Sanjeev Kumar 
The Archery Premier League (APL) will return for its second season with 36 of India’s leading archers set to compete alongside 12 international stars from 10 different countries, in Hyderabad from October 8 to 18. Four-time Olympian Deepika Kumari and World Championship silver medallist Atanu Das lead the home recurve squad, alongside reigning Asian champion … Read more
Bengaluru: Top-order batter Devdutt Padikkal says the opportunity to captain India A is a fine “learning experience” and believes it will have a positive influence on his batting ahead of the upcoming tour to New Zealand. Padikkal will lead India A against Australia in two red-ball games at Puducherry from September 22. “It’s a great … Read more
Afghanistan is gearing up to challenge the reigning ICC Men’s T20 World Cup champions, India, in the first of a three-match T20 International series. The highly anticipated encounter is scheduled for Sunday, September 13, 2026, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, with the match commencing at 7:30 PM IST. This series marks Afghanistan’s … Read more
ACPL fixture at Providence Stadium between the Amazon Warriors and the Knight Riders produced one of the most talked-about moments of the tournament when fast bowler Shamar Joseph and veteran Kieron Pollard became involved in a heated mid-game exchange that had the crowd buzzing. Pollard appeared to block Joseph at some point during the innings, … Read more
Josh Allen is entering the 2026 NFL season with a renewed sense of purpose after becoming a father, as the Buffalo Bills quarterback has opened up about how the arrival of his first child has changed his perspective on football and life. The star quarterback, who welcomed his daughter with wife Hailee Steinfeld, now approaches … Read more
England completed a clean sweep over Pakistan in the three-match Test series, winning the final match by eight wickets at Edgbaston, Birmingham. With this win, England remain sixth on the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table. Meanwhile, bottom-placed Pakistan’s PCT slipped further with another defeat. Pakistan managed 133 in the 1st innings before England … Read more
is set to lock horns with Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the US Open 2026. The match is scheduled to be played on September 13 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Ahead of the title clash, Rybakina spoke about how she found her groove and advanced to the final. “I wasn’t 100 per cent sure … Read more
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led India will take on Sri Lanka in the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 final on Sunday. The last edition’s finalists are yet to lose a single game in the ongoing eight-team tournament, but the entire campaign has been filled with questions regarding Smriti Mandhana and whether the time has come to pass the … Read more
IND vs AFG, 1st T20I: Team India captain Shreyas Iyer has provided a big update on Ishan Kishan’s availability for the first of the three T20Is against Afghanistan on September 13, Sunday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The development comes a day after the keeper-batter suffered an injury scare during a practice session … Read more
NewDelhi:India’sT20captainShreyasIyerstatedonSaturdaythatpacespearheadJaspritBumrahrequiresmatchpracticeduringthethree-matchseriesagainstAfghanistantorebuildconfidencefollowingaspellonthesidelineswithaninjury. BumrahwasincludedintheIndiansquadfortheAfghanistanseriesatNewDelhi’sArunJaitleyStadium,whichbeginsSunday,pendingafinalmedicalclearance. ThefastbowlerbowledatfullintensityduringFriday’strainingsessionandappearslikelytobeincludedinthestartingline-upfortheopeningfixture. “Hehasplayedsomuchcricketovertheyears.Heisimmenselyexperienced,butattheendoftheday,ifyouwouldaskmeasanindividualwhoiscomingoutofaninjury,Iwouldwantmoregametimeandmoreconfidenceleadinguptoacertaintournament,”Iyertoldreporters. “Iinteractedwithhimyesterday,andheisinthatmindsetwherehewantstocomeandperformfortheteamandseetoitthatwewinchampionships.” The32-year-oldBumrahhasbeenoutofactionsincethesecondOne-DayInternationalagainstEnglandinCardiffon16Julyaftersufferinganimpactinjury. WithBumrah’sreturnattractingconsiderablefocus,AfghanistancaptainIbrahimZadranremarkedthathisteamispreparedtofacetheIndianbowler. “Heisoneofthebest;heismyfavouritefastbowler,”saidZadran. “Weasagroupnevercomplicatethingsforourselves.Wehaveaverygoodplanforhim.HopefullywecanplaybettercricketagainstJaspritBumrahandtheIndiancricketteam.” Afghanistan,whohaveregularlyutilisedvenuesacrossIndiaandtheUnitedArabEmiratesfortheirhomefixtures,willofficiallyserveasthehostnationforthebilateralseries. Indiafaceadditionalselectionconsiderationsregardingtheirtop-ordercombination,withIyeracknowledgingitwillprovea”toughcall”todecidebetweenSanjuSamson,AbhishekSharma,and15-year-oldbatterVaibhavSooryavanshi. “Allthreeofthem,havingthemintheteamisaluxuryfirstofall,andtheyareflawlessintheirowndepartments,”saidIyer. “Well,itisgoingtobeatightcallbecausetheyhavebeenperformingconsistently.Andsee,whoevergetstheopportunity,it’sdefinitelyfortheteam’sbenefit.”