NEW DELHI: Rain and thunderstorms could steal the spotlight when India take on Afghanistan in the first ODI of the three-match series at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Saturday.While Shubman Gill’s India will begin their preparations for the 2027 ODI World Cup after a crushing innings-and-300-run victory over Afghanistan in the one-off Test in…
Rohit Sharma faces an audition for his ODI future, needing to prove his fitness and form ahead of the next World Cup.(Photo/PTI) DHARAMSHALA: It’s not often Rohit Sharma cuts a quiet figure in a team setting. On Friday evening, he ambled around the centre square, casually joining fielding drills while others went through a far…
MUMBAI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released no report on the Air India Flight 171 crash on Friday, the first anniversary of the tragedy in Ahmedabad that claimed 260 lives. It thus missed the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) 12-month deadline for a final or interim report.The Annex 13 document of ICAO, which lays…
Khuliso Mudau and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi NEW DELHI: Football fans at the jam-packed Mexico City stadium were left in splits during the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The moment had little to do with the three red cards that dominated the Mexico vs South Africa clash.Instead, it was the bewildered expressions of South…
MUMBAI: As talks of a peace deal in West Asia revived on Thursday night, sending Dow Jones up over 900 points and pulling Brent crude prices below the $90-per-barrel mark, the rub-off effect was felt on Dalal Street on Friday. Sensex, after rising more than 1,000 points in early trades, and dipping slightly mid-session, closed…
Located in the plains of Argentine Patagonia, is a site where history is painted on the rocks. Amidst striking cliffs, silent valleys and wilderness lies Cueva de las Manos or the “Cave of the Hands,” safeguarding the tales of folks who roamed these lands millennia ago. Marked with thousands of prehistoric handprints, hunting depictions and…
The carrier is also reevaluating plans to fly to new domestic and international destinations, pruning some routes and postponing launches at some airports, such as the new Noida International Airport, the people familiar with the matter said. Air India’s cowed ambitions follow a series of challenges that have pushed it deep into the red. Air…
President Donald Trump holds up USA after drawing from a pot of balls during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP) When the United States begin their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign against Paraguay in Los Angeles, one head…
Christen Goff and Taylor Swift (Getty Images) Christen Goff, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, has a fairly clear-eyed view of what Taylor Swift has done for the NFL. Speaking on PEOPLE’s new WAG World digital series, the 33-year-old said Swift’s arrival in the football world since dating Kansas…
NEW DELHI: Retail inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) inched up for the fourth consecutive month to 3.9% in May from 3.5% in April on account of acceleration in food prices, data released by NSO on Friday showed. The food index rose 4.8% in May, above 4.2% in the preceding month.Despite the staggered increase…