Sports

Rohit hails Tilak's "attitude" and "temperament" ahead of T20 WC

Rohit, who broke India's trophy drought back in 2024, lifting the T20 World Cup, the team's first ICC title since ICC Champions Trophy 2013, was speaking on JioHotstar on the programme, 'Captain Rohit Sharma's Roadmap'.

2026-01-22T09:34:46.024107+00:00 IST

Indonesia Masters: Sindhu, Lakshya make it to quarterfinals

Sindhu earned a straight games win, outclassing Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt with a close-fought 21-19, 21-18 scoreline.

2026-01-22T08:56:46.188576+00:00 IST

"Sooner than expected": Tilak gears up for Team India return

After a brilliant home series against South Africa at home last year, which saw him top the run-charts with 187 including two fifties, the 23-year-old played a couple of Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 109 and 34 while preparing for the New Zealand T20Is. However, an abdominal issue, which required surgery, ruled him out of the first three T20Is of the series. Shreyas Iyer made his return to the side as a replacement, with Tilak's World Cup participation under scanner.

2026-01-22T08:54:33.657594+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Defending champ Keys, Swiatek advance to round 3

Keys defeated Ashlyn 6-1, 7-5 in a match that lasted an hour and 13 minutes, as per WTA's official website.

2026-01-22T08:09:59.133412+00:00 IST

He'll put his mark on the game: Ashwin on NZ's Glenn Phillips

Ashwin was speaking on his YouTube Channel, 'Ash Ki Baat' after Phillips had smacked a stroke-filled 40-ball 78 during a tough chase of 239 against India at Nagpur, giving the Kiwis a fighting chance by putting a partnership for the third wicket with Mark Chapman for 79 runs.

2026-01-22T08:02:53.301459+00:00 IST

Australian Open: Djokovic marches to third round

Djokovic, fresh off his 100th Australian Open win, defeated Francesco 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, continuing his pursuit for the first Grand Slam title since the US Open 2023.

2026-01-22T07:05:52.337338+00:00 IST

HIL: Spot in final at stake as Kalinga Lancers face Ranchi Royals

In this all-important playoff fixture, scheduled at 1700hrs IST, the top two teams from the league stage will go head-to-head for a direct spot in the tournament final. The home side, Vedanta Kalinga Lancers, finished atop the points table with 16 points after the league stage, while Ranchi Royals secured the second spot with 12 points, earning them the right to compete in this marquee matchup, as per a press release from Hockey India.

2026-01-22T07:02:53.003189+00:00 IST

Cricket

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Rinku Singh's father passes away

Indian cricketer Rinku Singh's father, after battling fourth-stage cancer, took his last breath at Yatharth Hospital in Greater Noida on Friday morning.

2026-02-27T03:08:49.300845+00:00 IST

"Whatever the team needs, I'm up for it": Tilak on batting at six

India's designated number three batter, who was short of runs despite promising stars, had a questionable strike rate and struggled against spin before this clash, which endangered his place in the side. Having struck at just over 118 in his past five innings, Tilak was an absolute different entity coming down at number six at Chepauk, scoring a 16-ball 44*, with three fours and four sixes and striking at a mind-boggling strike rate of 275.00. This change of pace took many by surprise, considering his struggles on slow, sluggish surfaces in the past few games where he struggled to be at his most fluent.

2026-02-26T20:36:00.086417+00:00 IST

A calculated Abhishek fifty at Chennai restores India's WC hopes

Abhishek, by his mighty standards, smashed his slowest T20I fifty in 26 balls, striking three fours and four sixes on his way to the milestone. But it was the way he paced his innings, gave himself some time out there in the middle, and the areas of the ground that he attacked, which made this knock of 55 runs a sign of bigger things to come in this tournament. For three matches, the left-hander could not buy a run. In the fourth against Proteas, he swung out of desperation and hope in a short 12-ball 15. Now at Chennai, Abhishek gave himself a massive confidence booster with a well-calculated assault, which gave him time to both attack, slow down and enjoy his teammates' hitting from the other end.

2026-02-26T20:05:02.048581+00:00 IST

Tennis

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India's Sumit Nagal crashes out of Australian Open 2025

India's Sumit Nagal lost to Czechia's Tomas Machac in the first round of the men's singles event of the ongoing 2025 edition of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.

