Bengaluru, 17 February 2026: India’s Sahaja Yamalapalli produced a gritty three-set performance to book her place in the Round of 16 of the KPB Trust ITF Women’s Open W100 Bengaluru 2026, overcoming a mid-match wobble to seal a 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 victory in an entertaining singles clash on Tuesday. Yamalapalli began the contest against Korea’s Dayeon…
The Big Bash League (BBL), Australia’s franchise-based T20 cricket league, is exploring the possibility of hosting a few games of the 2026-27 edition in India. Two BBL executives – Phil Rigby and strategy Margot Harley – along with a Cricket Australia (CA) production executive – Richard Ostroff – visited India to assess the feasibility of…
Australia crashed out of the T20 World Cup today accompanied by criticism from two of their former greats. Having lost to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in the group stage, the Aussies required Ireland to beat Zimbabwe to keep their slim hopes of reaching the Super Eights alive. However, persistent rain in Kandy forced the game…
Second seed Rei Sakamoto and third seed Jay Clarke advance to the second round in singles New Delhi, February 17, 2026: India’s top-ranked player Sumit Nagal advanced to the second round of the men’s singles event at the 2026 Delhi Open on Tuesday. However, the day also produced a major upset as top seed Dane Sweeny…
Pakistan face Namibia in the T20 World Cup. Read our in-depth preview here Pakistan must defeat Namibia in their final group fixture on Wednesday to keep their World Cup hopes alive and reach the Super 8 stage. Salman Agha’s side arrive under pressure after a heavy 61-run defeat to India, continuing a run of disappointing…
Imran Khan (Image credit: AFP) NEW DELHI: Indian greats Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev are among 14 former international captains who have expressed “deep concern” over the reported decline in the health of jailed cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan. In a joint appeal, they have called on the Pakistan government to ensure he is provided adequate medical…
Vitor Pereira is relishing the opportunity to work under Evangelos Marinakis once again and says he “trusts the personality” of the volatile Nottingham Forest owner. Forest started the season with Nuno Espirito Santo in charge but his dismissal was followed by the hiring and firing of Ange Postecoglou and Sean Dyche. Postecoglou lasted just 39…
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE updates of the T20 World Cup 2026 match between Nepal and Scotland. Playing XIs Scotland: George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington(c), Tom Bruce, Michael Leask, Matthew Cross(w), Mark Watt, Oliver Davidson, Brad Wheal, Brad Currie. Nepal: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh,…
The interim head coach is hoping to have an instant impact on this struggling Spurs side Tottenham head coach Igor Tudor has given his first interview since taking charge of the club, covering how he expects his team to play, as well as his expectations as he takes over from Thomas Frank with the club…
NEW DELHI: Zimbabwe on Tuesday advanced to the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup after their decisive Group B clash against Ireland was abandoned due to persistent rain, a result that also knocked former champions Australia and Ireland out of the competition.With both sides sharing a point each, Zimbabwe moved to five points…
