India vs New Zealand Squad Announcement 2026 Live Updates: The India men’s senior selection committee is likely to convene on Tuesday or Wednesday to finalise the four squads for the New Zealand tour, with interim chief selector Pragyan Ojha set to chair the meeting. The session was postponed from Monday as the selectors awaited Prasidh…
Commonwealth Games 2030 in Ahmedabad (AP Photo) India’s ambition to host the 2036 Olympics has taken another major step forward, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday confirming the country among seven bidders in the race to stage the Summer Games. Qatar, South Korea, Germany, Hungary, Turkey and South Africa are the other countries…
India’s Abhishek Sharma and Shafali Verma (Agency Images) India’s dominant run in international cricket has earned four of its stars a place on the ICC Player of the Month shortlists for September, with Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma nominated in the men’s category, while Shafali Verma and Shree Charani feature among the women’s nominees.Gill is…
Italy tennis player Jannik Sinner (Image: REUTERS) Jannik Sinner’s 2026 season has come to an abrupt end, with the Italian tennis star confirming on Tuesday that he will not return to competitive action this year as he undergoes treatment for a persistent knee injury.The World No.1 has been dealing with the problem since July and…
NEW DELHI: Lovlina Borgohain’s Asian Games gold was not just a medal upgrade from silver in the last edition. It was the latest marker in a 15-year career that has taken the Assam boxer through Olympic success, injuries, difficult phases and a mentally demanding Paris 2024 campaign.At the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Borgohain finally…
Sourav Ganguly (Image credit: Delhi Capitals) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has returned to Delhi Capitals as the team’s head coach for the 2027 Indian Premier League season.Ganguly takes over from Hemang Badani, under whom Delhi Capitals missed out on the IPL playoffs in the last two seasons. Ganguly’s long association with DC Ganguly first…
Argentina footballer Lionel Messi NEW DELHI: Benin goalkeeper Marcel Dandjinou has made it clear that Argentina’s farewell celebration for Lionel Messi will not stop his team from competing. As Benin prepare to face Argentina at the Monumental, the 28-year-old goalkeeper says his focus will be on doing his job, even if that means denying Messi…
NEW DELHI: Harmanpreet Kaur’s decision to step down as captain of the Indian women’s cricket team across all three formats marks the end of one of the longest and most significant leadership eras in Indian women’s cricket.The 37-year-old, who led India’s T20I side for a decade after taking over in 2016, became the ODI captain…
Harmanpreet Kaur (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: India women’s ODI World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur has stepped down from captaincy in all three formats. Kaur had been India’s full-time T20I captain since 2018 and took charge of the ODI team in 2022, succeeding legendary batter Mithali Raj.“Today, I step down as captain of the Indian Women’s…
India’s Prasidh Krishna (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India pacer Prasidh Krishna is set to be out of action for at least three weeks and could be touch and go for the five-match ODI series against New Zealand, beginning November 4.Prasidh sustained a left hamstring injury during the second ODI against the West Indies in Guwahati…