By Siddharth Viswanathan When Royal Challengers Bengaluru undertake certain initiatives, there is tremendous interest generated among stakeholders in Indian sports. Primarily because RCB are one of the most popular franchises when it comes to IPL or WPL in world cricket. Recently, during the sidelines of Women’s Premier League event in Bengaluru, Royal Challengers Bengaluru officially…
Australia dominated proceedings on Day 1 of their first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, riding on centuries from veteran opener Usman Khawaja and stand-in captain Steve Smith. Khawaja remained unbeaten on 147, while Smith reached 104 as the duo stitched together a commanding 195-run partnership for the third wicket. Australia headed to stumps at…
NEW DELHI: “I got chainsawed,” an angry Steve Smith had said after falling just one run short of the 10,000 Test runs milestone, finishing with 9,999 runs in the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. He was only a single run away from completing this massive achievement. Smith had to wait 24 days for the…
NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma led an outstanding effort and hit India’s second-fastest fifty (in terms of balls faced) against England in the Twenty20 International format at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.The love affair between Indian left-handers and English bowlers in the Twenty20 International format gained notoriety thanks to Yuvraj Singh‘s performances during the 2007 T20…
Ariya “Jin” Milintanapa and her sons, Chene and Charlie, are seen feeding birds in their chicken coop at their family home in Bangkok. Thailand is poised to make history on January 23 as hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples prepare to marry, marking its distinction as the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage. (AFP) Photo…
Ohio State stays neutral on JD Vance’s rise to Vice President, marking no formal recognition. (Getty Images) JD Vance is about to make history by becoming the first Ohio State University (OSU) alumnus to serve as Vice President of the United States. While this is a remarkable milestone for both Vance and his alma mater,…
MELBOURNE, Australia — Across seven hours on Friday afternoon, the Australian Open morphed into an American tennis trout farm. It was nearly impossible to watch a singles match without seeing a red, white and blue flag on the scoreboard, as two early-twenty-somethings and one teenager who looks even younger than his 19 years rumbled through…
Steve Smith after his dismissal that left him stranded at 9,999 runs in Sydney. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Australia’s batting mainstay Steve Smith revealed that the pressure of nearing the 10,000-run milestone affected him significantly during the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. Smith entered the match needing…
Shoaib Akhtar and Muhammad Jawad Ullah (Creimas Photo) NEW DELHI: “Only 8 runs were needed in the last over. There was a lot of pressure because defending just 8 runs in the last over is very difficult. They had 2 wickets remaining,” UAE southpaw Muhammad Jawad Ullah recalled. Just a fortnight ago, he was tasked…
Smriti Mandhana. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: Smriti Mandhana on Friday etched her name in cricketing history by becoming the fastest Indian woman to reach 4,000 runs in international cricket, surpassing the legendary Mithali Raj. Achieving this milestone in record time, Mandhana continues to cement her position as one of the most prolific batters…