2025-01-12T14:42:54.592756+00:00 IST

Djokovic claims being poisoned during Australia COVID detention

Djokovic is heading to the Australian shores with his mind on a record-extending 11th Australian Open title, a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title, the most by any player across men's and women's categories and finally, a century of ATP Tour level titles. While Australia has been memorable to Djokovic with plenty to cherish on-court, it was also a place where one of his life's darkest chapters unfolded.

2025-01-10T04:44:04.894675+00:00 IST

"My dad is trying to retire me...": Djokovic

Djokovic will be participating in the Australian Open Grand Slam event, where he will be trying to tick three boxes, secure a record-extending 11th Australian Open title, unlock his record-breaking 25th grand slam title, the most by any player across men's and women's categories and finally, hit a century of ATP Tour level titles. His first-round opponent will be USA's Nishesh Basavareddy on Sunday.

2025-01-10T03:55:53.563169+00:00 IST

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Nacho Elvira wins ahead of McIlroy and Lowry

In the end, overnight leader Elvira cruised into a three-shot lead following a third birdie of the day at the seventh. He did leave a chance for others as he finished his front nine with successive bogeys, and Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Daniel Hillier and Marcus Armitage joined the Spaniard at the summit at nine under down the final stretch

2026-01-20T07:28:21.393226+00:00 IST

Arif bags slalom skiing quota for India in 2026 Winter Olympics

While Arif secured the quota for India, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is now left to confirm his participation in the marquee Winter sports events to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) in a day's time, as per Olympics.com.

2026-01-19T18:09:47.985495+00:00 IST

Fergus Browning, Harshveer Singh impress at Pune Grand Tour 2026

India's first-ever Continental multi-stage road race for men burst into life on Monday afternoon as the Pune Grand Tour 2026 rolled out from Goodluck Chowk near Deccan Gymkhana.

2026-01-19T15:51:25.440469+00:00 IST

Football

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Suhail Bhat fires India U23 to victory against Indonesia

India U23 men's team defeated Indonesia 2-1 in the first of two U23 international friendlies at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday.

2025-10-11T12:27:14.258251+00:00 IST

Premier League concludes week of fan, community engagement

The Premier League has successfully concluded a week-long programme of fan and community engagement in India, marking the League's first major initiative in the country since the opening of its Mumbai office earlier this year.

2025-10-10T17:37:10.323416+00:00 IST

Argentina's commercial partner in India stokes Messi mania

Diarmuid Crowley, Chief Executive Officer of Druid Sport, which was recently appointed as the exclusive commercial representative of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in the Indian subcontinent, explained what the fervent football fans in India can expect when the FIFA World Cup Champions and the possibility of football demigod Lionel Messi grace the field in Kerala to compete in a friendly fixture.

2025-10-10T13:39:06.600930+00:00 IST

Hockey

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India, Pakistan in same pool for Hockey Men's Junior World Cup

India and Pakistan are in the same pool for the expanded International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Men's Junior World Cup, to be held in Tamil Nadu.

2025-06-28T17:13:47.132320+00:00 IST

FIH Hockey Pro League Women: India lose 0-3 to China

It was a disappointing outing for India, who missed converting the chances, including a penalty stroke in the fourth quarter when Deepika hit the post, as per a press release from Hockey India.

2025-06-28T14:46:11.730659+00:00 IST

Odisha, Tamil Nadu crowned as champions of HI Masters Cup 2025

Hockey Association of Odisha (Women) and Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu (Men) crowned as the champions of the 1st Hockey India Masters Cup 2025 and created history after defeating Hockey Punjab (Women) and Hockey Maharashtra (Men) respectively, at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

2025-06-27T15:43:23.546982+00:00 IST

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Cricket

Doull feels Rinku "should've played 100 games by now" in T20Is

Following India's win over New Zealand in the first T20I, former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull hailed Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh for their knocks, pointing out how the latter has not played enough T20I cricket for his country and should have played 100 matches by now for his abilities as a finisher.

2026-01-22T06:56:45.288199+00:00 IST

Cricket

"Monkey off the back": Ashwin on Suryakumar's cameo at Nagpur

India continued their winning ways with a 48-run win over the Kiwis and took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series on the back of fine knocks from Abhishek Sharma (84 in 35 balls) and Rinku Singh (44* in 20 balls), reaching 238/7. In the chase, Glenn Phillips (78 in 39 balls) and Mark Chapman (39 in 24 balls) threatened to take the game closer than anticipated, but the bowling line-up did the containment job well, restricting NZ to 190/7.

