International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry delivers her speech during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics cauldron lighting, in front of the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Friday Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) GENEVA: The IOC took a big step toward reintegrating Russia and Belarus into world sports Thursday by advising governing bodies to…
Levon Aronian (Photo Credit: Freestyle Chess/Stev Bonhage) Levon Aronian emerged victorious at the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam event in South Africa, defeating Magnus Carlsen of Norway with a score of 1.5-0.5 in the Grand Final.In the final event of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour this year, Aronian secured the win in the first…
Shubman Gill (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Batter Shubman Gill’s lean patch in T20Is continued on Thursday as the opener was dismissed for a golden duck in the second T20I against South Africa in Mullanpur, triggering a wave of criticism and trolling on social media. Gill lasted only one delivery before Lungi Ngidi found his outside edge…
Paris Saint-Germain team bus (Photo by UEFA – Handout/UEFA via Getty Images) Paris Saint-Germain’s team bus was damaged by stones thrown outside their hotel in Bilbao following their Champions League match with Athletic. The incident occurred when the bus was empty, according to a source close to the club.Two cracks were found on the vehicle,…
Football pitch turns wrestling ring in Pakistan The Pakistan Football Federation and Pakistan Olympic Association are investigating a violent incident following a National Games football semi-final match between Pakistan Army and WAPDA teams in Karachi.Players and officials from both sides engaged in physical altercations, including punching and kicking, at the KPT sports complex. The match…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian men’s cricket team captain Kapil Dev on Thursday chose not to back the idea of split coaches after India’s recent 0-2 Test series defeat to South Africa at home. He said the BCCI should follow whatever coaching system suits Indian cricket best.Asked if having separate coaches for red-ball and white-ball formats…
All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Kalyan Chaubey (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh) Twelve Indian Super League clubs have approached the All India Football Federation with a request to modify what they call “commercially restrictive” clauses in its constitution. This request was made ahead of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for December 20.The ISL teams, with…
New Delhi: On a warm Thursday afternoon at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Pranavi Urs walked up the 18th fairway with history within reach, unaware perhaps that her next few swings would do far more than win a tournament. They would alter the conversation around women in Indian sport.In her very first appearance on the…
IPL Auction 2026: Can IPL teams increase their auction purse? The IPL 2026 Auction is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi on December 16, marking the third consecutive year of hosting the event overseas. Teams in the Indian Premier League cannot arbitrarily increase their auction purse as the league maintains a fixed salary cap…
Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand celebrates the wicket of Charles Amini of Papua New Guinea during the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup West Indies & USA 2024 match between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad And Tobago. In a free-wheeling chat with TimesofIndia.com, New Zealand fast…
Posters of Lionel Messi along a roadside ahead of his ‘GOAT Tour India 2025’ in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Lionel Messi’s much-awaited GOAT India Tour 2025 is set to ignite unprecedented excitement as the Argentina legend embarks on a three-day, four-city journey across the country. Scheduled for December 13, 14, and 15, this will…
Shubman Gill with head coach Gautam Gambhir NEW DELHI: India’s convincing ODI series win over South Africa has sparked a fresh debate on batting flexibility in white-ball cricket — and this time, two of the sharpest minds in the modern game are on the same side.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Head…
L-R: India cricketers Deepti Sharma, Smriti Mandhana, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is expected to take up a long-awaited revision of domestic match fees for women cricketers during the Apex Council meeting scheduled for December 22. The meeting, which will be held virtually, comes…
A fan displays tickets of Lionel Messi’s ‘GOAT Tour India 2025’ in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) Lionel Messi will touch down in Hyderabad on Saturday for the city’s most high-profile sporting event of the year — and for fans, the chance of a lifetime comes with a staggering price tag. As per reports, organisers of The…
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, right, celebrates with teammate Bernardo Silva after scoring their side’s second goal. (AP Photo) Manchester City delivered a dramatic comeback to beat Real Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday, a result that has pushed Xabi Alonso closer to the brink amid growing uncertainty over his future. Despite taking an…
Smriti Mandhana (Video grab) NEW DELHI: India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana made her first public appearance on Wednesday after calling off her wedding with musician Palash Mucchal, choosing the Amazon Smbhav Summit stage to speak not about the turbulence in her personal life but about the unwavering force that continues to define her — cricket. Calm,…
Hardik Pandya. (Image: AP) MULLANPUR: After bringing up his half-century in the first T20I in Cuttack on Monday evening, Hardik Pandya raised his bat high, looked at the dressing room with a straight face and simply got back to business. The unbeaten 28-ball 59 may have seemed like a par-for-the-course T20 knock from the talented…
India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Yashasvi Jaiswal says that the Indian dressing room often feels unsettled whenever Rohit Sharma doesn’t pull up the younger players on the field. The left-handed opener revealed that Rohit’s on-field scoldings have always come with a mix of humour and affection, which has made them a part of…
India’s players celebrate during a victory lap after winning the FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup bronze medal match between India and Argentina, at Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India overturned a two-goal deficit to beat Argentina 4-2 and secure the bronze medal at the FIH Men’s Junior…
Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma What began as a trial during the closing games of the Australia tour now looks more like a direction. Jitesh Sharma’s selection ahead of Sanju Samson in the first T20I against South Africa offered a clear view of how the team management is shaping its plans for the upcoming T20 World…
