Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca waves to the crowd at the end of the Club World Cup round of 16 match between Benfica and Chelsea in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond) Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca criticized FIFA’s decision to host the Club World Cup in the United States after his team’s match…
India’s Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur and Nitish Kumar Reddy during a nets session at Headingly, Leeds, England, Wednesday June 18, 2025. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP) Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has made a big prediction for India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill. Shastri said it would be a surprise if Gill does not go…
Team India (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) India’s hunt for a series comeback faces a tough test at Edgbaston, one of their most challenging venues in Test history. After the heartbreak at Headingley, where India let slip a dominant position despite five centuries and a fourth-innings target of 371, the team must now break a…
Shimron Hetmyer produced a breathtaking knock to power the Seattle Orcas to their first win of the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC) season, sealing a dramatic three-wicket victory over MI New York with a last-ball six. Chasing a mammoth 238 — the highest successful run chase in MLC history — Hetmyer held his nerve under…
India captain Shubman Gill (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) Former Australian wicketkeeper-batter Brad Haddin has called for India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill to make an “attitude adjustment” following India’s five-wicket loss to England in the first Test match of the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy 2025 at Headingley. The defeat, which came despite India having five centurions…
Rohit Sharma of India lifts the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup Trophy (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: “It’s the pitch where everything happened! Barbados will forever be in my veins,” said Rohit Sharma on JioHotstar’s exclusive special “Champions Waali Feeling Phir Se,” as he looked back on one of Indian cricket’s most…
Vladimir Kramnik (File Photo) In a heartfelt and emotional letter shared publicly on social media, Armenian chess grandmaster Levon Aronian reached out to his longtime friend and former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, urging reconciliation after Kramnik filed a defamation lawsuit that has sent ripples through the chess world.“Dear Vladimir Kramnik, forgive me for addressing you…
R Praggnanandhaa and Anish Giri (Agency Photos) Dutch No.1 Grandmaster Anish Giri, 31, sparked conversation across the chess world on Friday with a tongue-in-cheek reaction to R Praggnanandhaa becoming the new World No.1 junior. “Chess juniors nowadays have to be at least U16, keeping track of U20 players is totally pointless,” Giri, who currently holds…
Lhuan-dre Pretorious (Pic credit: CSA) Teenage batting sensation Lhuan-dre Pretorious etched his name into South African cricket history on Saturday, becoming the youngest ever South African to score a Test century on debut. The 19-year-old achieved the feat during the first Test against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, breaking a 61-year-old record held…
Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Corbin Bosch (Pic credit: CSA) South Africa’s teenage sensation Lhuan-dre Pretorius etched his name into the history books on Saturday, becoming the youngest player in Test cricket to score 150 runs in an innings. The 19-year-old debutant achieved the feat during the first Test against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club, breaking…
