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The Ashes 2025 - 2026 England show fight on day four at The Gabba as 96-run stand for seventh wicket between Ben Stokes (50) and Will Jacks (41) at least forces Australia to bat again, but hosts breeze to 65-run target to claim second eight-wicket win in as many Tests England succumbed to another humiliating eight-wicket drubbing in the second Ashes Test in Brisbane to trail 2-0 in the five-match series, despite showing a bit more fight on day four at The Gabba. Starting the

Virat Kohli & Yashasvi Jaiswal India vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: Yashasvi Jaiswal scores maiden ODI ton, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma slam fifties as IND defeat SA by 9 wickets Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his maiden ODI ton while Virat Kohli rolled back the years with a blistering half century as India dominated South Africa in the run chase and won by 9 wickets to clinch series 2-1. Before Kohli’s blitzkrieg, Rohit Sharma set India off to a fiery start with Jaiswal, scoring 75 run

Pickleball League Chennai Super Warriors becomes the first team to confirm a playoff spot in the Indian Pickleball League after recording their fourth win in as many games With a perfect record after four games, Chennai Super Warriors became the first team to confirm a playoff spot in the Indian Pickleball League — which is sanctioned by the Indian Pickleball Association under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. The league leaders beat Bengaluru Blasters 4-2, after Luckno

Kemar Roach & Justin Greaves West Indies walked away with a draw that felt almost like a win, thanks to Greaves double century, Roach's composed half-century, and hours of determined batting against a strong New Zealand attack. The West Indies produced one of their bravest escapes in recent Test match against New Zealand, battling for more than five hours on the final day to secure a fighting draw against New Zealand in the first Test in Christchurch. While chasing a massive

India vs Ireland India Vs Ireland Highlights, FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup: India are level on points in Pool C with Germany, who have a game in hand. Catch the key updates from the IND-W vs IRL-W match, as it happened The Indian junior women’s hockey team notched up a comprehensive 4-0 win over Ireland in their final Pool C match of the FIH Junior Women’s World Cup at the Centro Deportivo de Hockey Cesped, Estadio Nacional in Santiago on Friday (December 5). Purnima Y

Rory Mcllroy Australian Open - second-round leaderboard -9  D Rodrigues (Por), R Neergaard-Petersen (Den);  -8  MW Lee (Aus);  -7  C Smith (Aus), A Scott (Aus), C Ortiz (Mex);  -6  C Surrat (USA), R Caberro Bello (Spa), W Ding (Chi), K Aphibarnrat (TH), D Hillier (Aus), R Fox (Aus), SW Woo (KR) Selected others: -5  E Smylie (Aus), W Ormsby (Aus);  -4  C Davis (Aus);  -3  D Young (Sco);  -2  R McIlroy (NI);  -1  C Adam (Sco) Rory McIlroy made three birdies in his last four hol

India vs Belgium India vs Belgium Junior Hockey World Cup 2025 HIGHLIGHTS: Two-time champion India will face defending champions Germany in the semifinals The hosts India continued their unbeaten streak in the FIH Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2025 after beating Belgium 4-3 in the penalty shoot-out in the quarterfinals in Chennai to set their semifinal date with defending champions Germany. India were trailing 0-1 after the end of the first half but they fought back hard in t

The Ashes 2025 Watching England villain Stuart Broad squirm in the commentary box has been an unexpected joy for Aussie fans to begin the Ashes - and this was delicious. Australia is pushing England towards the ropes as this Ashes series reaches a pivotal moment - and Stuart Broad is getting desperate. As the hosts flipped the Bazball script and smashed their way to a healthy first innings lead on day two - with four wickets in the shed - the England villain was a sight to se

FIFA World Cup 2026 With the FIFA World Cup 2026 all set to kick off on June 11, 2026, FIFA took centre stage and announced the draws, and revealed the groups for the marquee competition set to be held in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The stage is set for arguably one of the biggest sports tournaments across the globe, as the FIFA World Cup 2026 draws were revealed. The marquee tournament is set to kick off on June 11, 2026, and will run until July 19. The tournament will be h

