The Hindu

CRICKET | Andhra falls short of the visitors total to hand the advantage to the rival; Abhishek continues with his fine form with a fluent half-century while Saurabh lends support with fighting knock

Senegal won this years African Cup of Nations beating hosts Morocco on January 18, 2026

A toxicology report ruled the 29-year-olds death an accident; the examiners report noted the cheating allegations weeks before his death had caused Naroditsky stress

Play will start in Melbourne at 10:30 a.m. on the main arenas, compared to the normal 11:00 or 11:30 a.m.

The Brazilian arrived at Old Trafford in August 2022 from Real Madrid for a fee of around $80.90 million

Bayern joined table-toppers Arsenal in guaranteeing a top-eight finish with a game to spare, and therefore a last-16 spot, as they saw off the Belgian champions at the Allianz Arena

Royal Challengers are the defending IPL champions and, perhaps, have the biggest fan base among the 10 teams in the league

Shahu Tushar Mane of Railways won in the men's event, while Vijayveer Sidhu claimed top spot in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol T2 at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range

Both De Zorzi and Ferreira are also ruled out of Proteas three-match home T20I series against the West Indies

With both teams tied on four points, Maharashtra Kesari, who won the tie 5-4, moved to second on the table with 14 bout wins behind UP Dominators, who have won 20 bouts

Gukesh's timely victory ahead of the first rest day on Thursday (January 22, 2026) put him on three points out of a possible five and the Indian ace went up to joint fourth spot behind three leaders

Coaches are ranked on the basis of what their outfits achieve in terms of victories and silverware. In his year and a half in charge, the spunky former opener has had reasonable trysts with both these necessities, but has also courted a fair amount of failure, some of which the pundits have attributed to a lack of consistency in team selection

The Kiwi all-rounder scores an unbeaten 50 off 42 balls to lift the Gujarat side to 153 on a slow track and follows it up with a couple of wickets; Rajeshwari runs through the lower middle-order as the UP side folds up for 108

The former brings up his 17thFirst Class century, while the latter capitalises on a dropped catch fromNitish

Soorma, needing a win by seven clear goals to displace HIL GC from the fourth spot, were tied with Hyderabad Toofans and HIL GC on 11 points but finished agonisingly fifth

The TNPL this year might be shorter, with more double-header games and venues restricted to just two from the usual four

CRICKET | Left-arm spinners call the shots on a turning track with Harpreet Brar for the visitor and Parth Bhut for the host doing the maximum damage; only 11 of the days 94.2 overs were bowled by the pacers; Gohil scores the lone half-century

Madhya Pradesh loses Venkatesh and Patidar against the run of play as the visiting side slips to 244 for five at stumps; the home team suffers a couple of setbacks as skipper Mayank and wicketkeeper Shrijith leave the field

The home team loses eight wickets for 44 runs to be bundled out for 139 in the first innings; Arjun and Vohra help the visiting side gain a three-run lead at stumps, with nine wickets in hand

Skipper Suryakumars flicker of form will have delighted the think-tank; Samson will hope to make his move to the top of the order count; chance for Kishan to also get cracking; the Kiws meanwhile need a much better all-round performance

Babars appearance in the league also sparked a controversy when his partner Steve Smith refused a single to him while the former was batting on 47 from 58 balls

The left-arm seamer maintains that his rhythm is not hinged on whether he plays every game

On Wednesday, ICC rejected the request from the BCB to shift its team's T20 World Cup fixtures to Sri Lanka

Lee admitted to a Level 1 offence under Article 2.2 of the Code of Conduct, which relates to the abuse of cricket equipment during the match. For Level 1 breaches, the match referee's decision is final and binding, a WPL release stated

England's last ODI tour of Sri Lanka was in 2018 when they won the series 3-1

KKR said Yagnik would bring a wealth of experience and a sharp eye for fielding excellence to the team

Ter Stegen's move could boost his chances of being Germany's starting goalkeeper at the World Cup after injuries restricted him to just a handful of games in the last 15 months

Praggnanandhaa was denied a victory for the fourth day running by Gukesh who played an unusual variation to counter the French defence

Pep Guardiola's Man City arrived in chilly Norway for their seventh and penultimate league-phase match against modest Bodo/Glimt as hot favourites

The Belgian shot-stopper feels teammate Mohith is special and predicts a bright future for him; he also hopes to make it to the 2028 Olympics after the showpiece event at home

The pacer will be captaining the home team for the first time; the visiting side is missing Shardul, Shreyas, Suryakumar, Dube, Rahane and Kotian

CRICKET | The host will also rely on the batting of Karun Nair and bowling of Shreyas Gopal; rival Madhya Pradesh, meanwhile, has two quality batters in Rajat Patidar and Venkatesh Iyer & the wiles of spinners Saransh Jain and Kumar Kartikeya

CRICKET | The contest within the contest the India Test and ODI skipper versus the hosts seasoned bowling attack adds an extra layer of intrigue as the two sides battle it out and seek an outside chance of qualfying for the knockouts

For India, Varun Chakaravarthy (2/37) and Shivam Dube (2/28) claimed two wickets each, while Arshdeep Singh (1/31), Hardik Pandya (1/20) and Axar Patel (1/42) were also among wickets.

The visitor leads the group with 25 points while the home team follows closely with 22; no clarity over all-rounder Nitish Kumars participation