Sunrisers Hyderabad has signed Varun Aaron as the new bowling coach for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, the franchise announced on Monday. Aaron is set to replace James Franklin, who was the fast bowling coach of SRH in IPL 2025. The former India quick last played in IPL in the 2022 season for Gujarat Titans. … Read more
BASKETBALL FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, Division B: India begins campaign for promotion with win over Kazakhstan India women’s basketball team beat Kazakhstan 85-68 in its Group A opener of the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup (Division B) in Shenzhen, China, on Sunday. Pushpa Senthil Kumar (23 points), Sreekala Rani (15 points) and Sathya Krishnamurthi (15 points) … Read more
The Indiana Fever ruled Caitlin Clark out for Saturday’s home game against Los Angeles Sparks due to her lingering left groin injury. Clark will sit out for a fifth straight game and miss her 10th game of the season, including the Commissioner’s Cup final on Tuesday, when Indiana toppled the league-leading Minnesota Lynx 74-59. The … Read more
Former NBA player Ben McLemore has been found guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman during a lake house party attended by many of his then-teammates from the Portland Trail Blazers, a jury ruled Thursday. The jury in Clackamas County, located directly south of Portland, found McLemore, 32, guilty of rape, unlawful sexual penetration and one … Read more
Caitlin Clark will miss her fourth consecutive game with a strained left groin for the Indiana Fever when they host Las Vegas. The Fever announced Clark’s status on Wednesday, a day before their game against the Aces. Clark’s most recent absence, the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday, did not count toward the regular-season … Read more
The NBA has adjusted all-time wins leader Gregg Popovich’s career record as coach of the San Antonio Spurs, removing the 77 games that he missed last season and crediting those wins and losses to new Spurs coach Mitch Johnson. Popovich’s final record has been reset to 1,390-824, which is where it was entering a game … Read more
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday ruled that IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) is prima facie responsible for the events of June 4, when a stampede at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed 11 lives. In a significant development, the Tribunal quashed the suspension of Vikash Kumar Vikash, who was serving as Additional Commissioner … Read more
The WNBA is expanding to 18 teams over the next five years, with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia all set to join the league by 2030. Cleveland will begin play in 2028, Detroit in 2029, and Philadelphia the season after, assuming they get approval from the NBA and WNBA Board of Governors. Toronto and Portland will … Read more
LeBron James is opting into his $52.6 million additional year with the Los Angeles Lakers, multiple news reports on Sunday claimed. ESPN and The Athletic were among those to first report the decision. The extension will make the 40-year-old enter his 23rd in the league, the most for any player, overtaking Vince Carter. James had … Read more
Bojan Bogdanovic announced his retirement Sunday after 10 NBA seasons with six teams, citing injury. “Sometimes in life, you don’t choose the moment. The moment chooses you,” the 6-foot-7 forward wrote in a social media post. “After 14 months of battling a foot injury, two surgeries and countless efforts to get back on the court, … Read more