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FILE PHOTO: Gerard Pique attends a press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 16, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo Gerard Piqué had spent years looking for ways to make sport work differently, even before he retired from football in 2022. Last year, that interest took him into chess, where he invested in Freestyle Chess; in August…

While Patrick Mahomes rules the NFL, Brittany Mahomes Is building her own women’s soccer legacy with the Kansas City current’s $140 million stadium Patrick Mahomes has spent years making a name for himself in the NFL, winning Super Bowls and becoming one of the most recognised quarterbacks in American football. But while his career with…

Bengaluru: India’s Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson during the fifth and final T20I cricket match of the series between India and West Indies, in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) India registered their fastest team fifty in men’s T20I cricket, reaching the milestone in just 2.5 overs against the West Indies in the fifth T20I in Bengaluru. However,…

JAIPUR: Manav Suthar’s rapid rise in red-ball cricket has been an education in adaptability. From gripping the pronounced seam of the SG ball at home to working with the Dukes in county cricket and the Kookaburra in Sri Lanka, the 24-year-old from Rajasthan has negotiated markedly different conditions in a remarkably short span.Now, as he…

NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians and head coach Mahela Jayawardene have mutually decided to part ways after a disappointing 2026 Indian Premier League season. The five-time champions won only four matches and are now preparing to appoint a new coach.Reports suggest the franchise has shortlisted several candidates, with interviews expected next week. Jayawardene is also unlikely…

AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli Virat Kohli‘s close friendship with AB de Villiers is one of the most enduring bonds in cricket, strengthened over the years by their time together at Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, their relationship did not begin with the kind of admiration that defines…

India’s Kuldeep Yadav and skipper Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) India’s decision to leave out Kuldeep Yadav from their playing XI in the last two T20Is against West Indies has raised eyebrows, with former Australia captain Michael Clarke questioning the team management’s reluctance to make the wrist-spinner a first-choice option. Clarke believes Kuldeep’s wicket-taking ability makes…

With the West Indies putting up a stronger challenge than expected, India will need to address some of the flaws in their batting if they are to beat the visitors in the series-deciding fifth T20I in Bengaluru on Saturday. The match is expected to be a high-scoring contest, with the five-match series currently level at…

India vs West Indies Live Score, 5th T20I: With the West Indies proving to be unexpectedly feisty so far, India would need to iron out some of their hidden batting flaws to counter the visitors in what is expected to be a high-scoring and evenly-contested series-deciding fifth T20I in Bengaluru on Saturday. The preceding four…

India’s Anmol Vasistha has been handed a three-year ban by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after testing positive for a prohibited anabolic steroid during the New Delhi World Para Athletics Grand Prix in March this year.According to an IPC statement, Vasistha returned an adverse analytical finding for a metabolite of dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone (DHCMT) in an in-competition…