The Hindu

Sections of the crowd at Spain's friendly against Egypt on April 7, sang whoever doesn't jump is Muslim during the game at Espanyol's RCDE Stadium in Cornella

Leading Milan by six points with eight matches remaining in the season, Inter would ordinarily be confident of claiming a 21st league crown ahead of the visit of Champions League chasers Roma on April 5

The so-called cricket grannies are bound together by a growing love of a game they initially knew nothing about but is now helping them manage age-related health conditions, stress and loneliness

The Englishman takes the reins at Kerala Blasters with the team floundering in the ISL. But he knows what it takes to succeed in India, thanks to his experience with Bengaluru FC. In this conversation, he discusses his managerial stints around the world, his formative years in the Manchester United Academy and what he picked up from Alex Fergusons methods

The regulation came under scrutiny during a captains meeting ahead of the season, with most leaders not in favour of it. While it widens the opportunities for Indian players, it can arrest aspects of their development. And over the long term, it subtly alters the narrative towards favouring specialists and diminishes the all-rounder

Its very important for spinners to hold on to their strengths. Whenever batters put you under pressure, you tend to forget your strength. You look for a safer option to get out of that situation. If you are an attacking spinner, dont let that go. Because that is your identity and if you are doing that work for the team, taking wickets, there can be nothing better than that. Your mindset should be attacking, says Kuldeep

Vikram Rathour underlined the importance of the current season in Suryavanshis development. Its going to be an important season for him, but his mind is in the right space. Hes working really hard.

GTs bowling, quietly efficient in the defeat to Punjab Kings, now meets a different kind of volatility, led by Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal. RR began its campaign with a thumping eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings.

CSK made one change to their playing XI, bringing in Prashant Veer in place of Matt Short

Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has left his role by mutual consent after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup

The surface for Saturdays fixture is expected to be full of runs and the visiting team coach Jayawardene sees it as par for the course in the early part of the campaign

KFA president Navas Meeran says that SLK wants at least one of the new teams to be from southern Kerala; he adds that the federation is thinking about reviving the Nehru Gold Cup

I would like to apologise to Kapil and M.S. Dhoni about the comments because Kapil paaji has been a great player for India. What kind of relationship they (Yograj and Kapil) had, I don't know, I wasn't even born, says Yuvraj Singh

Kane missed England's friendly defeat by Japan this week with an ankle problem and has not recovered in time to face Freiburg on Saturday.

Russia took the third spot with 66 suspended athletes

Nitish said since the pitch was two-paced and the ball gripped for the spinners, SRH brought in Harsh Dubey early resulting in the dismissal of the dangerous Finn Allen

Rahane praised his bowlers for fighting back after conceding plenty of runs in the PowerPlay

The Indian team will have a five-day preparatory camp at the DLTA Stadium venue for the competition and had its first training session on April 2 morning

However, things changed dramatically in the previous season when CSK lost five of six games at home in what turned out to be the teams worst campaign

Now that he has formally crossed the ICC threshold age of 15, a raging debate is underway on whether the left-handed batter should be fast-tracked to the Indian white-ball team; the special ones are always a step ahead of the opposition and have a counter for every game plan

At the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, on April 2, 2026, with chaos roiling around him, 22-year-old Sameer Rizvi came of age with an unbeaten 70 that guided Delhi Capitals to a six-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants.

Aditya will face Uzbekistans Abdulloh Madaminov in the last-eight stage.

Gaurav Ghei, Shiv Kapur, Gaganjeet Bhullar the marquee names; Season events increase from 11 to 15

The Hindus KC Vijaya Kumar and Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan review the match between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants and loiok ahead to the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders.

The 43-year-old, who retired from international cricket in 2024, was selected with a wildcard pick by the Manchester Originals in the 2025 season of the 100-ball format but took only two wickets in three games.

The match will kick off at 18:30 IST at the Thammasat Stadium in Pathum Thani, and will be streamed live on FanCode, according to the All India Football Federation (AIFF)

The BCCI, in a statement on Wednesday (April 1, 2026), informed that the Indian men's team will play three games against hosts Zimbabwe on July 23, 25, and 26

Vishvanath relied on his ring craft to get past Kyrgyzstans Bekzat Ergeshov 5-0 and set up a last-eight clash with Kazakhstans reigning World champion Sanzhar Tashkenbay

The World No. 25 is pragmatic about his success while acknowledging the role of his coachesWillstropandHarinderpal; the squash star, who prefers to stay in the present, is keen to participate in big events to maintain consistency

The move to make the first division games four-day affairs is aimed at helping players prepare better for the premier red-ball tournament;TNPLto be truncated; womensTNPL on the cards

Vettori underlinedthat Kishan led by example with a 38-ball 80against RCB

KKR and SRH lost their season openers, to Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru respectively, despite scoring 200-plus totals

In the face-off against Gujarat Titans in New Chandigarh on Tuesday, the Punjab Kings batter exhibited why he is a much better player than the recent poor returns suggested. For the 22-year-old, a brief period away from the sport did the trick

Fresh wicket, red soil, we want to see if the wicket offers assistance to the pacers, Axar Patel said during the toss

There is no harm in strengthening a nations sporting team by including exceptionally talented players who may have grown up in a different country; the National Sports Policy 2025, which recommends that promising Indian-origin athletes living abroad may be encouraged to come back and play for India, will only make it easier for the federation and the players to make it possible

MI head coach Jayawardene reveals that the openers sharpness has been evident from the start of the pre-season camp; the former India skipper has been batting more freely and aggressively since Hardik took over the reins of the franchise

The 68 Knight Riders speedster acknowledges the guidance he got from West Indies legend Bravo; the Zimbabwe pacer adds that the other players in the KKR dug-out is pushing him to be at his best

BGIS 2026 ends its nearly three-month long tournament in Chennai, crowning Team iQOO Soul as the winner

It's the second time Woods has taken a leave following a car crash. In 2009, he took a four-month break from golf

James surpassed Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most combined regular season and playoff wins