Last week, the ICC sounded the media-rights bugle by appointing a five-member working group. The group’s top priority in the coming months will be to consider all possible steps that can help the ICC retain the existing value for the 2028-31 cycle, or even better it, by exploring the best price-discovery models available. The ICC’s…

Chennai: Gem Granites owner R Veeramani, 84, was taken into the three-day custody by the Central Crime Branch’s Anti-Vice Squad on Thursday for questioning in connection with a case of rape of a minor girl. Citing his age and health condition, an Egmore magistrate directed police to question him within the court premises.Veeramani was among…

For Neha Aggarwal Sharma, the difference between this Indian team and the one she was part of at the 2014 Asian Games is hard to miss. India’s 10-member table tennis contingent is already in Japan, with the Aichi-Nagoya competition for the event beginning on September 20. At the forefront are world No. 3 men’s doubles…

Chennai: Tamil Nadu has recorded 16,334 dengue cases and nine deaths between Jan 1 and Sept 16 this year. Health department said rise in cases is not abnormal compared with corresponding period last year. The state had recorded 15,688 dengue cases and 13 deaths between Jan and Sept 2025, while 2024 saw 34,339 cases and…