Rishabh Pant and MS Dhoni NEW DELHI: India vice-captain Rishabh Pant lit up Lord’s with a record-breaking innings on Day 3 of the third Test against England, etching his name in the history books with a tenacious and fearless display of batting.Pant shattered multiple records during his knock, most notably surpassing the legendary Vivian Richards…
Virat Kohli of India (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake) Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s premier batter, has praised Virat Kohli as cricket‘s greatest all-format player in the past 15 years. He acknowledged Kohli’s ability to handle the intense pressure of being a cricketer in India.The modern era of cricket saw the emergence of the “Fab Four”: Kohli,…
NEW DELHI: He arrived with intent, played a few crisp strokes, found the boundary rope early, and was then sent back — that summed up Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s outing in the opening match of the Youth Test series against England Under-19s. Coming off a stellar run in the Youth ODIs, the young batter showed flashes of…
Vantika Agrawal (FIDE Photo) Indian International Master (IM) Vantika Agrawal, 23, advanced to the third round of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 in Batumi, Georgia, after defeating former world champion Anna Ushenina of Ukraine in a thrilling tie-breaker match with a score of 4.5-3.5 on Friday.The second-round match between Vantika and Ushenina went into…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into the alleged custodial death of 27-year-old Ajith Kumar, a temple guard from Sivagangai district in Tamil Nadu, officials said on Saturday. The CBI registered a case on July 12 against unidentified police personnel from Sivagangai, days after the Tamil Nadu government…
NEW DELHI: Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Saturday said that the preliminary report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the Air India Flight 171 crash is not the final assessment of the incident. The investigation remains ongoing, the ministry said.“This is a preliminary report. At the ministry, we…
Tejashwi Yadav and Nitish Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar after yet another businessman, Vikram Jha, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in Patna’s Ramkrishna Nagar locality on Friday evening. The incident, which came just days after the killing…
NEW DELHI: The crash of Air India flight AI 171 on June 12 has been traced back to a sudden and unexplained fuel cutoff to both engines just three seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has revealed in its preliminary report. The report, released Saturday, includes a detailed timeline of…
Jasprit Bumrah bowls on Day 2 of the third Test between England and India at Lord’s. (Getty Images) Jasprit Bumrah refrained from making controversial comments about the frequent Dukes ball changes during the second day of the third Test against England at Lord’s. The issue drew attention as multiple ball changes occurred throughout the day,…
Novak Djokovic walks off the court after losing his men’s singles semi-final at Wimbledon against Jannik Sinner. (Getty Images) Seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, 38, was defeated by world number one Jannik Sinner in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday, acknowledging that age and physical limitations are impacting his performance…