Nicholas Pooran of Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday won the award for the most sixes hit by a batter during the Indian Premier League 2025 season. Shreyas Iyer, captain of runner-up side Punjab Kings, was in contention to take the honour but was dismissed for one run in the final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Shreyas … Read more
Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander learned a lesson to open the NBA Finals. “You can’t just throw the first punch,” Gilgeous-Alexander said after Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the visiting Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. “You’ve got to throw all the punches all night.” Gilgeous-Alexander and the rest of the Thunder threw plenty of … Read more
An IPL season that follows a mega auction rarely plays out as predicted. With reshaped squads, fresh coaching combinations, and the unpredictability of form and fitness, every franchise starts with more questions than answers. The 2025 edition — the league’s 18th — was no different. It ended with a new champion for the first time … Read more
After years of toil, there were tears of joy. Seventeen years. 6,255 days. 286 games. At long last, Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke its title jinx and lifted the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy, sending players, fans and an entire city into rapturous celebration. The women’s team had already won the Women’s Premier League title. A … Read more
It had started to feel as though Virat Kohli was chasing a shadow that kept moving out of his reach. Kohli, at 36, had done the miles. The body had felt the wear, but the mind remained tuned to the rhythm of competition. He trained, he ran, he watched, he learned. He lost. He came … Read more
GOLF Anirban Lahiri leads by two, in sight of maiden LIV win Anirban Lahiri, who has never won on the LIV league and is also searching for his first worldwide win since 2015, put himself in the position once again as he shot 7-under 64 to move to 11-under and one shot ahead of the … Read more
The Indian Premier League needs a 12-16 week operating window to match the brand value of top sporting leagues in the world including the NFL, NBA and Premier League, reckons Punjab Kings co-owner Mohit Burman. At USD 16.8 million, the IPL is only behind NFL (USD 36.8 million) in terms of per-match value but needs … Read more
18 years – that’s how long players, stakeholders and fans of Royal Challengers Bengaluru waited to taste success in the Indian Premier League. It was a charmed campaign which finished with an allround effort against Punjab Kings in the final at Ahmedabad. Front and centre of the victory was Virat Kohli – a player who … Read more
85 The unbeaten runs scored by Jitesh Sharma in RCB’s successful run chase against LSG in Lucknow on 27 May 2025.This is now the highest by any IPL batter batting at No. 6 or lower in a match-winning cause while chasing in the second innings. Highest scores from #6 or lower in successful IPL … Read more
Indian Premier League side Royal Challengers Bengaluru announced compensation of Rs. 10 lakh for the kin of the 11 people who died in a stampede outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Thousands of fans had converged at the stadium on Wednesday in expectation of celebrating RCB’s maiden IPL title. Eleven people died while 33, … Read more