Yosha Iglesias on the podium after winning the French national chess title. (Image: French chess federation/chess.com) Yosha Iglesias, 37, has become the French Women’s Chess Champion, making history as the second transgender player to win a national chess title. Iglesias, who was ranked seventh in the 16-player knockout event in Vichy, France, secured her victory…
Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Sri Lanka has announced a 17-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe in Harare, with key all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga absent due to a hamstring injury suffered during a T20I series against Bangladesh in July. The team, led by Charith Asalanka, will play…
Prannoy H. S. of Team India plays a shot (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Indian shuttler HS Prannoy narrowly missed causing a major upset at the BWF World Championships, losing to world No. 2 Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a intense second-round match that lasted nearly 90 minutes with a score of 8-21, 21-17, 21-23…
NEW DELHI: Mohammed Shami numbers have spoken volumes — 229 wickets in 64 Tests, 206 scalps in 108 ODIs, and 27 wickets in 25 T20Is. He topped the wicket charts at the 2023 ODI World Cup with 24 dismissals and was also India’s joint-highest wicket-taker at the 2025 Champions Trophy with nine wickets.Go Beyond The…
NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Kris Srikkanth has expressed surprise over Ravichandran Ashwin’s sudden retirement from the Indian Premier League, insisting that the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) legend still had at least two more seasons left in him.Ashwin, 38, announced his IPL retirement on Wednesday after a disappointing 2025 campaign, where he managed only seven…
Duleep Trophy 2025 Live Score: All Six Squads! South Zone: Tilak Varma, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadeesan, Tripurana Vijay, R Sai Kishore, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nidheesh MD, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, Snehal Kauthankar. East Zone: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sandeep Patnaik, Virat Singh, Denish Das, Sridam Paul,…
Daniil Medvedev (AP Photo) Daniil Medvedev has been handed a hefty $42,500 fine by the US Open following his explosive first-round defeat to France’s Benjamin Bonzi, with the penalties eating up more than a third of his $110,000 prize money.Tournament referee Jake Garner imposed a $30,000 sanction for unsportsmanlike conduct and a further $12,500 for…
NEW DELHI: Amid a spate of retirements from Indian cricket’s senior stalwarts, including Ravichandran Ashwin and Cheteshwar Pujara, veteran pacer Mohammed Shami has dismissed rumours about his own future, declaring that he has no plans to step aside just yet.Shami, overlooked for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in England and dropped from India’s squad for the upcoming…
The Indian Super League (ISL) is India’s top-tier league with the champions earning a direct slot in the group stage of the AFC Champions League Two PANAJI: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has said the indefinite suspension of the top-tier Indian Super League (ISL) is “deeply concerning, given its disruption to clubs’ operations, delayed salaries,…
Mark Wood of England named Rohit Sharma as the toughest batter he faced in his career (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) England fast bowler Mark Wood has revealed that India batter Rohit Sharma stands out as the most challenging batter he has faced in his career. The 35-year-old pacer, who is renowned for his ability…
