- Sunday, June 15, 2025
KIDAMBI SRIKANTH'S remarkable campaign at Malaysia Masters Super in Kuala Lumpur ended with a defeat in the men's singles final to world No. 4 Li Shi Feng of China on Sunday (25). The 32-year-old, former world No. 1, charted a long road back from injuries and missed opportunities through sheer…
THE INDIAN selectors picked up batting star Shubman Gill on Saturday (24) to lead India's test squad and steer through a "massive transition" phase as team heads to a five test match tour of England next month. At 25 years of age, Gill will be India's fifth youngest Test captain…
THE RECENT retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma is weighing on India's head coach Gautam Gambhir's mind, but he feels it will also open the door for others. The two batting stalwarts retired from Test cricket earlier this month, and their announcements came ahead of the five-match series in…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump revived his trade threats on Friday, by warning Apple that he would impose a new 25 per cent tariff as they have failed to move iPhone production to the United States, despite his repeated requests. Trump threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on iPhones…
AN fine-dining Indian restaurant in Dubai's Palm Islands was awarded the maximum three Michelin stars Thursday (22) - the first for an Indian restaurant anywhere in the world. The crowd erupted in cheers as Tresind Studio was named a three-star winner at the Michelin Guide's fourth Dubai ceremony, along with…
SEASONED shuttler Kidambi Srikanth kept India's hopes alive by entering the men's singles semifinals of the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament after a hard-fought three-game clash with Toma Junior Popov of France in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (23). The 32-year-old, currently ranked 65th, displayed immense fighting spirit to outwit the 26-year-old…
DAVE SHAPIRO, a reputed music industry executive and co-founder of San Diego-based Sound Talent Group (STG), died in a plane crash in San Diego, California, early Thursday (22). The private jet had six people aboard, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration, and the crash happened at 3:45 am local…
IN a dramatic escalation of the fight against Harvard University, the Trump administration on Thursday (22) revoked its ability to enroll international students. The foreign students at Harvard will have to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status. Harvard enrolled nearly 6,800 international students in the 2024-2025 school…
IN a tense White House meeting that was reminiscent of the recent ugly spat with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, president Donald Trump ambushed South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday (21) by playing him a video that he claimed proved genocide is being committed against white people in his country.…
TECH TITAN Elon Musk has hinted that he plans to reduce his political spending “in the future” and focus on his electric vehicle company, Tesla, for at least five more years. During a video conference at the Bloomberg Economic Forum in Doha on Tuesday (20), he said he would be…
