JAIPUR: The wait had lasted over a decade, but for Rajasthan’s cricket fraternity, the dry spell finally ended on a historic Saturday morning in New Chandigarh. Not since Pankaj Singh stepped out in the pristine India whites has a cricketer from the state earned a coveted Test cap. After a 12-year hiatus, the desert state…
New Delh: Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya, along with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta addressed the ‘Youth for Viksit Bharat: MY Bharat Youth Convention’ at Thyagaraj Sports Complex here on Saturday. File image of sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya. (PTI) The convention brought together more than 6,000 young participants from across the…
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned the selectors’ decision to drop Suryakumar Yadav from India’s T20I setup, calling it a “landmark” and “ruthless” call and suggesting that the World Cup-winning captain deserved more time to prove himself.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced India’s T20I squads for the tours…
The Roland Garros semi-final between Marta Kostyuk and Mirra Andreeva was flatter than expected but was always loaded with meaning. Ukrainian Kostyuk had made three WTA finals this year, winning two. In both, she defeated Russian Andreeva on her way to the title, on the Brisbane hard courts in January and then on Madrid clay…
Mirra Andreeva and Maja Chwalińska faced off in the women’s singles final at the 2026 French Open, with the Russian emerging victorious with a score of 6-3, 6-2, thereby securing her first Grand Slam title. Andreeva etched her name in history with this remarkable victory at Stade Roland-Garros, clinching the final in a commanding manner….
Mirra Andreeva, 19, has evolved from a gifted teenager into a Grand Slam champion on Court Philippe-Chatrier this past Saturday. Russia’s Mirra Andreeva holds the trophy after winning the French Open tennis tournament women’s singles final match against Poland’s Maja Chwalinska on day 14 of the French Open tennis tournament on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the…
Russia’s Mirra Andreeva celebrates after winning the final women’s tennis match against Poland’s Maja Chwalinska at the French Open in Paris, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP) Teenager Mirra Andreeva won her first Grand Slam title on Saturday, defeating Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open women’s singles final, becoming the first Russian…
Russia’s Mirra Andreeva produced a commanding performance to defeat Poland’s Maja Chwalinska in straight sets and claim the French Open women’s singles title. Andreeva controlled the contest from the outset and rarely allowed her opponent a foothold, cruising to a 6-3, 6-2 victory. The triumph marked another milestone in the teenager’s rapid rise. At 19,…
Ricky Ponting, Shreyas Iyer MUMBAI: Having worked in close tandem with Shreyas Iyer at Punjab Kings, where the duo formed a successful captain-coach combination over the last two IPL seasons — PBKS reached the IPL final last year and narrowly missed out on the playoffs this time — Australia’s former captain Ricky Ponting was naturally…
India’s Sai Sudharsan celebrates his fifty (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: On the eve of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, head coach Gautam Gambhir had said that Sai Sudharsan would get a “longer rope” and that the management had complete faith in him to succeed at No. 3. Sudharsan, who received two reprieves but missed…
