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Yashasvi Jaiswal

India vs South Africa, 2nd Test Day 4: IND 27/2 at stumps need 522 runs to win vs SA in Guwahati

November 26, 2025 10:19 IST

Marco Jansen who picked up six wickets in the first innings got rid of Yashasvi jaiswal and Simon Harmer who was the Player Of The Match in the previous game got rid KL Rahul

Real Madrid Perez

Real Madrid consider opening up to external investors, Florentino Perez says

November 24, 2025 00:52 IST

Madrid's members will be invited to vote on the proposal that would require a change to its statutes at an extraordinary general meeting in the near future, Perez said at the club's annual meeting.

Pakistan's Babar Azam plays a shot during the second one day international cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo)

Mystery spinner Usman Tariq’s hat-trick, Babar Azam’s half century propel Pakistan into tri-series final

November 24, 2025 00:19 IST

Tariq thus became the fourth Pakistan bowler to take a T20 hat trick after Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Hasnain and Mohammad Nawaz.

Arsenal

Eberechi Eze scores hat trick as Arsenal beat Tottenham to take 6-point lead in Premier League

November 24, 2025 00:17 IST

The England playmaker was the inspiration behind Arsenal's 4-1 win in the north London derby that left his team with a six-point lead in the Premier League.

Senuran Muthusamy

After 2019 tour of India, I felt I would never play Tests here: Senuran Muthusamy

November 24, 2025 00:06 IST

In 2019, during a forgettable debut series in India when he got just two wickets in two Tests, the South African all-rounder of Indian descent reckoned that his career was as good as over and he will never ever play a game in this country.

Richarlison goal vs Arsenal

WATCH: Tottenham’s Richarlison scores a stunner against Arsenal in North London derby

November 23, 2025 23:57 IST

Tottenham's Brazilian forward Richarlison continued his penchant for scoring worldies when he slammed his side's first goal against Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday

India hockey

Hockey: Makeshift Indian squad begins Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2025 campaign with a 1-0 win against Korea

November 23, 2025 23:29 IST

Midfielder Mohammed Raheel (15’) scored the winner for India in a match that was significantly delayed

Saina Nehwal interview

Saina Nehwal – ‘Current generation has good strokes, but lacks explosive power to shock opponents like Sindhu or me’

November 24, 2025 08:02 IST

Smart phones and social media have made athletes soft and training is smarter than before, but not necessarily hard now, Nehwal reckons.

FIDE World Cup

FIDE World Cup: China’s Wei Yi escapes from tiebreak to set up title clash against Javokhir Sindarov

November 24, 2025 08:08 IST

Esipenko had a winning position in the second rapid game of the tiebreaks, ready to seal the deal once and for all, until a one-move blunder ended his emphatic run

Javokhir Sindarov and Nodirbek Yakubboev Uzbekistan

FIDE World Cup: Uzbekistan emerges as biggest challenge to young Indian prodigies in coming years

November 24, 2025 08:06 IST

There is a likelihood of two players from the Central Asian nation at next year's Candidates, with an outside chance of three, with Praggnanandhaa the only Indian possibility

India ODI squad South Africa

India’s ODI squad for South Africa: Ruturaj, Tilak, Rishabh – a chance to impress, but breaking into this batting order won’t be easy

November 24, 2025 08:14 IST

There is little certainty of spots when Gill and Iyer return for a few batters presented with the chance in this ODI squad. But a handful of knocks could keep them in the selectors’ minds.

Pogba

‘I never lost hope’: Paul Pogba returns from football wilderness after 2 years to debut for Monaco

November 23, 2025 22:02 IST

Pogba had received a four-year ban in February 2024 after testing positive for banned substance DHEA, which boosts testosterone levels. The suspension was cut to 18 months after an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

China's top grandmaster Wei Yi greets a young fan from India after winning the FIDE World Cup semi-final against Esipenko on Sunday. (Express Photo by Amit Kamath)

Wei Yi after reaching FIDE World Cup final: Heart was going ‘boom, boom’ many times

November 23, 2025 21:30 IST

Asked how he will celebrate tonight, Wei Yi quipped: “I have no time to celebrate. There is a final tomorrow.”

