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All-rounders Ben Stokes and Ravindra Jadeja have made substantial gains in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after their fine performances with both bat and ball in the drawn fourth Test of the ICC World Test Championship series between England and India.
London/IBNS: The Oval on Tuesday witnessed an extension of the "handshake drama" that unfolded in the last hour of the fourth Test between England and India in Manchester a couple of days ago.
England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt returned to the top of the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings after scoring 98 runs in the decider of the three-match series against India in Durham.
Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh defeated senior master Koneru Humpy to clinch the FIDE Women’s World Cup title in Georgia on Monday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid criticism of the scheduling of India-Pakistan match in Asia Cup in the backdrop of the Pahalgam terror attack, former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said terrorism must stop but sports should be played between the two nations.
Manchester/IBNS: Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir has slammed England over the "no handshake" drama that unfolded on the final day of fourth Test in Manchester on Sunday.
India kept the series hope alive by managing a sensational draw against England in Manchester in the fourth Test match of the ongoing series on Sunday.
Kolkata: Sahil Rajesh Jadhav, a rising Indian archer from the Sports Authority of India’s National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) in Kolkata, scripted history at the FISU World University Games 2025 in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, by winning both gold and silver medals.
The blockbuster clash between India and Pakistan in the upcoming Asia Cup will be played on September 14, the Asian Cricket Council announced on Saturday.
Manchester/IBNS: England piled up 669 in the first innings of the fourth Test against India in Manchester on Saturday.
Manchester/IBNS: Joe Root's 38th hundred powered England to establish an absolute dominance over India on the third day of the fourth Test in Manchester on Friday.
Manchester/IBNS: England decimated the Indian bowlers to quickly go past 200 after bowling out the visitors for 358 on the second day of fourth Test in Manchester on Thursday.
World Wrestling Entertainment icon Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71, Florida Police and WWE said on Thursday.
Manchester/IBNS: In a bold move, India's vice-captain Rishabh Pant, who sustained an injury on his right foot, won't keep wickets but bat in the remainder of the ongoing fourth Test against England in Manchester.
Manchester/IBNS: India's steady run on the first day of fourth Test in Manchester was on Wednesday marred by vice-captain Rishabh Pant's injury on his foot.
Manchester/IBNS: England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl first in the fourth Test against India in Manchester on Wednesday.
The cricket match featuring veteran retired Indian and Pakistani players has been cancelled after some senior members of the Men In Blue squad refused to play the clash in Birmingham.
All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has been ruled out of the remaining two Tests against England owing to a left knee injury. He will fly back home.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday confirmed that the World Test Championship final will be played in England till 2031.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh dominated the men’s and women’s singles matches on the first day of the 25th National Dart Championship at Dakshin Kolikata Sangsad.
Indian grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa continued his strong run in 2025 and registered a landmark victory against world number one Magnus Carlsen during the Freestyle Grand Slam chess event in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
India opener Pratika Rawal has been fined 10 percent of her match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the first Women’s ODI against England in Southampton on Wednesday.
Cricket will return to the Olympic fold after more than 100 years and organisers have unveiled the dates when the games will be played in the Los Angeles edition of the grand event in 2028.
England’s star batter Joe Root has reclaimed the top position in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings within a week of losing it to fellow Yorkshire player Harry Brook while Scott Boland has attained a career best as five Australians are now in the top 10 of the bowling rankings.
England have been fined 10 percent of their match fee and penalised two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against India in the third Test at Lord’s.
London/IBNS: India captain Shubman Gill feels his deputy Rishabh Pant's dismissal on the stroke of lunch on day three proved to be costly as that had denied the visitors a chance to take a lead over England in the first innings of third Test at Lord's in London.
Indian cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were left heartbroken after Shubman Gill and his teammates lost the third Test against England in a closely fought contest to go 2-1 down.
Fauja Singh, the legendary runner who earned the tag of the world's oldest marathoner, died at the age of 114 in a road accident on Monday.
London/IBNS: England bypassed allrounder Ravindra Jadeja's stiff resistance along with other tailenders to take a 2-1 lead over India in the five-match Test series at Lord's in London on Monday.
South African batter Aiden Markram and West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews have been announced as the winners of the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month awards for June 2025.
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