Beyond the cold numbers, the spell of magic cast by a 38-year-old Englishman will stay etched in the memories of those who managed to squeeze in time from their WFH schedules and catch up on the cricket on a busy Tuesday afternoon.
Scott McTominay sent Manchester United into the FA Cup quarter-finals as his extra-time strike sealed a hard-fought 1-0 win against West Ham on Tuesday.
Ahead of the start on day five of the ongoing first Test against England, skipper Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri gave a pep talk to rally their team around for showing a "spirited brand of cricket."
Victoria Azarenka was dumped out of the Australian Open in the first round on Tuesday after a 5-7, 4-6 defeat against main-draw debutant Jessica Pegula.
There was no one in the stands to appreciate Ishant Sharma's 300th Test wicket, considered the Mount Everest for Indian pacers who ply their trade, day in and day out, on pitches that have nothing to offer for fast bowling. But it was kind of fitting that only his peers were there to applaud, for only they know the value of the workload that this lanky Delhi pacer has undertaken.
After India's recent fourth-innings heroics in Sydney and Brisbane, one has to be wary of putting the challenge that India face on a wearing fifth-day Chepauk pitch against England beyond them.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted a conditional exemption to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the deployment of drones for live aerial cinematography of the India Cricket season in 2021.
At Chepauk on Sunday, Rishabh Pant fell nine short of a deserving century after a counterattacking inning of sublime quality. In his 17 Test matches, this is fourth instance of Pant falling in the 90s. Although India are aware that they have a match-winner in their ranks, Pujara said that the team management wants Pant to be a "little sensible" when the situation demands.
Tom Brady claimed his seventh Super Bowl ring Sunday, passing for 201 yards and three touchdowns as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers throttled the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 at Tampa, Fla. Brady wasted no time putting the Bucs in position for their second Super Bowl title and first since the 2002 season by firing for three first-half touchdowns and a 21-6 halftime lead.
India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant said that he will donate his match fee for the rescue efforts and would urge more people to help out after a glacier burst in Uttarakhand on Sunday. Pant, who is currently playing in the first Test against England in Chennai, expressed grief over the loss of lives in the calamity.
An aggressive Serena Williams started her quest Monday for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title by thrashing Laura Siegemund on day one of the Australian Open.
Manchester City ended an 18-year wait to beat Liverpool at Anfield in style with a 4-1 win on Sunday to take a firm grip on the Premier League title race.
Chelsea extended their recovery under new coach Thomas Tuchel when they beat bottom side Sheffield United 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday thanks to a strike by Mason Mount and a penalty by Jorginho, with Germany's Timo Werner involved in both goals.
World number three Naomi Osaka started her Australian Open in style Monday with an easy straight-sets victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova as the delayed Grand Slam finally got under way.
Liverpool's Brazilian striker Roberto Firmino believes that they are still in contention for the title as 'nothing is impossible'. Though the 29-year-old striker did admit that they are a bit behind in the race.
World number one Ash Barty made the perfect start to her 2021 season when she outfought Spain's Garbine Muguruza 7-6(3) 6-4 to win the Yarra Valley Classic Australian Open warm-up tournament on Sunday.
Evergreen striker Cristiano Ronaldo scored the day after turning 36 as Juventus overtook Roma to go third in Serie A on Saturday with a 2-0 win over the capital side as Napoli slumped in Genoa.
In a video that is being circulated on social media, fast bowler Mohammed Siraj is seen grabbing spinner Kuldeep Yadav by the neck after first day's play in the first India-England Test in Chennai.
While Dean Jones dominated the Indian bowling attack back then for his 210, Joe Root too was in complete control of his marathon innings - 218 - in his 100th Test, thereby adding to Chepauk's storied history. Root became only the fifth visiting batsmen after Graeme Flower, Mike Gatting, Jones and Matthew Hayden to score a double ton.
On a flat surface at Chepauk - which is only gradually starting to show signs of deterioration - all the Indian bowlers have been put to the test by an England batting unit that is well prepared for these conditions.