India vs South Africa Day 2

India vs South Africa, 2nd Test: Dogged Proteas render hosts’ bowlers ineffective on benign pitch to take control on Day 2

November 24, 2025 07:57 IST

Senuran Muthusamy, Marco Jansen and Kyle Verreynne grind spinners and pacers alike to take team to 489.

Lakshya Sen

Badminton: Focus on fitness, mental strength power Lakshya Sen to Australian Open crown

November 24, 2025 08:00 IST

Indian shuttler beats Japan's Yushi Tanaka in straight games for first title of the season

(LEFT) Magnus Carlsen sporting jeans during last year's FIDE World and Blitz Championship; (RIGHT) Carlsen's jacket with the Betby logo. Betby calls itself a B2B provider of top-tier sports betting services. (Photos: Carlsen x, Lennart Ootes via St Louis Chess Club)

FIDE’s dress code policy: Fines for ‘sloppy or unkempt appearances’ and wrinkled clothing; No tears or rips in attire; No t-shirts or sleeveless shirts

November 23, 2025 19:34 IST

The rule about players not being allowed to sport logos of sponsors like betting companies could become a flashpoint, considering Carlsen’s shirt and his jacket had sported the logo of Betby, a betting company, at his most recent over-the-board tournament

Kuldeep Yadav Guwahati pitch

‘Yeh to pura road tha’: Kuldeep Yadav’s reaction to Guwahati pitch in 2nd Test vs South Africa

November 23, 2025 19:36 IST

The Indian bowlers struggled to extract any purchase from the Guwahati strip as the South African lower order, led by Senuran Muthusamy (106) and Marco Jansen (93) made merry, helping the visitors to post a massive 489 runs.

India vs South Africa

India vs South Africa 2nd Test | ‘Are they actually bereft of ideas?’: Aakash Chopra wants better planning from bowlers in a pitch like Guwahati

November 23, 2025 19:04 IST

South Africa's Senuran Muthusamy scored a century and Marco Jansen slammed 93, putting the Proteas in an advantageous position against India who started the day looking to take the 4 remaining wickets after ending Day 1 at 247/6

KL rahul India vs South africa

India announce ODI squad for South Africa series: KL Rahul to lead in Shubman Gill’s absence; Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli feature as Jasprit Bumrah is rested

November 23, 2025 18:09 IST

Stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retained their place in the squad after their exploits in the Australia series while pacer Jasprit Bumrah was rested.

Senuran Muthusamy India South africa

Senuran Muthusamy reacts after scoring century vs India at Guwahati: ‘It was a really special moment in front of this full house’

November 23, 2025 17:24 IST

Muthusamy struck his maiden Test ton (109), but Jansen (93) missed his personal milestone, but their efforts put South Africa on top of the second Test.

Ashes England Australia

Two-day Ashes victory hits Cricket Australia pockets as sizable ticket revenue lost

November 23, 2025 16:43 IST

The board had reckoned on a much-hyped blockbuster five-Test series against the Old Enemy, but they may not have anticipated the first Ashes match in more than a century to have finished inside two days.

South Africa's Senuran Muthusamy celebrates after scoring a century on the second day of the second cricket test match between India and South Africa in Guwahati, India, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo)

Senuran Muthusamy – ‘origins in India’, but ‘firmly South African’

November 23, 2025 16:10 IST

This is Muthusamy’s second tour of India and did nothing to catch the eye on the 2019 tour, when he made his debut, other than scalping Virat Kohli as his maiden Test wicket.

Rahul

‘There is one area we need to improve, which is our catching’: Aakash Chopra

November 23, 2025 14:36 IST

KL Rahul dropped Aiden Markram, which cost us. Catches do win you matches," Chopra said on his YouTube channel

Lakshya

Lakshya Sen: ‘Could stay calm in closing stages of first game’

November 23, 2025 13:49 IST

World No 14, notorious for frittering leads, says he didn't allow the lead to get (that) too much inside his head so he wouldn’t relax too much

Head

How Travis Head’s blistering knock spoiled plan of a fan from Germany who travelled to Perth to watch Ashes cricket with his father

November 23, 2025 14:16 IST

“I’ll be heading back to Germany without a ball of Test cricket being seen,” Alex Earle said

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