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FOOTBALL The Indian Under-20 women’s football team will play two friendly matches against Uzbekistan on November 29 and December 2, 2025, at the FC Madras Academy in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu. Both matches, being held during the FIFA Women’s International Match Window, will be played behind closed doors. Head coach Joakim Alexandersson named a 24-member squad…
E-SPORTS Top Eight Finalists for the PlayStation India Cup Featuring EA SPORTS FC 26 revealed The top eight finalists who have qualified for the LAN Finale of the PlayStation India Cup have been announced. The online phase of the tournament featuring nationwide weekly qualifiers followed by intense double-elimination playoffs has officially concluded. The eight players…
It may have only taken an hour of play on the fifth day for the second Test between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to reach its denouement. But the very fact that it went into the final day without rain affecting proceedings at any stage of the Test makes it a…
Moeen Ali has witnessed England’s cricketing metamorphosis up close. When he debuted in 2014, England clung to tradition. Today, ‘Bazball’ has rewritten the script, with Ben Stokes’ fearless leadership at its core. In this exclusive chat with Sportstar, the former all-rounder reflects on the game’s evolution and pitches for a two-tier Test system to keep…
In the 1980s, two books written by the wife of an international cricketer caused a furore. Frances Edmonds, wife of Phil, was wickedly funny. She did not believe what happens in the West Indies should stay in the West Indies, or indeed what happens in Australia. England players and their shenanigans came in for frank…
Prithvi Shaw will represent Maharashtra in the upcoming 2025-26 domestic season after securing a no-objection certificate from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). In a letter to the MCA, Shaw, 25, expressed gratitude for the opportunities he received and called the switch a step forward in his cricketing journey. “I have been presented with a promising…
In his first 13 Tests outside Asia, Shubman Gill had only two half-centuries and a highest of 91, which came in Brisbane on his maiden tour in 2020-21. That record was in direct contrast to the numbers he stacked up in India and Bangladesh, where 19 matches yielded five centuries. Having waited more than four…
As Usman Ghani watched, from Vidarbha’s dressing room, Karun Nair bat as if he had been possessed by the spirit of Don Bradman in game after game during the Vijay Hazare Trophy early this year, he remembered a conversation he had had with the born-again cricketer. Unreal run And after his unreal run in India’s…
Virat Kohli’s Test retirement marks the end of an era defined as much by numbers as by nerve. India’s fourth-highest run-scorer in the format didn’t just amass centuries — he announced himself in enemy territory, swung momentum with attitude, and made belief contagious. Ravi Shastri, who coached India during Kohli’s most defining years, recalled a…
LSG skipper Rishabh Pant has an excellent record against SRH. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA The eight-day suspension of the IPL threw a spanner in the works for the BCCI, international cricket calendar and fans. However, the break might just be what Lucknow Super Giants needed to steady a stuttering campaign. Three defeats on the…
