Kolkata

Sunil Narine

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W)

Ajinkya Rahane (C)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

Manish Pandey

Rinku Singh

Andre Russell

Ramandeep Singh

Moeen Ali

Vaibhav Arora

Varun Chakaravarthy

Chennai

Ayush Mhatre

Devon Conway

Urvil Patel

Ravindra Jadeja

Dewald Brevis

MS Dhoni (C) (W)

Ravichandran Ashwin

Anshul Kamboj

Noor Ahmad

Khaleel Ahmed

Matheesha Pathirana

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane

Akash Deep

Angkrish Avaneesh Raghuvanshi

Anukul Sudhakar Roy

Cameron Donald Green

Daksh Kamra

Finnley Hugh Allen

Harshit Pradeep Rana

Kartik Tyagi

Manish Krishnanand Pandey

Prashant Hitesh Solanki

Rachin Ravindra

Rahul Ajay Tripathi

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rovman Powell

Sarthak Ranjan

Sunil Philip Narine

Tejasvi Singh

Tim Louis Seifert

Umran Malik

Vaibhav Gopal Arora

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Akeal Jerome Hosein

Aman Hakim Khan

Gurjapneet Singh

Jamie Overton

Kartik Sharma

Khaleel Khursheed Ahmed

Matthew James Henry

Matthew William Short

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mukesh Choudhary

Nathan Trevor Ellis

Noor Ahmad Lakanwal

Prashant Ramendra Veer

Rahul Desraj Chahar

Ramakrishna Shekhar Ghosh

Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad

Sanju Viswanath Samson

Sarfaraz Naushad Khan

Shivam Dube

Shreyas Gopal

Urvil Mukesh Patel

Zakary Glen Foulkes

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IPL 2026

KKR spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been fined 25% of his match fee and handed one demerit point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during Match 57 of IPL 2025. 

Varun Chakaravarthy fined for giving send-off to Dewald Brevis. 

CSK defeated KKR by two wickets.

 Varun Chakravarthy (2nd L) of Kolkata Knight Riders celebrates the wicket of Dewald Brevis of Chennai Super Kings with teammates during the 2025 IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings 

Varun Chakravarthy (2nd L) of Kolkata Knight Riders celebrates the wicket of Dewald Brevis of Chennai Super Kings with teammates during the 2025 IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings

IPL 2025: BCCI slaps hefty fine on star spinner Varun Chakravarthy after CSK's two wicket win against KKR

Both Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders remained stagnant in the IPL 2025 points table despite MS Dhoni's men edged past Ajinkya Rahane's men by two wickets

CSK nicked past KKR by two wickets in their IPL 2025 clash

This was CSK's first win after suffering four successive defeats

KKR's Rinku Singh (R) plays a shot as CSK's wicketkeeper watches on in this frame

IPL 2025 Updated Points Table: Here's how the standings shape up after KKR vs CSK clash

MS Dhoni addressed the talks around his IPL retirement after leading CSK to a hard-fought two-wicket win over KKR at the Eden Gardens stadium

MS Dhoni addressed the retirement talks after CSK beat KKR in their IPL 2025 clash

CSK notched up a hard-fought 2-wicket win over KKR

Chennai Super Kings' captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in this frame

'After this IPL gets over...': MS Dhoni makes it all clear about his IPL retirement plan after CSK's 2-wicket win over KKR

KKR vs CSK Highlights IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings notched a narrow two-wicket win to almost end Kolkata Knight Rider's IPL 2025 campaign

CSK captain MS Dhoni (C) and Shivam Dube (L) run between the wickets during IPL 2025 clash against KKR

KKR vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2025: CSK's first win after 4 matches plays spoilsport in KKR's playoff chances as Dhoni's brigade edge Rahane's men by 2 wickets

CAB received a bomb blast threat in middle of the ongoing Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2025 clash

KKR vs CSK IPL 2025 match is rocked by a bomb blast threat

CAB received a bomb attack threat in middle of the match

KKR's Ajinkya Rahane (R) and CSK's MS Dhoni in frame

Bomb blast threat in middle of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings clash puts IPL 2025 security on high alert

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) invited Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to bowl first after winning the toss in their IPL 2025 clash

CSK lost the toss and were put to bowl first against KKR

Know the playing XIs of both the teams here

CSK skipper MS Dhoni (L) and KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane in frame

IPL 2025 KKR vs CSK Today Match Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders opt to bat first against Chennai Super Kings; Know Playing XIs of both teams

KKR head coach Chandrakant Pandit wants his team to ignore the noise around MS Dhoni ahead in their crucial IPL 2025 clash against CSK

KKR head coach Chandrakant Pandit has a message for his team ahead of IPL 2025 clash against CSK

Chandrakant Pandit wants his team to ignore the noise around MS Dhoni

KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit talks with his team (L) and CSK captain MS Dhoni in frame

Coach Chandrakant Pandit advises KKR players how to ignore noise around MS Dhoni in IPL 2025 clash vs CSK, says 'If you ask me...'

