Pakistan fan praises Mohsin Naqvi NEW DELHI: India’s record eighth Women’s Asia Cup title was followed by a trophy presentation that quickly became the biggest talking point of the final — and a video from outside the Dubai International Cricket Stadium has now added another twist to the controversy.A video circulating on social media shows…
England’s opener Emilio Gay reacts after hitting his knee with his bat during the third Test vs Pakistan at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, Britain, September 9, 2026. Joe Root was on 23, England were 36 for two and chasing 130 in the final Test at Edgbaston when an expansive cover drive crashed into his leg…
Mohsin Naqvi, Devajit Saikia. (Photo/screengrab) The Asia Cup trophy drama continued for the second year in a row after Indian women’s cricket team did not receive the trophy from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairman Mohsin Naqvi following their title win in Dubai on Sunday.Harmanpreet Kaur-led India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs to win a…
Koneru Humpy, her daughter Ahana, and husband Dasari Anvesh BENGALURU: While her father sat in the VIP lounge at the Lalit Ashok on Sunday, talking through what it means to be married to one of India’s most respected grandmasters, nine-year-old Ahana wasn’t interested in any of that. Her mind was only on the playing arena…
Ganges Grandmasters become GCL 2026 champions BENGALURU: Who doesn’t love a good underdog story? Everyone does, right? Nobody had Ganges Grandmasters finishing on top of anything when Season 4 of the Global Chess League (GCL) began in Bengaluru just less than a fortnight ago. Six teams, a league stage so tight, and a final that…
MC Mary Kom is the only Indian woman boxer to have won more than one medal in the Asian Games. (Right) Ojas Pravin Deotale claimed three gold in Hangzhou, but will be missing in action in Aichi-Nagoya. NEW DELHI: India’s Asian Games stories are often written in gold, silver and bronze. But behind the numbers…
Dhiraj Bommadevara. (File photo) Top-ranked Indian recurve archer Dhiraj Bommadevara created history on Sunday by becoming the first Indian male recurve archer to win gold at the Archery World Cup Final, beating Japan’s Nakanishi Junya in a shoot-off in Saltillo, Mexico.After finishing without a medal in the 2023 and 2024 editions, the 25-year-old Army man…
Gautam Gambhir with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during practice session; Sanju Samson during the first T20I vs Afghanistan. (PTI/ANI Photos) NEW DELHI: India T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer called having to pick between Sanju Samson, Vaibhav Sooryanshi and Abhishek Sharma as a “luxury to have for any side.” More often than not, the challenge is to pick between…
‘Trophy chor, trophy chor’ echoed around the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday as Mohsin Naqvi walked away from the presentation dais after India’s 72-run win over Sri Lanka in the Women’s Asia Cup final.India had secured a record-extending eighth Women’s Asia Cup title, but Harmanpreet Kaur and her teammates did not collect the trophy…
India’s women’s team’s decision not to receive the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi was a show of solidarity with the men’s team. NEW DELHI: India’s women’s cricket team’s decision not to receive the Women’s Asia Cup trophy from Asian Cricket Council president Mohsin Naqvi was a show of solidarity with the men’s team, which took the…
