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Transgender cricketer Anaya Bangar has responded to criticism over her participation in women’s cricket in Australia, saying she has scientific evidence to show that she does not have an unfair physical advantage.Bangar, the daughter of former India cricketer and ex-batting coach Sanjay Bangar, played age-group men’s cricket for Mumbai before beginning her gender transition in…

Shubman Gill and Babar Azam (Agency Image) Pakistan’s batting crisis has reached an extraordinary point in their ongoing Test series against England. After three Tests, the entire Pakistan team is now just 11 runs short of the 754 runs Shubman Gill scored on his own during India’s five-Test series in England last year.Gill finished India’s…

Donald Trump delivers harsh verdict on Luka Doncic trade. Image via: Luke Hales/Getty Images | Brendan SMIALOWSKI/ AFP via Getty Images The Luka Doncic trade is not winding down, as it has found a new critic. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, stopped by the Dallas Mavericks’ home arena Wednesday night and told…

Ollie Robinson celebrates the wicket of Pakistan’s Abdullah Shafique, caught out by Dan Lawrence, during day one of the third test match between England and Pakistan, at Edgbaston, in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP) Pakistan’s batting problems continued in the third and final Test against England as the visitors were bowled out for…

Elena Rybakina (left), and Aryna Sabalenka Elena Rybakina ended Zheng Qinwen’s US Open campaign with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win in the quarterfinals on Wednesday and became the new world No. 1 for the first time in her career.Rybakina confirmed she will replace Aryna Sabalenka at the top of the world rankings on Monday with…

Arjun Erigaisi and Viswanathan Anand (Photo by ChessBase India) BENGALURU: It was a different day, a different set of fixtures and a different proposition for each team looking to seal a top-two berth. But what remained the same was Viswanathan Anand’s miserable run at the 2026 Global Chess League (GCL) on Wednesday at The Lalit…

India’s Rishikanta Singh (PTI Photo) Kolkata: Manipur’s Rishikanta Singh Chanambam, who won a silver medal in the men’s 60kg weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, has been forced to pull out of India’s Asian Games squad because of an injury.Speaking to TOI on Wednesday from Manipur, Rishikanta said, “I had been dealing with…

New Delhi: For Jyothi Surekha Vennam, the mantra ahead of the Asian Games is deceptively simple: perfect the process and let the scoreboard take care of itself. India’s No. 1 women’s compound archer and a major medal hope, Jyothi will arrive in Aichi-Nagoya for her remarkable fourth Asian Games appearance. At Hangzhou in 2023, she…

Pakistan great Wasim Akram believes the crisis engulfing the country’s cricket system has become so deep-rooted that even he cannot fix it on his own, pointing to problems that extend from the national team to the domestic structure.The former Pakistan captain said the team’s struggles cannot be blamed on a single person or department, with…

Nihal Sarin in GCL (Photo by GCL) BENGALURU: The ITC Windsor hotel, home to the six teams competing in the 2026 Global Chess League (GCL), sits at the heart of the city. Walk in after the security check at the gate, past doormen greeting you with folded hands, and a left turn down the hallway…