Firoz Mirza

CHENNAI: Days before the announcement of the India T20I squads for England and Ireland tours, and the 2026 Asian Games, one thing was crystal clear — the new se

CHENNAI: A day before the 2026 IPL started, teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi turned 15. And what transpired next in little over than two months le

CHENNAI: The enormity of the situation might be different but for a few minutes 16-year-old Rohini Khanu Devba would have felt what wrestler Vinesh Phogat exper

CHENNAI: The 2026 Asian Games are only a few months away with wrestling being one of a few disciplines that can earn a bagful of medals for the country. Ironica

CHENNAI: A few weeks after renowned wrestler Vinesh Phogat was not allowed to compete at the National Open Ranking Series, she has turned her attention to inter

CHENNAI: It is getting more and more curious and even more intriguing. A straightforward awards ceremony has been mired in needless controversy. The Arjuna Awards fiasco has reached a level of absurdity that seems incomprehensible in any sensible world. The sports ministry is still sitting on the names of players, at least 25 of them (including Khel Ratna), since December 24, 2025 apparently because of a name or two that could be considered debatable. What seems even more absurd is that the new list of Arjuna Awardees ideally should be selected before August 29, the date on which the awards were supposed to be conferred. Yet, the sports ministry is not even bothered.

CHENNAI: Life of an umpire is not just about witnessing the game from the best seat in the stadium, it also involves strong mental fortitude and adjustments; staying mentally alert and fit. Just like the players, they live out of a suitcase and it is not easy to have bearings intact if an umpire is doing this day in and day out for years. The complexity of an umpire's life is its loneliness. While players travel in groups, which in a long run serve as their extended families and on occasions they are also allowed to accompany their near and dear ones but umpires hardly enjoy such luxuries.

CHENNAI: Zimbabwe Women and England A women tour of India in October and December this year could see a last-minute change in the venues if an interim order of the National Green Tribunal stays effective till then. The NGT in its order dated July 2 has restrained three stadiums — Shaheed Veer Narayan International Stadium, Raipur, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur and Dr DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai — from carrying on any further sports activity without the leave of the Tribunal till the next date of hearing. The green body has fixed August 17 as the next date of hearing.

Chennai: Sir Garfield Sobers, one of cricket's greatest all-rounders, breathed his last at Bridgetown, Barbados on Friday. He was 89. Born in Bridgetown, Sobers was exactly 11 days shy of completing his 90th birthday.

CHENNAI: Sir Garfield Sobers, one of cricket greatest all-rounders, passed away in Bridgetown, Barbados on Friday. His son Daniel confirmed the death after which tributes started pouring in from all quarters. Former India all-rounder Madan Lal though never played a competitive match against Sobers but had quite a few memories of the legendary West Indian cricketer.