Insisting that he was privileged to have handed over Joe Root his 100th Test cap, Ben Stokes said a winning start to the four-Test series would be a perfect gift for Root. "I'll certainly be doing whatever I can with bat, ball and in the field over the next five days to try and secure the win that we all desperately want in the first Test against India," he said.
Former world number one Andy Murray will get his 2021 season underway in the shadow of the Italian Alps next week, 16,000km away from the showpiece Australian Open.
Serena Williams is "super confident" her injured shoulder will hold up for the Australian Open and says she feels more relaxed about the "burden" of bidding for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title.
Kevin Durant, who was forced to come off the bench for the first time in his NBA career on Friday, was pulled from the Brooklyn Nets contest in the third quarter all because of Covid-19 contact tracing.
World number three Naomi Osaka and two-time major winner Victoria Azarenka pulled out of Australian Open warm-up tournaments Saturday, joining Serena Williams and Simona Halep with injury concerns.
Star paddler G Sathiyan caught the attention of many last year when he trained with a robot at home during the lockdown period. In a bid to stay ahead of the game, the 28-year-old --- for the last couple of months --- has been making use of a ball-tracking software under development and testing stage, during training sessions.
Inter Milan moved top of the Serie A standings with a comfortable 2-0 win at Fiorentina thanks to goals from Nicolo Barella and Ivan Perisic on Friday.
Bayern Munich were unaffected by heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures as they beat hosts Hertha Berlin 1-0 to go 10 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga on Friday with their fifth consecutive league victory.
On the evidence of the playing XI for the first Test, after all, it seems like Kuldeep Yadav isn't quite in the reckoning for the time being. The left-arm wrist-spinner found himself excluded once again as Kohli's men went in with R Ashwin, Shahbaz Nadeem and Washington Sundar as the three spinners.
There’s an element of well-meaning, polite, old-school English gentleman — straight out of a Downton Abbey setting — in Joe Root. Yet, under the soft exterior, there’s a man of steel who has survived the rigours of Test cricket. And eight years and two months since his debut in Nagpur in conditions seriously alien to him, the 30-year-old will play his 100th Test at Chepauk on Friday.
Olympic medallists, Japanese sports officials and local volunteers have lined up to lambast octogenarian Tokyo Games chief Yoshiro Mori over his sexist remarks, describing anger and disappointment at his comments.
Tony Trabert, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion from the United States who produced one of the greatest seasons in tennis history in 1955, died on Wednesday, at the age of 90.
Spin bowling all-rounder Axar Patel was on Friday ruled out of the first Test against England after complaining of pain in his left knee.
“Things are very different from the outside compared to what happens inside the dressing room. Jinks said what he did because the camaraderie between us is based on trust. We are working towards the same goal. Rahane fulfilled his responsibility with flying colours in Australia. We have mutual respect,” Kohli said on the eve of the first Test between India and England.
Chelsea climbed into the Premier League top six as Thomas Tuchel earned the first major victory of his short time in charge of the Blues with a 1-0 win at Tottenham on Thursday.
World number one Ashleigh Barty moved closer to a semi-final showdown with Serena Williams after a tough win over Shelby Rogers, as Australian Open warm-up tournaments resumed in Melbourne Friday after the latest Covid scare.
The Australian Open will begin as scheduled on Monday even though a worker at one of the Melbourne hotels used to quarantine players and their entourages tested positive for Covid-19, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Thursday.
Leicester beat struggling Fulham 2-0 to improve their stunning Premier League away record on Wednesday, climbing back to third in the table.
Goals by Gylfi Sigurdsson and Dominic Calvert-Lewin helped Everton to a 2-1 Premier League win at Leeds United on Wednesday and kept them in contention for a top-four finish after they soaked up second-half pressure from the home side.
With Virat Kohli back at the helm as Indian captain for the series against England, there has been voluble chatter about whether deputy Ajinkya Rahane, who led India inspirationally in Australia in Kohli's absence, is indeed a better leader.Beyond the cold numbers, the spell of magic cast by a 38-year-old Englishman will stay etched in the memories of those who managed to squeez...
