Kevin Pietersen (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Former England batter Kevin Pietersen has made a surprise return to the England set-up after being named the team’s specialist mentor for white-ball cricket.Pietersen’s international career ended controversially in 2014. Twelve years later, he is set to return to the England set-up as part of Brendon McCullum‘s coaching…
Wimbledon appears to be taking note of the controversy surrounding influencers and content creators at the US Open, with the All England Club planning a far more restrictive approach when the Grand Slam returns next summer.According to the Press Association, Wimbledon does not plan to introduce a dedicated accreditation category for influencers or content creators…
Stefanos Tsitsipas in action during the US Open. (AP) NEW DELHI: “I’ve got a 150-year streak to save,” Stefanos Tsitsipas wrote in an X post on Saturday. The Greek tennis player tends to post hyperbole, veering from the philosophical to the absurd. But here, for a change, he was spot on. As he faced Ben…
Ishan Kishan (Image credit: BCCI Domestic) Ishan Kishan produced a brilliant batting display in the Duleep Trophy final between East Zone and South Zone at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday.After ending the opening day with a century, Kishan continued his attacking batting on Day 2 against Tilak Varma‘s South Zone. He went…
Mateo Messi with the trophy. (Screen grabs) Lionel Messi‘s son Mateo has taken another step in his budding football career, captaining the Inter Miami Academy to the Naples Cup title and giving fans another glimpse of the youngster’s footballing journey.Mateo, Messi’s second son, was part of the Inter Miami Academy side that emerged victorious at…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam celebrates after taking a catch to dismiss England’s Ben Duckett during the second Test at the Lord’s against England. (AP) NEW DELHI: The ghost of match-fixing has returned to haunt the Pakistan cricket team and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) during the ongoing three-match Test series against England. After losing the second…
Iran women’s football player Fatemeh Pasandideh salutes during the national anthem of Iran. (AP Photo) Iranian footballers Atefeh Ramezanisadeh and Fatemeh Pasandideh have broken their silence over the protest that preceded their decision to seek asylum in Australia, confirming that their refusal to sing Iran’s national anthem at the Women’s Asian Cup was a deliberate…
America’s Levon Aronian and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi BENGALURU: For most of the 20th century, the Chess Olympiad was one of the few arenas where the Cold War actually played out on a board. The Soviet Union treated the biennial team event as a matter of state prestige, fielding lineups stacked with world champions and winning…
Ab de Villiers and Babar Azam (Agency Image) Pakistan’s recent struggles have sparked plenty of criticism of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), but former South Africa captain AB de Villiers believes the players themselves must also take responsibility for the team’s alarming performances.The Babar Azam-led Pakistan side endured a miserable start to its England tour,…
Matches increasingly spill into the early hours at US Open 2026. (Pic credit: X/AP) The US Open’s famous late-night energy is once again coming under scrutiny, but this time the concern is not about whether New York can keep the party going. It is about whether the players can.As the first week of the Grand…