The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) women’s team has entered a significant new phase in its evolution, appointing Malolan Rangarajan as Head Coach ahead of WPL 2026. While RCB’s decision was shaped in part by scheduling factors, the move signals more than just a replacement on the coaching bench. It represents a wider strategic shift toward…
Pukhraj Singh Gill produced his most commanding performance of the season as he surged to the top of the leaderboard with a superb bogey-free 9-under 63 at the IGPL Invitational Jamshedpur, hosted at the Beldih Golf Course under the patronage of Shri Arjun Munda. The 28-year-old, who has been knocking on the door of a…
On a day that underlined the growing depth and maturity of Indian chess, Grandmaster Diptayan Ghosh produced one of the standout results of the FIDE World Cup 2025, defeating two–time Candidates winner Ian Nepomniachtchi with the black pieces to move into the third round. The 27-year-old Kolkata GM, playing in his first World Cup, showcased…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have made one of their most decisive strategic calls ahead of the WPL 2026 season, appointing former England fast bowler Anya Shrubsole as their new bowling coach. The move comes at a crucial moment for the franchise, which is preparing for the WPL 2026 Mega Auction and looking to correct the inconsistencies…
With the 2025 Women’s World Cup now concluded and India lifting the trophy on home soil, attention in women’s cricket swiftly returns to the Women’s Premier League (WPL). The WPL 2026 retentions deadline of November 5 precedes the mega auction later this month, and this window presents some of the most challenging decisions franchises will…
The IGPL Invitational Jamshedpur, hosted by Arjun Munda, sets the stage for a potential milestone in Indian golf this week. Aman Raj arrives seeking a third consecutive victory on the IGPL Tour a feat no player has achieved yet following commanding wins in Jaipur and Kolkata. The 30-year-old Patna golfer has been the standout performer…
The 2026 Women’s Premier League (WPL) Mega Auction is set to reshape squads across the competition, and the new retention guidelines add an extra layer of strategic depth. Teams must balance budget, player value, overseas limits, domestic core strength, and the availability of Right-to-Match (RTM) cards. With six retention pathways available, the core decision for…
World Junior Champion V Pranav and India’s top-rated Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi scored important victories with the black pieces, while Vidit Gujrathi was forced to dig deep to hold a draw against 12-year-old Argentine prodigy Faustino Oro in the first game of Round 2 of the FIDE World Cup 2025 on Tuesday. The single-elimination event, held…
India’s historic triumph at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 has reshaped the commercial, structural, and competitive landscape of the Women’s Premier League, WPL 2026. With the national team lifting the trophy for the first time in over five decades of the tournament’s history, the victory has validated the BCCI’s long-term investment in the women’s…
It was a night Indian sport will never forget one that transcended scoreboards and statistics to become a symbol of resilience, redemption, and belief. Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, India’s women’s cricket team scripted history at the DY Patil Stadium, defeating South Africa in the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup final to clinch their…
Indian U16 Women Volleyball campaign at the 2025 Asian Women’s U16 Volleyball Championship in Amman, Jordan, ended without a single win. But beyond the scoreboard, it served as a mirror reflecting the state of India’s volleyball ecosystem one that still struggles with administrative fragility, technical inefficiency, and a lack of long-term developmental structure. For the…
When Harmanpreet Kaur lifted the ICC Women’s World Cup trophy at the DY Patil Stadium on November 2, 2025, the moment was more than historic it was symbolic. At 36 years and 239 days, she became the oldest captain ever to win the Women’s ODI World Cup, surpassing Australia’s Belinda Clark, who led her country…
When the final ball was bowled at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on November 2, 2025, and India’s women were crowned World Champions for the first time, the defining image wasn’t of fireworks or celebrations it was of captain Harmanpreet Kaur bending to touch the feet of her coach, Amol Muzumdar, before breaking into a…
November 2025 marked a defining moment in Indian squash. For the first time in history, both the men’s and women’s singles leaders of the country Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh simultaneously reached career-high world rankings. Abhay climbed to World No. 27, while 17-year-old Anahat soared to World No. 36. Beyond personal triumphs, these milestones signify…
When the first Women Cricket World Cup was held in 1973, two years before the men’s edition even began, few could have imagined the global phenomenon the tournament would become. What started as a modest, pioneering competition in England has grown into a celebrated global spectacle a platform that has produced legends, rivalries, and moments…
In the story of India’s 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup triumph, one name stands tallest Deepti Sharma. Her campaign was not just a series of standout performances; it was a complete redefinition of what it means to be an all-rounder on the world stage. Across nine matches, she scored 215 runs and took 22 wickets,…
When the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) released its finalized Olympic bodyweight categories for Los Angeles 2028, the ripple effect was immediate and in India, it hit hardest for one of the sport’s most beloved figures. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, India’s Tokyo 2020 silver medallist and former world champion, now faces perhaps the most formidable challenge of…