India vs South Africa At home, India have not lost both the Test and ODI series of a tour since 1986-87 Big picture - Can India end rotten luck with the toss? The last time  India  lost both the Test and ODI series as part of the same bilateral tour was in  South Africa  in 2021-22. At home, though, India haven't lost both the series of a tour since Pakistan beat them 1-0 in Tests and 5-1 in ODIs in 1986-87. South Africa go  into Vishakapatnam  with a chance of achieving that

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha Hailing from Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar, Sarwagya is still in nursery school but holds a rapid rating of 1,572. He dethroned Kolkata’s Anish Sarkar, who, in November last year, had become the youngest rated player in history at the age of three years, eight months and 19 days. When the rest of kids his age are learning that ‘a’ is for apple and ‘b’ is for ball, three-year-old Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has already started thinking that ‘c’ is for checkmate. W

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Germany will host the 2029 Women’s European Championship,  UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin  said at the governing body’s executive committee. Denmark and Sweden had submitted a joint bid while Poland was also a candidate. Italy and Portugal had withdrawn their bids before the vote, focusing on their preparations to co-host the men’s Euro 2032 and 2030 men’s World Cup, respectively. “All the presentations and all the bids were great but there is only o

Max Verstappen By Sunday evening, Max Verstappen could be a five-time world champion, and a driver who this season has achieved one of the all-time great recoveries in sport. But sitting at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina circuit on Thursday, as the sun sets over the harbour around which he and McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will settle this year's championship, he is calmness personified. Over a 20-minute interview with BBC Sport, Verstappen covers the full breadth of

BCCI Virat Kohli's comments after Ranchi hundred draws battle lines as biggest star seems to be at loggerheads with chief selector and head coach after directive to play domestic tournament These aren’t the best of times for Indian cricket. The proud home record is shattered, trust has broken down, and intrigue is on the rise. On an extraordinary night in Ranchi, after a goosebumps-raising ton, Virat Kohli gave a defiant answer to the men in power who had deemed it necessary

Racketlon The sport involves four back-to-back games in order of progressive higher racquet weight played to 21 points each with 3-minutes transitions Leon Griffiths remembers the out-of-tune but joyous strains of ‘Happy Birthday’ at his sports club reaching his ears, while he spent his own big days shuffling from badminton’s honey-brown teak courts to tennis’ grass ones, as a racquet-sports obsessed introvert. This weekend, as the Londoner was crowned champion at Racketlon’s

Mitchel Starc & Wasim Akram Mitchell Starc took six wickets on Day 1 of the pink-ball Test and in the process, broke Wasim Akram's record for most wickets in the format by left-arm fast bowlers. It was another vintage show with the pink ball from Mitchell Starc on Thursday as he took six wickets on a see-saw Day 1 of the 2nd Ashes Test at the Gabba. Starc finished with figures of 6/71 in 19 overs and, in the process, surpassed Pakistan great Wasim Akram to become the most lef

GCL's Chess The move is a continuation of initiatives to attract those who may not be fully versed in the intricacies of the game and help them appreciate what's happening on the board Over the last couple of years, chess tournaments have tried their best to court casual fans and become more accessible to those who may not necessarily be able to distinguish a good move from a terrible one. Towards that endeavour, the third edition of the Global Chess League (GCL) will introdu

Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand A mature mindset is aiding Treesa; Gayatri keeps honing her strength in creating openings for her partner Some years really feel like a treadmill run. You clock the mileage, break proper sweat, step off it, and you’re still right there. But something gets stronger within, Gayatri Gopichand reckons. India’s only winners at the Syed Modi Super 300 in  Lucknow  last weekend, shuttlers Treesa Jolly-Gayatri both dread the ‘Running Days’ at the  Hyd

World Athletics Armand Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone have been crowned world athletes of the year at the World Athletics Awards in Monaco. Sweden's Duplantis set four new pole vault world records in 2025, the most recent at September's World Championships in Tokyo when he became the  first human to clear the 6.30m barrier . This year, the 26-year-old was undefeated in 16 competitions, and won the world titles both indoors and outdoors, as well as a fifth consecutive

LA28 Olympics The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will kick off "with a bang" with the women's 100m final taking place on day one and the men's 100m final on the second day, says World Athletics president Lord Coe. The opening ceremony of the Games will be on 14 July and the closing ceremony on 30 July, with athletics - which will run for the entire Games - starting in the first week and swimming in the second in "a historic swap". As they outlined the schedule the Games organisers