Virat Kohli (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: The IPL 2025 Mega Auction concluded with massive bids for some players, surprising steals for others, and a few left unsold. While Virat Kohli remains a marquee name, retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 21 crore, several players surpassed his pay scale in this year’s auction.Here’s a

Image credit: Champions League Manchester City’s woes deepened in the Champions League on Tuesday as Pep Guardiola’s side squandered a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord at the Etihad Stadium. Meanwhile, Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain, putting the French club on the brink of elimination. Elsewhere, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, and Bayer Leverkusen claimed

Bajrang Punia (Photo Source: X) The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) issued a four-year suspension to wrestler Bajrang Punia on Tuesday for declining to submit a sample during national team selection trials on March 10. Following NADA‘s initial suspension on April 23, the sport’s world governing body, UWW, also imposed sanctions on the Tokyo Olympics bronze

The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) meeting on November 29 to end the impasse over Champions Trophy hosting may no longer be crucial as the political unrest in designated host nation Pakistan has in all probability tilted the scales in favour of a hybrid model, believes former Pakistan batter Basit Ali.After India refused to travel to

Mohammed Shami (Photo: BCCI/IPL) India’s veteran fast bowler Mohammed Shami will don the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) jersey in the next Indian Premier League (IPL) season after he was bagged by the franchise Rs 10 crore once Shami’s former employers Gujarat Titans refused to use the Right-to-Match (RTM) card.Talking to JioCinema after the auction at the

Shubman Gill. (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: India’s No 3 batter Shubman Gill, who sustained a finger injury while fielding in the slips during match simulation in the build-up to the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth which India won by 295 runs on Monday, is “doubtful” for the second Test too, TOI has learnt.Gill

Ajay Mandal, Madhav Tiwari and Darshan Nalkande NEW DELHI: Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals had a fantastic two-day mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where they hogged the limelight with their marquee buy of star India batter KL Rahul.Having retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abishek Porel, the Delhi-based franchise made a

NEW DELHI: Mohammed Siraj has penned a heartfelt farewell note to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), marking the end of an unforgettable seven-year journey with the franchise.The right-arm pacer, who was acquired by Gujarat Titans for Rs 12.25 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction, shared an emotional and lengthy post with fans on Instagram.He expressed

DUBAI: The all-powerful board of the International Cricket Council (ICC) will meet virtually on November 29 to finalise the much-delayed schedule of the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan in February-March next year.The cause of the delay has been India’s refusal to play in Pakistan considering the tense relations between the two countries. India

(Photo Courtesy: FIDE X handle) Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh secured a draw against the reigning world champion, Ding Liren of China, in the second game of the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Tuesday. Gukesh, playing with the black pieces, rebounded after his loss to Liren in the first game of the 14-game series on