2026-01-22T05:51:56.530952+00:00 IST

Cricket

Varun Chakravarthy “was not looking fazed by the fact…” Gavaskar

Varun's spell of 2/37 in four overs along with Arshdeep Singh's 1/31, helped India squeeze the Kiwis during a daunting chase of 239 runs, restricting them to 190/7 to win give India a 1-0 lead in the series. Before this game, Varun had played a couple of games for Tamil Nadu in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), taking six wickets, including a four-fer against Rajasthan.

2026-01-22T05:08:55.199899+00:00 IST

Football

UEFA Champions League: Harry's brace helps Bayern climb to 2nd

Harry Kane was the hero for Bayern as, after a goalless first half, he produced two magic strikes, the second being a brilliant penalty conversion, to hand his side important points to climb to number two, with six wins and a loss in seven games, with 18 points. They are just three short of table-toppers Arsenal, who are enjoying an unbeaten run with seven wins in seven games.

2026-01-22T04:48:13.636070+00:00 IST

Cricket

WI sink to series loss to Afghanistan; Mujeeb gets hattrick

With this win, Afghanistan has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 over the Windies.

2026-01-22T04:41:29.665126+00:00 IST

Cricket

Phillips becomes 4th NZ batter to touch 2,000 run mark in T20Is

Phillips achieved this milestone during his side's first T20I against India at Nagpur. During a tough chase of 239 runs, Phillips gave the Kiwis a fighting chance with his 40-ball 78, consisting of four boundaries and six sixes and his runs came at a strike rate of 195.00.

2026-01-22T03:42:13.287067+00:00 IST

Cricket

SA20: Parsons, Brevis power Pretoria Capitals to title clash

Parsons (60 off 44 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) delivered a dream all-round performance with a magical spell of 3/10 to restrict Sunrisers to 170/7 before forming a 91-run partnership with Brevis to guide Capitals home.

2026-01-22T03:17:09.634015+00:00 IST

Cricket

Gambhir makes cryptic post about "unlimited authority" as coach

Taking to X, Tharoor had posted a picture with Gambhir after meeting him at Nagpur, where the first T20I against New Zealand was held. In the post, he wrote, "In Nagpur, enjoyed a good &frank discussion with my old friend @GautamGambhir, the man with the hardest job in India after the PM's! He is being second-guessed by millions daily but stays calm & walks on undaunted. A word of appreciation for his quiet determination and able leadership. Wishing him all success -- starting today! #INDvNZT20"

2026-01-22T03:07:30.118773+00:00 IST

Cricket

ISPL Season 3: Srinagar Ke Veer clinch their first win

Defending a modest total of 72, Srinagar's bowling unit, spearheaded by Dilip Binjwa, triggered a dramatic middle-order collapse to restrict Hyderabad to 66 for 9 in their allotted 10 overs, and secured their first win of the season.

2026-01-22T02:30:24.185988+00:00 IST

Cricket

"I try to enjoy every game" Arshdeep after IND's win over NZ

After Team India registered a comfortable win over New Zealand in the first T20I, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh said he tries to enjoy every game, as there are some things that are not in his hands.

2026-01-21T19:56:16.310624+00:00 IST

Tennis

Yuki Bhambri-Andre Goransson storms into second round

India's Yuki Bhambri and his Swedish partner Andre Goransson stormed into the second round of the ongoing Australian Open 2026 men's doubles event, defeating local wildcards James Duckworth and Cruz Hewitt 6-3, 6-4 in Melbourne on Wednesday.

2026-01-21T19:24:28.784209+00:00 IST

Cricket

Chinnaswamy in line to host RCB's home games during IPL 2026

Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru have kept their doors open to play their home Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, according to ESPNcricinfo on Wednesday.

2026-01-21T19:22:58.214122+00:00 IST

Cricket

Playing T20 World Cup in India right now is not safe for us: BCB

The decision was taken following an ICC Board meeting (via video conference) on Wednesday, convened to discuss the way forward after the BCB sought to have its matches moved to Sri Lanka.

2026-01-21T19:12:21.763890+00:00 IST

Others

3rd National Para Kabaddi Tournament to be held at AMTZ

The 3rd National Para Kabaddi Tournament is being organised by Padma Shri & Khel Ratna Awardee Deepa Malik's NGO Wheeling Happiness Foundation & Andhra MetTech Zone, Visakhapatnam under the aegis of the Indian Para Kabaddi Association (IPKA) from 23 to 26 January 2026, with the Opening Ceremony on 23rd Jan and Grand Closing Ceremony alongside Republic Day Celebrations on 26th January.

2026-01-21T19:09:52.718507+00:00 IST