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T20 WORLD CUP | Bantons heroics help England negotiate pitfalls against Scotland

The middle order batsman stitches together two crucial partnerships with Bethel and Curran to take his side past the post; Rashid the pick of the English bowlers with three wickets while skipper Berrington shines with the bat for the Scots

14 Feb 2026 7:30 pm
T20 World Cup: South Africa win toss, opt to bowl against New Zealand

South Africa made one change, bringing in seamer Corbin Bosch in place of George Linde , while New Zealand fielded an unchanged eleven

14 Feb 2026 7:01 pm
An India-Pakistan game is more about the occasion: Suryakumar

The Indian skipper hints that Abhishek will be back but keeps the cards close to his chest

14 Feb 2026 7:01 pm
T20 World Cup: History favours India against an unpredictable Pakistan unit

The Men in Blue will be tempted to play an additional spinner as the surface at the Premadasa Stadium is likely to aid the slow bowlers; rain could play spoilsport in the most anticipated game of the championship

14 Feb 2026 6:46 pm
PCB chief Naqvi to attend India T20 World Cup clash, hold talks with ICC officials

A source said senior PCB officials, including Pakistan Super League CEO Salman Naseer and Chief Operating Officer Sumair Ahmed, will accompany Naqvi to Sri Lanka for the Group A clash, which is slated to start in the late evening at the R Premadasa Stadium

14 Feb 2026 6:37 pm
Sathiyan reaches his first-ever WTT Star Contender quarterfinal

The 33-year-old Indian showcased a controlled yet aggressive brand of table tennis, blending sharp game sense with tactical intelligence to outlast Eduard Ionescu of Romania

14 Feb 2026 4:30 pm
T20 World Cup: Ind vs Pak | Pakistan captain Salman Agha backs spinner Usman Tariq

We will see about it tomorrow, Salman Agha said about the lack of handshakes

14 Feb 2026 3:17 pm
Ranji Trophy semifinal: Confident Bengal faces determined Jammu and Kashmir

It will be an exciting Ranji Trophy semnifinal clash between Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir

14 Feb 2026 3:08 pm
T20 World Cup: England opts to field against Scotland

Both the teams registered one win and one loss in their last two games

14 Feb 2026 2:59 pm
T20 World Cup, IND vs PAK: Finch says ill Abhishek Sharma shouldnt be hurried back into team

Abhishek missed the Group A match against Namibia due to a stomach infection that had required two days' hospitalisation.

14 Feb 2026 2:27 pm
T20 World Cup: Weather could play X-factor in India vs Pakistan match, rain not ruled out

According to AccuWeather, Colombo will experience 100% cloud cover on February 15, with a roughly 13% chance of rain in the evening

14 Feb 2026 12:20 pm
T20 World Cup: Oman opts to bowl against Ireland

Both Ireland and Oman have endured defeats in their opening two matches and will be desperate to secure their first win of the tournament

14 Feb 2026 11:15 am
FA Cup | Pedro Neto hat-trick powers Chelsea past Hull into 5th round; Wrexham advances, too

Chelsea and Wrexham are the first teams into the fifth round of the FA Cup

14 Feb 2026 10:38 am
After the triumph, the travails: the big step up from the Under-19 stage

Graduating from age-group cricket to the senior game is fraught with challenges. For Indias all-conquering Under-19 players, the World Cup win while deserving of rich praise is not an end in itself. The arduous journey of fulfilling their potential, without losing focus, has just begun

13 Feb 2026 11:53 pm
Still have my police job, but Ive been on sports leave for a long time: GM Salem Saleh

A cop and a world-class Grandmaster, Saleh has enforced safety rules in the UAE and outmanoeuvred top players on the board. He speaks in this chat about what got him hooked to chess tactics, how the game has grown in his country, why he was surprised by Gukesh winning the World title and when an amateur who had learnt chess off YouTube startled him in a library

13 Feb 2026 11:49 pm
13 Feb 2026 9:54 pm
T20 World Cup 2026 preview | Too close to call as New Zealand takes on South Africa

Both sit pretty, with qualification for Super Eight all but sealed; the Kiwis havent beaten the Proteas in four attempts in the showpiece; Markram has called for more discipline from his bowlers, who have leaked 28 extras across two games

13 Feb 2026 9:15 pm
T20 World Cup 2026 | Netherlands opt to bowl against USA

Netherlands, who have two points, brought in right-arm pacer Kyle Klein in place of Timm van der Gugten for the crucial Group A game.

