Smriti Mandhana created history by achieving two iconic women's T20I records, leaving behind Suzie Bates while Pakistan beat South Africa by 80 runs in the second ODI to win their third straight overseas series in the format. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on December 20.

R Ashwin has been in the news since his retirement at the international level, naturally. But more so because of his father's statements, his own statement about the decision being instinctive and playing for CSK as long as he can. On Friday, he shared the call history from his retirement day.

Rohit Sharma paid tribute to former India all-rounder R Ashwin, who announced his retirement from international cricket following the third Test against Australia at Gabba, Brisbane. The Gabba Test ended in a draw as rain washed out most of the play over five days.

The deficit has gone below 250 but India still need to score around 40-odd runs to avoid the follow-on with KL Rahul being the only one to show some fight while Daren Sammy was appointed as the all-format coach for the West Indies. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on December 17.

KL Rahul was on his way to playing one of the hundreds of a lifetime by an Indian batter in Australia but it wasn't to be as Steve Smith redeemed himself by plucking a blinder to dismiss the most solid-looking player for the visitors in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Day 4 of the Gabba Test.

Australia took control of the third Test at the Gabba having scored 445 runs and had India four down for not much amid frequent rain breaks while Mumbai's Simran Shaikh became the costliest player at WPL 2025 auction at Rs 1.9 crore for GG. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on December 16.

Travis Head smashed his second consecutive Test century as he ended up scoring 152 at the Gabba against India in the ongoing third match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Head was severe on Mohammed Siraj as India's bowling plans awry with Australia scoring 405 runs by the stumps on Day 2.

South Africa's late dash sees them one win away from a place in the World Test Championship final as the Proteas thrashed Sri Lanka 2-0 while ICC handed sanctions to both Travis Head and Mohammed Siraj after the altercation. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on December 10.

South Africa and Sri Lanka are on the heels of playing a humdinger with all three results possible on Day 5 of the second Test in Gqeberha while Charlie Dean became only the third England women's player to take an ODI hat-trick. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on December 9.

Australia took a lead against India in the second Test in Adelaide after the visitors were bowled out for 180 in the first innings while Gus Atkinson became the first bowler in Test history to take a hat-trick at Basin Reserve in Wellington. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on December 7.

Indian women's team will resume their international season with a three-match ODI series against Australia in Brisbane on Thursday, December 5 while the Under-19 boys qualified for the semi-finals of the Asia Cup after hammering the UAE. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on December 5.

Sufiyan Muqeem registered the best figures by a Pakistan bowler in T20Is as the visitors took a 2-0 unassailable lead in the three-match series against Zimbabwe while England announced an unchanged playing XI for the second Test. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on December 4.

Shubman Gill had suffered a finger injury during fielding practice during the first couple of days of training in Australia for the Indian team. Gill had his finger bandaged when he returned to India's nets in Perth before being ruled out of the series opener.

NADA has suspended Bajrang Punia for a period of four years where he has been barred from playing professionally and applying for a coaching job abroad while Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in the second ODI to level the series. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on November 27.

Team India registered a massive 295-run win in the first Test of the five-match series against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy while Bihar's Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to get picked in the IPL auction. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on November 26.

Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer raked in moolah, as both marquee Indian players were splashed with cash at the IPL 2025 mega auction while Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by 80 runs on the DLS method, taking a 1-0 lead in the series. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on November 25.

Rishabh Pant is one of the 12 players in the two marquee sets at the IPL 2025 mega auction and is expected to be among the top three most expensive players, even fetching the highest bid for any player. Pant started well in the first innings of the Perth Test after the whole batting order collapsed.

Rohit Sharma will miss the first Test to spend some more time with his family after the birth of his second child recently. Rohit is expected to return for the second Test in Adelaide but till then Jasprit Bumrah, the 36th captain for India in the formats, will lead the side.

Rafael Nadal's illustrious tennis career came to an end after Spain lost to the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals while Hardik Pandya is set to feature in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Baroda for the first time since 2016. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on November 20.