Cricket accessories (AFP Photo) Hampshire have faced a strong reaction from their own supporters after including controversial New Zealand cricketer Scott Kuggeleijn in their squad for the County Championship match against Warwickshire, despite not publicly announcing his signing.The 34-year-old was listed among Hampshire’s 15 players on X, with the county yet to officially confirm his…
PM Modi gifting Javokhir Sindarov’s World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek Prez Prime Minister Narendra Modi used chess as a unique diplomatic gesture during his visit to Uzbekistan, gifting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev the original handwritten scoresheet from Uzbek Grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov’s 2025 FIDE World Cup final victory in Goa.The scoresheet was presented in a leatherette cover…
Modi said countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy must be sent a strong message Framing security as a non-negotiable prerequisite for regional progress, PM Narendra Modi delivered a thinly veiled warning to Pakistan over state-sponsored terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. With Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif in attendance, Modi…
Coco Gauff, of the United States, hits a return to Zeynep Sonmez, of Turkey, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Coco Gauff began her US Open campaign with a straight-set win, but her opening match was far from effortless. The…
US-Canada trade talks coallpsed in August Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday (local time) hit back at the US, saying it should “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough,” as he pushed back against a fresh wave of online barbs from the Trump administration, days after trade talks between…
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board will launch a movement on Sept 17 NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board will launch a movement on Sept 17 to mobilise public opinion for protection of the Constitution and ‘Sharia’, religious freedom and rights and dignity of citizens. The Board plans to start the…
File Pic – Argentina’s Lionel Messi kisses the trophy after winning the World Cup in 2022. (AP/PTI Photo) It was morning in Miami and late evening in India as Lionel Messi’s announcement through an Instagram post flooded social media. Having seen him light up our lives for two decades, the world suddenly felt strangely empty,…
Percy Fender (Pic credit: PA Images/Alamy) The fastest century in first-class cricket by time spent at the crease was scored more than a century ago, yet the record remains intact. Percy Fender smashed his hundred in just 35 minutes for Surrey against Northamptonshire at Northampton on August 26, 1920 — and despite several later centuries…
Abhishek Upadhyay on Tuesday sought Supreme Court’s intervention Abhishek Upadhyay, the journalist who reported embezzlement of donations at Ayodhya’s Ram temple, on Tuesday sought Supreme Court’s intervention saying that Ghaziabad police have, in connection with a case of road rage against him, sought his digital footprints from social media platform X since June 1, which…
The 30th edition of the BWF World Championships 2026 took place from August 17 to August 23 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, India. (TOI) NEW DELHI: At the recently concluded BWF World Championships, players weighed every word as carefully as their drop shots. But beyond the glare of the cameras, another…