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Jasprit Bumrah (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) TimesofIndia.com in Birmingham: As India trail 0-1 in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy following a disappointing loss at Headingley, all eyes are on the team’s spearhead, Jasprit Bumrah. The premier fast bowler is available for selection ahead of the second Test, but whether he takes the field remains uncertain. “Jasprit…

A minor female boxer has filed a sexual harassment complaint against a woman coach at the Sports Authority of India’s National Boxing Academy in Rohtak. The victim’s parents have reported that their daughter has fallen into depression due to continuous mental and physical abuse.The Boxing Federation of India and Sports Authority of India have confirmed…

Viswanathan Anand, D Gukesh, and R Praggnanandhaa NEW DELHI: In the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, those from the North and the South had a contrasting approach towards dominance, survival, and eventually success. The blood and instinct of the North were met with the alliance-building of the South.Along those lines, a similar story is…

Carlos Alcaraz of Spain (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images) London: The eyes of the attention economy are where Carlos Alcaraz would like them — peeled on him. Some 5000 air miles from SW19, where The Championships get underway on a blazing-hot Monday, an emigration officer at the Kempegowda International Airport jumped out of his seat…

Virender Sehwag’s elder son Aaryavir Sehwag. (File) Aaryaveer Kohli, 15, the son of Virat Kohli’s elder brother Vikas Kohli, has been included in the initial draft of players shortlisted for the Delhi Premier League (DPL) auction scheduled for July 5.Aaryaveer, a leg-spinner, trains under Raj Kumar Sharma—Virat Kohli’s childhood coach—at the West Delhi Cricket Academy….

Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will have his eyes set on history when the second Test against England begins at Edgbaston. After his breathtaking back-to-back centuries in the series opener at Headingley, Pant is now just one ton away from overtaking Virat Kohli in a special list. Pant’s aggressive batting rattled…

India’s Rishabh Pant does a cartwheel to celebrate (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) Rishabh Pant’s trademark flamboyance was on full display during the first Test against England at Leeds, where he produced two thrilling centuries, but one move after reaching his hundred has sparked debate. Pant’s surgeon, Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who treated him after his near-fatal car…

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, right, celebrates with teammate Bernardo Silva after scoring his side’s third goal during the Club World Cup Group G soccer match between Juventus and Manchester City in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Phelan Ebenhack) Manchester City’s dominance in English football over the past decade could face an extraordinary reckoning…

Jannik Sinner of Italy (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Before Monday’s start to the world’s most famous tennis championships, a sense of quiet efficiency settles over Wimbledon. Everything is in place. The landscaping is perfected so that the purple flowers and green creepers show off Wimbledon’s iconic colours in just the right blush, even as an Indian…

Rohit Sharma, left, his mother Purnima Sharma, second left, former International Cricket Council chairman Sharad Pawar, third left, Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis, center, Rohit’s father Gurunath Sharma, second right, and wife Ritika Sajdeh, right, during Rohit Sharma stand naming ceremony in Mumbai, India, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) Former India Test…