On November 2, 2025, under the lights of Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium, history turned a new page for Indian sport. When Harmanpreet Kaur raised the ICC Women’s 2025 World Cup trophy alongside Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, the moment transcended cricket. India’s 52-run win over South Africa was not just a title victory it…
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has officially confirmed the Olympic Weight Classes for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, marking one of the sport’s most significant structural overhauls in recent decades. The decision, approved by the IOC Executive Board, follows years of uncertainty about weightlifting’s Olympic future due to governance and doping controversies. The Los Angeles…
Indian chess continued its impressive showing at the FIDE World Cup 2025, with GM Narayanan S L, GM Diptayan Ghosh, and IM Aronyak Ghosh clinching their spots in the second round after a thrilling day of rapid tiebreak action in Panaji on Monday. Following six Indian players’ progression on Sunday, the trio’s victories took India’s…
When Harmanpreet Kaur lifted India’s first ICC Women’s World Cup trophy on November 2, 2025, it wasn’t just the culmination of a sporting dream it was the financial and institutional validation of a revolution decades in the making. Behind that glittering night at the DY Patil Stadium stood a deeper story of structural reform, financial…
The 2025 ICC Women World Cup will forever be remembered as the tournament where Indian women’s cricket finally fulfilled its destiny. After two decades of near-misses heartbreaks in 2005 and 2017, semifinals in 2022 Harmanpreet Kaur’s side lifted India’s first-ever Women’s ODI World Cup on home soil, defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the…
For sixteen long years, Harmanpreet Kaur’s career mirrored the unending quest of Indian women’s cricket full of promise, heartbreak, and resilience. From her debut in 2009 to that historic night in Navi Mumbai in 2025, she became the embodiment of an entire sport’s emotional journey. India’s maiden ICC Women’s World Cup triumph was not merely…
Not in the team six days ago, drafted as replacement for an injury and crowned Player of the Match in India’s maiden Women’s World Cup triumph. Six days ago, Shafali Verma wasn’t even in India’s Women’s World Cup squad. She wasn’t in the reserves either her name wasn’t on the list, her bags weren’t packed,…
In front of a roaring home crowd at the DY Patil Stadium, India finally scripted the fairytale that had eluded them for two decades. After heartbreaks in 2005 and 2017, the Indian women’s cricket team lifted their maiden ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup trophy, defeating South Africa by a commanding margin to etch their name…
It was a day of contrasting emotions for the Indian contingent at the FIDE World Cup 2025, as a blend of seasoned campaigners and emerging stars made strong strides in the opening round. Veteran GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly, along with GM Raunak Sadhwani, GM Karthik Venkataraman, and M Pranesh, secured their berths in the second…
Indian volleyball stands at the edge of an institutional collapse. What should have been a year of rebuilding after years of suspension and international exclusion has instead turned into a full-blown governance disaster. The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) responsible for managing the sport at every level is now paralyzed by internal conflict, bureaucratic negligence,…
Under the glowing hues of a Navi Mumbai sunset, where the sea breeze from the Arabian coast mingles with the electric hum of expectation, the DY Patil Stadium prepares to stage what could become the most significant moment in women’s cricket history. On November 2, 2025, two nations India and South Africa stand on the…
The 27th Taekwondo World Championships, held in Wuxi, China (October 24–30, 2025), brought together nearly a thousand athletes from 179 nations. For India, the event offered mixed signals flashes of promise in individual performances but also a glaring reminder of the structural chasm separating the national program from the world’s elite. India’s contingent, comprising 16…
The stage is set at the DY Patil Stadium for one of the most anticipated Cricket World Cup 2025 Final in women’s cricket history India vs South Africa two teams chasing their first-ever 50-over World Cup crown. For India, this is a chance to finally exorcise the ghosts of past heartbreaks; for South Africa, it’s…
India’s campaign at the FIDE World Cup 2025 began on a promising note as World Junior champion GM Pranav V, GM Pranesh M, and veteran GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly scored impressive opening-round victories, while Women’s World Cup winner GM Divya Deshmukh went down fighting against Greece’s GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis in her first game on Saturday….
India’s coastal paradise turned into the global capital of chess on Friday evening as the FIDE World Cup 2025 was officially declared open at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa. The grand opening, marked by vibrant performances and cultural displays celebrating India’s deep connection with chess, also witnessed a historic moment the World…
India’s U16 Girls Volleyball Team is set to begin its most significant international campaign yet the 2nd Asian Women’s U16 Volleyball Championship, scheduled from November 1 to 8, 2025, in Amman. The tournament carries immense weight as it serves as Asia’s official qualification pathway for the 2026 FIVB Girls’ U17 World Championship in Santiago, Chile….
