Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav (Agency Image) Suryakumar Yadav has opened up on one of the most difficult decisions he made during India’s title-winning 2026 T20 World Cup campaign, revealing how Sanju Samson responded when he was left out of the playing XI.Samson entered the tournament struggling for form and did not initially feature in India’s…
Aarav Dengla is India’s 93rd Grandmaster (GM) For a centuries-old game that has witnessed and survived the rise and fall of empires, kings and kingmakers, chess has developed a vocabulary of its own. This vocabulary is a veritable tour of the people and places that have had major influence on the game.To an ordinary person,…
India’s Shreyas Iyer, center, with batting partner Tilak Varma (AP/PTI) New Delhi: India’s team management and selectors are working on backups for the middle order ahead of the ODI World Cup next year. TOI has learnt that Tilak Varma’s name has come up as a potential backup option for Shreyas Iyer in the top six…
Players at the US Open in New York say marijuana smoke is becoming an unexpected distraction/ Photo by Dave Dellinger/USTA The 2026 US Open is set to begin on Sunday, but as the world’s best players prepare for the year’s final Grand Slam, some competitors are dealing with an unexpected distraction around Flushing Meadows: the…
Bengaluru: Giving up a lucrative IPL contract and a thriving commentary career, Indian batting great VVS Laxman took the administrative plunge in December 2021. What began at a modest facility inside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium has since evolved into a much larger assignment, with Laxman now at the helm of the BCCI Centre of Excellence,…
England’s Joe Root celebrates (AP) Joe Root has added another major record to his remarkable Test career, surpassing Ricky Ponting to become the highest run-scorer in Test history on home soil.The England captain reached the milestone during the second Test against Pakistan at Lord’s in London. Root came to the crease on Day 2 and…
India’s Manav Suthar (ANI Photo) Manav Suthar has wasted little time making an impression in Test cricket, with the left-arm spinner already putting himself in the conversation for a bigger role in India’s red-ball plans.Suthar has claimed 23 wickets from his first three Tests, but his impact has gone beyond the numbers. His ability to…
Suryakumar Yadav has admitted that he only has himself to blame for failing to establish a longer career in ODI cricket, despite becoming one of India’s most successful T20 batters.The former India T20I captain played 37 ODIs and scored 773 runs at an average of 25.76, numbers that never quite reflected the impact he had…
Mourinho picks Mbappé for the Ballon d’Or, insisting individual brilliance should outweigh major trophies/ Image: Real Madrid, AP José Mourinho has thrown his support behind Kylian Mbappé to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or, with the Real Madrid manager arguing that the award should recognise the best individual player in the world rather than simply going…
Real Madrid’s head coach Jose Mourinho sits on the bench before the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) With the 2026 Ballon d’Or drawing closer, Jose Mourinho has offered a rather different way of looking at football’s biggest individual prize, arguing…
Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav (Agency Image) Suryakumar Yadav has opened up on one of the most difficult decisions he made during India’s title-winning 2026 T20 World Cup campaign, revealing how Sanju Samson responded when he was left out of the playing XI.Samson entered the tournament struggling for form and did not initially feature in India’s…
Aarav Dengla is India’s 93rd Grandmaster (GM) For a centuries-old game that has witnessed and survived the rise and fall of empires, kings and kingmakers, chess has developed a vocabulary of its own. This vocabulary is a veritable tour of the people and places that have had major influence on the game.To an ordinary person,…
India’s Shreyas Iyer, center, with batting partner Tilak Varma (AP/PTI) New Delhi: India’s team management and selectors are working on backups for the middle order ahead of the ODI World Cup next year. TOI has learnt that Tilak Varma’s name has come up as a potential backup option for Shreyas Iyer in the top six…
Players at the US Open in New York say marijuana smoke is becoming an unexpected distraction/ Photo by Dave Dellinger/USTA The 2026 US Open is set to begin on Sunday, but as the world’s best players prepare for the year’s final Grand Slam, some competitors are dealing with an unexpected distraction around Flushing Meadows: the…
Bengaluru: Giving up a lucrative IPL contract and a thriving commentary career, Indian batting great VVS Laxman took the administrative plunge in December 2021. What began at a modest facility inside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium has since evolved into a much larger assignment, with Laxman now at the helm of the BCCI Centre of Excellence,…
England’s Joe Root celebrates (AP) Joe Root has added another major record to his remarkable Test career, surpassing Ricky Ponting to become the highest run-scorer in Test history on home soil.The England captain reached the milestone during the second Test against Pakistan at Lord’s in London. Root came to the crease on Day 2 and…
India’s Manav Suthar (ANI Photo) Manav Suthar has wasted little time making an impression in Test cricket, with the left-arm spinner already putting himself in the conversation for a bigger role in India’s red-ball plans.Suthar has claimed 23 wickets from his first three Tests, but his impact has gone beyond the numbers. His ability to…
Suryakumar Yadav has admitted that he only has himself to blame for failing to establish a longer career in ODI cricket, despite becoming one of India’s most successful T20 batters.The former India T20I captain played 37 ODIs and scored 773 runs at an average of 25.76, numbers that never quite reflected the impact he had…
Mourinho picks Mbappé for the Ballon d’Or, insisting individual brilliance should outweigh major trophies/ Image: Real Madrid, AP José Mourinho has thrown his support behind Kylian Mbappé to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or, with the Real Madrid manager arguing that the award should recognise the best individual player in the world rather than simply going…
Real Madrid’s head coach Jose Mourinho sits on the bench before the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) With the 2026 Ballon d’Or drawing closer, Jose Mourinho has offered a rather different way of looking at football’s biggest individual prize, arguing…
