India’s international football friendly against Panama has been advanced to September 25, a day earlier than scheduled, as the Sree Kanteerava Stadium will host the Bengaluru Marathon on September 27, making it difficult to stage the match under the original schedule
Mike Hesson has distanced himself from the decision to drop Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Agha, and Imam-ul-Haq after Pakistan’s heavy Test defeats in England, with seven players axed ahead of Hesson taking charge for the third Test
Pakistan Cricket Board are reportedly planning to remove senior selector Aqib Javed as part of a wider “clean-up” drive, with the move coming after Mohammad Rizwan, Imam-ul-Haq, and Salman Ali Agha were sent back from England
Former Pakistan head coach Jason Gillespie has slammed PCB chief selector Aaqib Javed over inconsistent selection decisions and poor communication following Pakistan's two Test defeats against England
Smriti Mandhana’s 124 against Hong Kong saw her surpass Mithali Raj as women’s international cricket’s leading run-scorer and helped India seal a semi-final spot in the Women’s Asia Cup
The historic match will take place at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture, announced BCCI on Friday.
By PTI
India’s international football friendly against Panama has been advanced to September 25, a day earlier than scheduled, as the Sree Kanteerava Stadium will host the Bengaluru Marathon on September 27, making it difficult to stage the match under the original schedule
The 2026 Hockey World Cup concluded across Amstelveen and Wavre after a 16-day campaign that saw Argentina defeat the Netherlands in a shootout to end Dutch dominance, while Germany retained the men's title against Spain. India's women secured their best finish since 1974, though the men's team extended their fifty-year medal drought
Top seed Alexander Zverev survived another exhausting five-set trial at Flushing Meadows, outlasting France's Quentin Halys 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-3 in a grueling second-round encounter at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Zverev captured a tight opening set, but Halys fought back fiercely, exploiting second-serve vulnerabilities to level the match. After splitting high-intensity tiebreaks in the third and fourth sets, Zverev finally stamped his authority in the decider, breaking early to seal the victory after more than four hours on court.
The MotoGP Grand Prix of Aragon on August 30, 2026, at MotorLand Aragón delivered an action-packed masterclass. Starting from second on the grid, Marc Márquez put on a commanding performance to claim victory with a total race time of 41:10.969. Pedro Acosta fought through the field from a sixth-place start to secure a stellar second position, finishing just 1.754 seconds behind. Marco Bezzecchi, who started from pole position, completed the podium by taking third place. The grueling Spanish round was marked by high drama further down the order, featuring major attrition among front-runners. Title contenders Francesco Bagnaia and Franco Morbidelli suffered early crashes that forced them into DNFs, alongside early exits from Raúl Fernández and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu. Capitalizing on the chaos, Álex Márquez and Jorge Martín rounded out the top five, while fierce mid-field battles kept the massive Alcañiz crowd entertained throughout the afternoon.
Indian athletes are spending nights in makeshift shipping container rooms at SAI centres in Patiala and Bengaluru to prepare for the unusual accommodation arrangements at the Asian Games in Japan, where there will be no conventional athletes’ village