Sunil Gavaskar isn't happy with the increased salary cap for uncapped players in the Indian Premier League. He also cited MS Dhoni's example in the same context

Sunil Gavaskar has urged BCCI to change the IPL rule for uncapped players

Gavaskar feels the salary cap for uncapped players should be reduced

CSK captain MS Dhoni in frame

'To accommodate MS Dhoni...': Sunil Gavaskar wants BCCI to change IPL auction rule 'so that Indian cricket doesn't lose out on talent'

India's fastest T20 centurion Urvil Patel has joined Chennai Super Kings for the remainder of the IPL 2025

CSK have signed Urvil Patel for rest of the IPL 2025 season

Few days back, Urvil Patel was called for CSK's mid season trial for IPL 2025

Chennai Super Kings' Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2L) celebrates with his teammates in this frame

CSK rope in India's fastest T20 centurion in middle of IPL 2025 as injury replacement for wicketkeeper-batter

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WPL 2026

WPL 2026: Gujarat Giants edge Delhi Capitals by 3 runs in last-ball thriller

Gujarat Giants defeated Delhi Capitals by three runs.

Gujarat Giants' Renuka Singh (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket (Getty)

WPL 2026: Star all-rounder Sciver-Brunt smashed the first-ever WPL century as the Mumbai Indians defeated the RCB by 15 runs in their seventh WPL clash.

MI defeated RCB by 15 runs.

Sciver-Brunt smashed first-ever WPL century.

Mumbai Indians celebrating their WPL 2026 win against RCB

WPL 2026: Richa Ghosh’s fightback in vain as Brunt leads MI to 15-run win vs RCB

WPL 2026: Nat Sciver-Brunt smashed his maiden Women's Premier League (WPL) century against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in 57 balls.

Nat Sciver-Brunt smashed first ever-century in WPL history.

Nat Sciver-Brunt's first-ever WPL century came against RCB.

Mumbai Indians' Nat Sciver-Brunt plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) Twenty20 cricket match vs RCB

RCB vs MI: Nat Sciver-Brunt creates history with first-ever WPL century

Delhi Capitals finally put a halt to Royal Challengers Bengaluru's five-match winning run in the Women's Premier League 2026. DC thrashed RCB by seven wickets

Delhi Capitals hammered Royal Challengers Bengaluru by seven wickets in their WPL 2026 clash

With this RCB's five-match winning streak finally came to an end

Delhi Capitals' Marizanne Kapp (3rd from right) celebrates with her teammates in this frame. (Screenshot)

WPL 2026: DC end RCB's unbeaten streak with seven-wicket win

In a massive blow to Delhi Capitals, Deeya Yadav and Mamatha Madiwala have been ruled out of the ongoing Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026

Delhi Capitals' Deeya Yadav and Mamatha Madiwala have been ruled out of WPL 2026

DC have announced Pragati Singh and E Srujana as Deeya and Mamatha's replacements

Delhi Capitals' Deeya Yadav in this frame. (Twitter)

Double whammy for Delhi Capitals, 2 stars ruled out of WPL 2026

CM Punk admitted it is hard to imagine losing AJ Styles so soon after John Cena’s retirement as Styles puts his career on the line at Royal Rumble 2026.


CM Punk suggested the stakes may be too high for AJ Styles ahead of his career-threatening clash with Gunther at Royal Rumble 2026.

Punk also took aim at Dominik Mysterio while continuing his tense rivalry with Finn Balor on WWE.

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CM Punk makes honest admission on possible Royal Rumble retirement 

Basketball

Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out with a right calf strain as the Milwaukee Bucks face the Philadelphia 76ers on January 27.



Giannis Antetokounmpo is officially listed as out for the Bucks due to a right calf strain, leaving Milwaukee short-handed.

Kevin Porter Jr. and Taurean Prince will also miss the game as the Bucks rely heavily on their bench depth.

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Milwaukee Bucks injury report: Get the latest on Giannis Antetokounmpo's status 

Joel Embiid is listed as questionable for the Philadelphia 76ers’ clash against the Milwaukee Bucks as the team manages his left-knee workload.



The 76ers will make a late decision on Joel Embiid’s availability due to left-knee injury management.

Paul George is probable, while Quentin Grimes remains questionable ahead of the Bucks matchup.

Philadelphia 76ers Injury Report: Game availability update on Joel Embiid & others

Philadelphia 76ers injury report: Get the latest on Joel Embiid and Paul George

Jalen Brunson is fully fit and set to start as the New York Knicks host the Sacramento Kings at Madison Square Garden.


Jalen Brunson has recovered from a right ankle sprain and will have no minutes restriction against the Sacramento Kings.

The Knicks vs Kings clash will be broadcast on MSG and NBCS-CA, with streaming available on Prime Video and Fubo TV.

Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks dribbles during the first half against the Brooklyn Nets at Madison Square Garden on January 21, 2026 in New York City

 Will Jalen Brunson appear vs Sacramento Kings? Latest update on Knicks star

Football

Hansi Flick confirmed Ferran Torres’ return to the Barcelona squad ahead of their crucial Champions League clash against Copenhagen.

Ferran Torres has recovered from a muscular injury and is available for selection as Barcelona chase a top-eight finish in the Champions League league phase.

Hansi Flick stressed the importance of direct qualification to the round of 16, calling the Copenhagen fixture a “tough match.”

The FC Barcelona team stands in a group for a photo during the LaLiga EA Sports match between RCD Espanyol and FC Barcelona at RCDE Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on January 3, 2026.

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IPL 2025: BCCI slaps hefty fine on star spinner Varun Chakravarthy after CSK's two wicket win against KKR

IPL 2025 Updated Points Table: Here's how the standings shape up after KKR vs CSK clash

'After this IPL gets over...': MS Dhoni makes it all clear about his IPL retirement plan after CSK's 2-wicket win over KKR