Brydon Carse and Joe Root England captain Joe Root has admitted he is “really hacked off” and “really disappointed” after another off-field incident involving an England player brought the team’s drinking culture under scrutiny again.Root’s comments came after fast bowler Brydon Carse was pictured outside a nightclub in the early hours of Sunday in handcuffs…
Roger Federer has made it clear that fans should not expect to see him return to professional tennis.The 20-time Grand Slam champion, who retired in 2022, is set to play an exhibition match at the US Open but said his appearance in New York is purely for fun and not the start of a comeback.Asked…
Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha on day three of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) India missed several chances to finish off Sri Lanka on Day 3 of the second Test as the hosts’ lower order put up a strong fight in Colombo.Led by Sonal…
Indian women’s hockey team (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: India’s women hockey players have made an emotional appeal to save the Women’s Hockey India League (HIL), insisting that the competition has played a crucial role in building the confidence of a young side that is on the brink of its best-ever World Cup finish…
Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya walks off the field after losing his wicket during day two. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya has become the third player to be officially sanctioned during the ongoing second Test against India in Colombo, adding another disciplinary flashpoint to a match that had already been marred by…
Shahbaz Ahmed (BCCI Photo) Shahbaz Ahmed’s commanding 167 and Anukul Roy’s five-wicket haul powered East Zone to an innings-and-210-run victory over North East Zone in the Duleep Trophy quarterfinal at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 on Tuesday.East Zone first posted a massive 467 before Abhijit Sarkar’s five-wicket haul helped dismiss North East Zone…
Dhakshineshwar Suresh (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Dhakshineswar Suresh served a staggering 17 aces to pick up his first win on the ATP Tour, defeating World No. 77 Marcos Giron in straight sets at the Winston-Salem Open. Suresh, ranked 394th in the world, won 6-3, 7-5 in just over an hour.The 26-year-old is the second Indian…
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand (Image credit: BAI) NEW DELHI: When the curtain came down on the BWF World Championships at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Indian badminton found itself standing at a defining intersection of pride, introspection and structural redemption.Seventeen years after India last hosted the prestigious global showpiece in Hyderabad, the Delhi edition…
NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings are looking for a new head coach after Stephen Fleming ended his long association with the franchise last month. Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden believes the five-time IPL champions should consider a familiar face from Tamil Nadu.Hayden has backed former India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik for the job, saying his local…
Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya walks off the filed after losing his wicket. (AP Photo) Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar criticised Sri Lanka’s approach during the tense final moments of Day Two of the second Test against India in Colombo, calling the hosts’ behaviour over the fading light “slightly unprofessional”.Sri Lanka finished the day on 8/2…
