crucial toss in their must-win IPL 2026 clash against Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Stadium and elected to field first as they attempt to keep their fading playoff hopes alive. PBKS come into the contest…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) MUMBAI: He has left the cricketing world spellbound with his tremendous hitting abilities, with sixes and fours raining off his marauding blade relentlessly but Rajasthan’s explosive opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has also faced a bit of scrutiny for playing as an ‘Impact Player,’ which means that he has only batted during…
Rachin Ravindra, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane (Agency Image) Rachin Ravindra may not have spent much time in the middle during IPL 2026, but the New Zealand all-rounder believes the experience, along with conversations with some of the game’s modern greats, has left him well prepared for a demanding stretch of Test cricket.As New Zealand…
AIFF held a Special General Meeting of its General Body members in Kolkata on May 23. (AIFF) New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) General Body passed the responsibility on finalising the commercial rights deal back to the Executive Committee at the SGM held in Kolkata on May 23.During the SGM, the General Body…
Virat Kohli and Travis Head (Image: X) Irfan Pathan has weighed in on the fiery on-field exchange between Virat Kohli and Travis Head during the IPL 2026 clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, saying Kohli thrives on an “Australian-style intensity” while playing the game.The heated moment became one of the biggest talking points…
Song Yadong returns to Chinese soil on Saturday to headline UFC Fight Night in Macau on May 30, and even if he may not have got the opponent of his choice, the former two-time flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo ensures there will be no shortage of competitiveness at the Galaxy Arena.It was in February earlier this…
Ian Nepomniachtchi and D Gukesh NEW DELHI: Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi has given a strong opinion on reigning world champion D Gukesh, saying the Indian teenager is currently vulnerable against almost every top player in the world. Speaking on the Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026, Nepomniachtchi said Gukesh has struggled for consistency since becoming the…
FIFA World Cup 2026 (via Getty Images) New Delhi: In March, Zee Entertainment decided to revise its entertainment offerings on linear TV and rebranded that into sports genre. In the Reference Interconnect Offer (RIO) that followed, the planned sports entities were placed against Star and Sony Sports channels in the competitive set.More recently, Zee Entertainment…
