Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson Vaibhav Sooryavanshi may be on the verge of becoming India’s youngest international cricketer, but batting coach Sitanshu Kotak made it clear that the teenager’s opportunity should not come at the cost of a player who is already performing.India begin their two-match T20I series against Ireland on Friday, and if Sooryavanshi is…
NEW DELHI: The government has appointed senior IPS officer Mahesh Dixit as the next Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the country’s domestic intelligence agency, PTI reported on Thursday.The appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dixit, a 1993-batch IPS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre,…
FIFA has issued a five-match suspension to Qatar’s Assim Madibo following a dangerous tackle that caused a severe injury to Canada’s Ismael Kone in a World Cup match. (Photo/AP) FIFA has cracked the whip on serious foul play. Qatar midfielder Assim Madibo was handed a heavy five-match suspension on Wednesday by football’s global governing body…
Shafali Verma (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Shafali Verma continued her red-hot run in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, striking a fluent 53 off 34 balls against Bangladesh to not only guide India to a five-wicket win but also cement her place among the country’s most decorated performers in tournament history.With her match-winning…
Sanjay Dina Patil issued apology and expressed regret over the altercation with journalist NEW DELHI: Hours after hurling abuse at journalists, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Dina Patil on Thursday issued an apology and expressed regret over the altercation.“Ever since I joined the Shiv Sena, I have been subjected to continuous humiliation. When journalist friends came…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during the India A Tri-Nation Series in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo) In Belfast this week, men with measuring tapes have been solving a small architectural problem. India needed a second dressing room. Not the usual communal affair where grown professionals peel off their pads and discuss their hamstrings, but a separate one,…
NEW DELHI: Indian spinner Shree Charani continued her dream run at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, rewriting the record books on Thursday by becoming the highest wicket-taker for India in a single edition of the tournament.The newly crowned world No. 1 T20I bowler achieved the milestone during India’s Group A clash against Bangladesh…
Sonam Wangchuk in Geneva, Switzerland (Image courtesy: X) NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday said the government has two more days to accept at least one of his two demands — fixing accountability in the NEET paper leak case and addressing environmental and cultural issues concerning his native Ladakh — failing which he will…
BENGALURU: In a blow to the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) administration set up, the BCCI ombudsman has disqualified secretary Santosh Menon on the grounds that he had completed a cumulative nine-year tenure.Based on a complaint filed by Dolphin Cricketers, a KSCA institutional member, the ombudsman has said that Menon, having completed the nine-year tenure,…
Ted Lasso was a rare silver lining during the dark days of COVID. As the world went into lockdown, an American football coach managing a soccer team had the enviable job of not just coaching a team in a sport that he did not know, but also uplifting the world’s spirits in its gloomiest days….