NEW DELHI: What would MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have looked like if they had played cricket in the 1980s? A viral AI trend on social media is giving fans an answer, transforming some of India’s biggest cricket stars into retro versions of themselves.The AI-generated pictures have given Dhoni, Kohli, Rohit and Shreyas … Read more
Annu Rani (Image credit: X) Annu Rani (Image credit: X) Annu Rani (Image credit: X) Annu Rani (Image credit: X) Annu Rani (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Hangzhou Asian Games gold medallist Annu Rani has lost her place in India’s Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games squad after failing to achieve the qualification standard in women’s javelin throw, … Read more
India’s Mohammed Siraj (PTI Photo) Mohammed Siraj believes a two-month break from competitive cricket was behind the loss of pace and rhythm that affected him during India’s recent Test tour of Sri Lanka.The India pacer, however, feels his stint in the Duleep Trophy has helped him rediscover the rhythm he needs before another international season … Read more
Koneru Humpy wins Man of The Match award (GCL Photo) BENGALURU: Defending champions APL Pipers bounced back to beat Alaskan Knights 11-6 in their second match of the day and move to the top of the standings after Day 6 of the Global Chess League in Bengaluru on Thursday.The Pipers’ victory came after they had … Read more
Elon Musk and Magnus Carlsen BENGALURU: Elon Musk picked a fight with chess earlier this week. The world’s richest man declared on X that chess will one day be “fully solved”, the way checkers was cracked by computers back in 2007, with his logic being that most legal moves are so obviously bad that AI … Read more
Kuldeep Yadav and Gautam Gambhir (Image credit: AFP) Kuldeep Yadav remains part of India’s Test squad but has often struggled to find a place in the playing XI. The left-arm wrist-spinner, however, reminded everyone of his capabilities on Thursday (September 10), claiming 10 wickets for 120 runs as Yorkshire completed a huge County Championship victory … Read more
Magnus Carlsen is now a father BENGALURU: Peter Parker still has to make rent. That’s the part of the superhero myth that doesn’t generally make it to the big screen.Spider-Man saves New York by night and shoots freelance photographs by day, not because he loves deadlines, but because somebody has to pay for groceries. Bruce … Read more
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 … Read more
BENGALURU: They say truth is stranger than fiction — a lesson Karnataka’s top hurdler has just been handed the hard way.Despite clearing Athletics Federation of India’s (AFI) Asian Games qualifying benchmark not once but thrice, Krishik M still finds himself left out of the 110-metre men’s hurdles squad for the upcoming continental showpiece in Japan.The … Read more
Alexander Zverev (R) and Karen Khachanov (Reuters Photo) NEW YORK CITY: They are the same height, almost the same age, and go back a long way, both have spent years knocking on the door of Grand Slam success. Standing at 6 ft 6’, there’s little to separate Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov physically when they … Read more