Firoz Mirza

NEW DELHI: For the first time in Indian Premier League (IPL) history, the final will be an all-India affair as far as match officials are concerned. The experienced Nitin Menon and KN Ananthapadmanabhan will be the on-field umpires while J Madanagopal will be the reserve umpire. Virender Sharma is going to be reserve umpire for the summit clash between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

CHENNAI: As expected, all the top men freestyle wrestlers made it to the India squad for the 2026 Asian Games, winning trials in their respective weight categories on Sunday. The trials were held at SAI centre in Lucknow and newly-appointed men's freestyle coach Shako Bentinidis also reached the venue to oversee the competition.

CHENNAI: Only a few days ago, the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) organised selection trials to pick the national team for the IWF World Youth Championsh

CHENNAI: Aadhaar seems to have become an effective tool for Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to verify age of wrestlers. The federation has disqualified arou

CHENNAI: Expectedly, Shreyas Iyer was announced the new T20I captain of India by the Indian cricket board on Saturday afternoon. BCCI secretary Devjit Saikia an

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