Shresta Iyer and Shreyas Iyer NEW DELHI: India’s T20I captain Shreyas Iyer has received strong backing from his sister, Shresta Iyer, after another disappointing result against England in the 3rd T20I, extending his difficult start as the team’s full-time captain.In a video that has gone viral on social media, Shresta urged fans not to judge…
L-R: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani; Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Argentina’s Lionel Messi (AP Photo) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has become the latest high-profile figure to back Egypt after its controversial 3-2 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 defeat to Argentina, declaring that the African side had been “robbed” in a remark…
Former Rajasthan pacer Abhimanyu Lamba plays for Texas Super Kings. (Photo Courtesy: TSK) New Delhi: Abhimany Lamba’s cricket journey has taken him from representing Rajasthan in Indian domestic circuit to the Texas Super Kings (TSK) in the Major League Cricket (MLC).In an exclusive interaction with TimesofIndia. com, the fast bowler reveals why he left India…
NEW DELHI: Do you remember the feeling of sitting your Class 10 board exam? Very few don’t feel butterflies in their stomach beforehand. For India’s 98th Grandmaster (GM) Aswath S, the board exam meant putting the chessboard, his lifelong companion, aside for four months, from the start of the year until April, for the sake…
File Pic: US President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on. (AP Photo) The controversy surrounding FIFA’s unprecedented decision to overturn Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension has taken another dramatic turn, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino facing a formal ethics complaint to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
India U19 vs Sri Lanka U19 Live Score, 3rd unofficial ODI: The three-match Youth ODI series is finely poised at 1-1 as India Under-19 and Sri Lanka Under-19 prepare for the deciding third and final unofficial ODI at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Hambantota. One of the biggest talking points ahead of the decider…
Ismael Saibari leaves the field after being injured during the round of 16 match against Canada. (AP Photo) Morocco’s hopes of ending France’s FIFA World Cup title charge have suffered a significant setback, with in-form forward Ismael Saibari ruled out of Thursday’s blockbuster quarter-final because of a hamstring injury.Head coach Mohamed Ouahbi confirmed on the…
Former India captain Rohit Sharma has reached London early to begin preparations for the upcoming three-ODI series against England, starting July 14 in Birmingham. TimesofIndia.com has learnt that Rohit has already had a couple of full-fledged sessions at local clubs in and around London with his close friends and local club bowlers.Slough Cricket Club, located…
Shreyas Iyer & Gautam Gambhir (Photo X) Mumbai : Four months ago, India were celebrating a second successive T20 World Cup triumph under Suryakumar Yadav, built on an aggressive yet calculated brand of cricket. Today, they find themselves in unfamiliar territory. The 125-run thrashing at Nottingham — India’s biggest defeat by runs in T20 Internationals…
Kylian Mbappe, and Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla (AP Photos) Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla has escalated her bitter feud with France captain Kylian Mbappe, launching a fresh verbal attack on the World Cup winner and refusing to apologise for the racist remarks that have sparked widespread international condemnation.The Paraguay opposition lawmaker, who earlier described Mbappe as…