At just 14 years old, Shreya Krishna Lakshminarayanan has become one of India’s most exciting youth athletes across any sport not on a track or court, but on the open sea. Her Bronze medal at the Optimist Asian & Oceanian Championship 2025 in Oman, where she also placed ninth overall among 170 sailors, has confirmed…
India’s equestrian torchbearer Fouaad Mirza continues to chart a disciplined and data-driven path toward elite excellence. His latest triumph a first-place finish at the CSI1 Big Tour (1.30m)* event at the Peelbergen Equestrian Centre in the Netherlands stands as a reflection of not just form, but strategy. Riding Kensington, Mirza clocked a blistering 56.37 seconds…
When India and South Africa walk out at the DY Patil Stadium for the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Final, they won’t just be competing for a trophy. They’ll be playing for the redefinition of world cricket’s balance of power a moment marking the end of the Anglo-Australian duopoly that has ruled women’s…
When the first pawn moves across the board at the FIDE World Cup 2025 in Goa, it will symbolize more than the start of a chess tournament. It will mark the culmination of a two-decade journey that has turned India from a one-man chess nation into the sport’s new epicenter of global power. For the…
India Women at the 4th Women’s Baseball Asia Cup bowed out in the group stage after four straight defeats 0–10 vs Chinese Taipei, 3–6 vs Thailand, 1–11 vs Hong Kong, and 5–23 vs hosts China. The results underscored a growing truth about Indian women’s baseball: while the nation dominates the developing tier of Asian competition,…
When Jemimah Rodrigues walked off the field in Chennai on October 30, 2025, unbeaten on 127 against Australia*, the scoreboard said India had chased down 339 the highest successful run chase in the history of women’s ODI cricket. The emotion on her face told a deeper story. This was not just a century. It was…
In one of the greatest nights in Indian cricket history, India Women pulled off the highest successful chase in Women’s World Cup history, defeating the mighty Australia Women by five wickets to storm into the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Final. Set a daunting target of 339, India finished on 341/5 in 48.3 overs,…
India’s young boxers delivered a landmark performance at the 3rd Asian Youth Games 2025, producing their best-ever medal tally in the sport at the continental event. With four golds, two silvers, and one bronze, the Indian contingent stamped their authority in Manama, Bahrain, and announced the arrival of a new generation of boxing talent. It…
India’s young boxing contingent delivered one of its finest performances at the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Bahrain, with three gold medals and one silver adding to the nation’s growing dominance in youth boxing. The trio of Khushi Chand, Ahaana Sharma, and Chandrika Pujari clinched top honours in their respective weight categories, while Lanchenba Moibungkhongbam…
India’s teenage squash prodigy Anahat Singh saw her remarkable run at the Canadian Women’s Open 2025 come to an end on Wednesday night after a straight-games defeat to England’s Georgina Kennedy in the semifinals. The 17-year-old, ranked World No. 43, lost 11-5, 11-8, 12-10 in a 30-minute contest at the Brookfield Place courts in Toronto….
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Continuing his brilliant run of form, Aman Raj carded a flawless nine-under 61 to take a commanding four-shot lead after the opening round of the IGPL Invitational Kolkata, hosted by SSP Chawrasia at the Tollygunge Golf Club. On an overcast day interrupted briefly by a lightning delay, the 30-year-old from Patna now based in Gurgaon…
India’s 17-year-old squash sensation Anahat Singh will face her biggest career challenge yet when she takes on England’s Georgina Kennedy in the semifinals of the Canadian Women’s Open 2025, part of the PSA World Tour’s TAC Open series. Anahat, ranked World No. 43, has been in exceptional form this week. She stormed into the semifinals…
A familiar storm brews at DY Patil Stadium as India Women and Australia Women prepare to lock horns once again this time in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 semi-final. It’s a rivalry steeped in intensity and history, where margins are razor-thin and moments often define legacies. Days before the high-stakes clash, India’s camp…
The 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown is living up to its reputation as one of the most dynamic and unpredictable tournaments on the chess calendar. After two intense days of play in Saint Louis, GM Magnus Carlsen holds the lead with four wins and two losses across six decisive games. But with the event’s unique…
India is ready to take a major step into the Asian volleyball map as the U16 Girls Volleyball Team gears up to make its debut at the 2nd Asian Women’s U16 Volleyball Championship, scheduled from November 1–8, 2025, in Amman, Jordan. The event marks the first-ever appearance of an Indian team at this level, and…
The boxing world will turn its attention to Greater Noida next month as India prepares to host the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex from November 14 to 21. The season-ending event will feature more than 140 boxers from 18 nations, including three Paris Olympic medalists, making it…
