Mumbai Indians cut three men’s coaches ahead of IPL 2027

Mumbai Indians have parted ways with bowling mentor Lasith Malinga, bowling coach Paras Mhambrey and fielding coach Carl Hopkinson, the franchise confirmed, as it prepares for the IPL 2027 season.

The five-time champions thanked all three for their dedicated service and contributions. The departures come as the franchise restructures its coaching team under Kieron Pollard, and a new set of assistant coaches is expected to join soon.

For a side that has built its identity on winning, the timing matters. A new backroom group will have to be assembled and bonded before the next auction and season cycle begins, and the bowling unit loses two of its key voices in one move.

Hockey: India keep the pressure on at the Asian Champions Trophy

Defending champions India continued their winning run at the Hero Asian Champions Trophy Punjab 2026, beating China 5-2 in Jalandhar. The result was their second straight win of the tournament.

Captain Harmanpreet Singh and Sukhjeet Singh scored twice each, and Jugraj Singh added another goal. The victory keeps India at the top of the points table with two wins from two matches.

Sukhjeet Singh was named Player-of-the-Match. Next up, India face Japan, and the team will try to carry this momentum into that clash.

Badminton: Sindhu makes a statement in Germany

PV Sindhu did not give her opponent a sniff. The second-seeded Indian advanced to the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Hylo Open 2026 in Germany, sweeping France’s Rosy Oktavia Pancasari 21-9, 21-6.

The match lasted just 26 minutes. Sindhu won 42 of the 57 points played, controlling the rallies from start to finish and leaving little room for any comeback.

The win comes fresh off her French Open runner-up finish, a result that already showed she was in strong form. Now she moves on to face Denmark’s Amalie Schulz in the last eight.

Sindhu won 42 of the 57 points played and needed just 26 minutes to book her place in the quarterfinals.

Cricket: age fraud probe and a record for Rashid Khan

Off the field, the BCCI has launched a large investigation into age fraud and bone-test anomalies within the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association and Rajasthan. The probe centres on cases where players’ recorded ages decreased over a 12-month period instead of rising, a result the board says defies normal human aging.

The board has confirmed an internal inquiry is underway. State associations are now under intense scrutiny over these medical assessments, and the BCCI says it wants to clamp down on age-group manipulation in junior cricket.

On the field, Afghanistan’s leg-spinner Rashid Khan became the first bowler ever to take 200 wickets in men’s T20 Internationals. He reached the milestone in the second T20I against Zimbabwe at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, dismissing Tadiwanashe Marumani.

That mark puts him comfortably clear at the top of the all-time international wicket-takers list in the format.

Tennis: Zverev reaches world No. 1

Alexander Zverev has reached the top of the men’s tennis rankings, becoming world No. 1. The German’s season was built on Grand Slam success, with titles at both the French Open and the US Open.

Zverev now joins Boris Becker as only the second German man in history to hold the number one ranking. For a player who has spent years chasing the summit, it is a career-defining moment.

Taken together, the day’s results showed a sporting landscape moving in several directions at once: a coaching overhaul at one of the sport’s biggest franchises, a team on a winning streak, a badminton star in top form, and a tennis champion at the peak of his career.