Pratika Rawal signs Warwickshire India batter Pratika Rawal has signed with Warwickshire Women for the remainder of the 2026 domestic season, with the 25-year-old set to strengthen the county side’s batting line-up in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup. Rawal will be available for selection from Warwickshire’s next One-Day Cup fixture on August 19, as the…
Finger click sparked a cheating scandal (Image: BBC/X) An amateur cricket match in England has found itself at the centre of a major controversy after a fielder was accused of using a finger-clicking trick to fool the umpire into giving a batter out. The incident, which has gone viral on social media and is now…
The FIFA-backed International Football Association Board (IFAB), which oversees football’s laws, has conceded, more than a week after the end of the World Cup 2026, that Switzerland striker Breel Embolo should not have been sent off in the quarterfinal clash against Argentina, admitting that the controversial call dramatically altered the course of the game. Referee…
Sarvesh Kushare and Tejaswin Shankar during the CWG 2026 high jump final in Glasgow. NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar’s own Commonwealth Games campaign ended in heartbreak, but the Indian high jumper ensured his disappointment did not stop a teammate from making history.The national record holder, forced out of the men’s high jump competition by a recurring…
Glasgow: India’s Nirupama Devi (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) India’s Nirupama Devi saw her Commonwealth Games medal hopes come to a heartbreaking end after failing to register a total in the women’s 63kg weightlifting event on Tuesday. The Commonwealth Championships silver medallist looked well in contention after the snatch but suffered a dramatic collapse in the clean…
Roberto Mancini (AP Photo) Roberto Mancini has been handed the daunting task of rebuilding Italy once again, with the former European Championship-winning coach returning to the Azzurri dugout as the four-time world champions look to end their alarming World Cup drought.Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Giovanni Malagò confirmed Mancini’s appointment as Italy’s new head coach…
Before Chennaiyin FC lifted their first ISL trophy (2015), club co-owner Vita Dani was already working on table tennis. Few people know that the league that eventually became Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) was actually in development before the ISL came along and pushed it back a few years. Football, not table tennis, was the property…
Mumbai: As India head to Sri Lanka for the two-Test series in August with renewed hope to keep the World Test Championship dream alive, the squad will include a domestic journeyman with an opportunity to fulfil a lifelong dream of his and his cricketer father. Mullanpur: India’s Saransh Jain during a practice session ahead of…
Subhadeep Ghosh to be India’s new fielding coach; Ten Doeschate quits, Dilip’s contract not extended (Images: Agencies) MUMBAI: Ryan ten Doeschate has stepped down as India’s men’s assistant coach, bringing an end to his two-year stint with the national team, while Subhadeep Ghosh will be India’s new fielding coach after T Dilip’s contract came to…
Amid the spotlight on weightlifting, which fetched India six medals—including a gold—over the first five days of the Commonwealth Games 2026, history unfolded late on Monday night in Glasgow as India celebrated its second gold of the Games. Sharmila Dhankar won gold in women’s shot put F57 at the 2026 CWG For the first time…