13 Feb 2026 7:02 pm
ISL preview | Finally, its lets football time

The new edition delayed by nearly four months gets underway in a truncated format featuring 14 teams; the AIFF has opted for a single round-robin format, scrapping the second leg and the traditional playoff stage

13 Feb 2026 6:52 pm
T20 World Cup preview | English and Scottish cricketers reprise age-old sporting rivalry

The Group-C T20 World Cup encounter coinciding with the historic Calcutta Cup rugby match in Edinburgh adds intrigue; Brook & Co. cannot afford another slip-up

13 Feb 2026 6:26 pm
Zelenskyy blasts Olympics ban for Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych over memorial helmet

An impassioned Heraskevych, who is allowed to remain at the Games despite not competing, told reporters at the Cortina Sliding Centre that he believed his disqualification was otally wrong.

13 Feb 2026 6:15 pm
T20 World Cup: Canada choose to bat against UAE

Canada faces UAE in a crucial T20 World Cup match after recent losses for both teams.

13 Feb 2026 6:11 pm
T20 World Cup 2026 | Siddique takes fifer as UAE restrict Canada to 150/7

Opting to bat, Canada were jolted early as pacers Siddique (5/35) and Muhammad Jawadullah ripped through the top order inside the first four overs.

13 Feb 2026 5:59 pm
T20 World Cup: Its just unbelievable, says Raza on Zimbabwe shock win against Australia

Zimbabwe shocked Australia in their Group B clash of the T20 World Cup in Colombo

13 Feb 2026 4:26 pm
In Focus podcast | ISL 2025-26 season: A rescue mission or a reckoning for Indian football?

Indian football veteran Pradhyum Reddy gives an overview of the truncated ISL season as teams and players still grapple with the uncertainty and instability of the system

13 Feb 2026 4:14 pm
WTT Star Contender Table Tennis: Lubomir Jancarik upsets Manav Thakkar in second round

World No. 174 Lubomr Jancarik of Czechia stunned the 33rd-ranked Indian, seeded four, in four games (11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9), producing one of the biggest upsets of the event so far

13 Feb 2026 2:50 pm
Copa del Rey: Atletico hits Barcelona for four to take giant step toward final

The winner of the tie will face Real Sociedad or Athletic Bilbao in the final

13 Feb 2026 12:48 pm
T20 World Cup 2026: Im always working on some new delivery, says Varun Chakravarthy

In two overs, Varun claimed three wickets to seal the deal for India in the T20 World Cup Group-A clash against Namibia

13 Feb 2026 11:55 am
T20 World Cup 2026: Australia wins toss, opts to bowl against Zimbabwe

Both sides made two changes each from their previous match playing XIs

13 Feb 2026 10:54 am
T20 World cup 2026: Im a changed man now, says Ishan Kishan

After bludgeoning the Kiwi attack to all parts to help India romp to a 4-1 series victory and force his way into the first-choice XI, he is now lighting up the T20 World Cup as well

13 Feb 2026 10:36 am
Pakistan bowler Usman Tariq and his unusual delivery courts controversy at T20 World Cup

With it has come a fair share of controversy that his pause-and sling style of bowling is an illegal delivery, or in cricket parlance, chucking

13 Feb 2026 9:51 am
T20 World Cup | Canada, UAE aim to bounce back

Drawn into the Group of Death alongside three top-10 teams New Zealand, South Africa and Afghanistan both the UAE and Canada face the daunting and unlikely task of making the Super Eight stage

13 Feb 2026 1:59 am
JK Tyres Sanjay Hardy Sharma passes away

He, fondly known as Hardy, was one of the most influential persons in Indian motorsport and played a key role in advancing the careers of Indias only two Formula One drivers

13 Feb 2026 1:25 am
T20 titan Seiferts Bam Bam redemption

After a dismal 2021 World Cup and heartbreaking absences in 2022 and 2024, the stars are finally aligning for the 31-year-old Kiwi; the dashing wicketkeeper-opener has started his 2026 campaign with two match-winning knocks in Chennai, the city where he had to isolate himself for two weeks after testing positive for Covid during IPL 2021

12 Feb 2026 11:50 pm
T20 World Cup: Main theme is to be adaptable and ready for any situation, says Van Beek

The transition to night games in India adds another layer of uncertainty for the Netherlands; USAs Jahangir highlights the struggles of the associate nations, points to limited fixtures, funding, and exposure

12 Feb 2026 11:50 pm