World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen will headline the Super Rapid tournament at the 2026 London Chess Classic (LCC), scheduled for December 5 and 6 at Novotel London West. The five-time classical World Champion will use the event as preparation for the defence of his World Rapid and Blitz titles in Istanbul after Christmas.Carlsen has a…
No. Grandmaster Year State Notable achievement 1 Viswanathan Anand 1988 Tamil Nadu 15th World Champion; India’s first GM 2 Dibyendu Barua 1991 West Bengal India’s second GM 3 Praveen Thipsay 1997 Maharashtra First GM from Maharashtra 4 Abhijit Kunte 2000 Maharashtra Dominant force in the national circuit 5 Krishnan Sasikiran 2000 Tamil Nadu Former Asian…
Smriti Mandhana (PTI Photo) India have announced their squads for the upcoming all-format tour of South Africa in December, with Smriti Mandhana named captain for the Test, ODI and T20I teams.The tour will feature one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is, beginning with the Test in Gqeberha on December 9.Deepti Sharma has been appointed vice-captain…
England have announced a 15-member squad for their three-match Test series against South Africa, which will be part of the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC).Joe Root will captain the side, while Liam Patterson-White has received his maiden Test call-up following an impressive County Championship season in 2026.Patterson-White was the most successful spinner in the competition,…
NEW DELHI: Reigning Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief PT Usha has lost the crucial Sportspersons of Oustanding Merit (SOMs) elections held on Monday. As a result, she would not be eligible to run for a second term at the top of Indian sport. Saina Nehwal, Rani Rampal, Anju Bobby George and Dola Banerjee have been…
Suryakumar Yadav (Reuters) MUMBAI: In a major turnaround in fortunes for SKY, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Monday appointed India’s 2026 T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav as Mumbai skipper for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.TOI had exclusively reported in its November 5 edition that the veteran batter was set to be…
KL Rahul’s batting position became a talking point after India’s second ODI against New Zealand in Wellington, with former India cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth questioning why Axar Patel was sent ahead of him.India were struggling at 39/3 when Axar walked in to bat. Although he had handled difficult situations on the same pitch before, he struggled…
NEW DELHI: New Zealand batting coach Luke Ronchi has been impressed by India’s inexperienced pace attack, which has repeatedly troubled the home batters in the ongoing ODI series, but believes the key to surviving on challenging surfaces is adaptability rather than an obsession with scoring rates.India’s quartet of Arshdeep Singh, Auqib Nabi, Anshul Kamboj and…
Mushfiqur Rahim (PTI Photo) Bangladesh veteran Mushfiqur Rahim added another landmark to his illustrious career, becoming the first batter from the country to score 7,000 runs in Test cricket. The 39-year-old achieved the milestone in the ongoing second Test against West Indies in Sylhet, further cementing his place among Bangladesh’s greatest players in the longest…
Former India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has opened up about a behind-the-scenes conversation with Virat Kohli during India’s tour of Australia, revealing how carefully he planned a technical intervention with the batting superstar after noticing a recurring flaw in his batting.Kohli had endured a difficult run during the tour, repeatedly getting dismissed while attempting…
