Men's Champions Trophy 2025

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Sabotage, sorrow and a silver lining: The Champions Trophy was a complicated tournament of many parts

SM HUSSAIN: India dictating logistics and bouts of wet weather meant the return of an ICC event to Pakistan was overshadowed by external factors, but was not a complete lost cause

Don't be distracted by an engrossing finale to a farcical tournament

India's second outright Men's Champions Trophy triumph and another defeat for New Zealand in an ICC white-ball final only tells a fraction of the story

India clinch Champions Trophy after outlasting New Zealand

Five wickets between spin trio Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja, followed by Rohit Sharma's 76 helped complete a four-wicket success in Dubai

Firm favourites India set for Champions Trophy final showdown with New Zealand

In a repeat of their final group match, the 2025 Champions Trophy will be decided on Sunday (March 9) in Dubai

Rob Key addresses "very poor" Champions Trophy campaign, Kevin Pietersen criticism and overlooked domestic pair

GEORGE DOBELL: England men's managing director says England players "speak a lot of rubbish a lot of the time" while offering renewed hope for the regularly overlooked Sam Cook and Liam Dawson

South Africa's Champions Trophy ends in familiar, heartbreaking fashion

SM HUSSAIN IN LAHORE: The Proteas succumbed to knockout pressure again as they fell to a 50-run defeat to New Zealand in the second Champions Trophy semi-final

Mushfiqur Rahim becomes second post-Champions Trophy ODI retirement

The Bangladesh wicketkeeper, who scored 7,795 runs in 275 ODIs, joins Steve Smith in calling time on their career in the format after the most recent global 50-over competition

New Zealand progress to Champions Trophy final thanks to Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra centuries

The Black Caps captain Mitchell Santner took 3 for 43 as New Zealand defended 362 for 6 to beat South Africa by 50 runs and set up a final in Dubai against India

Steve Smith calls time on ODI career and clarifies Test future with Ashes looming

The batter, who will remain available for Test and T20Is, top-scored for Australia with 73 during their four-wicket defeat to India yesterday (March 4)

Inevitability of Virat Kohli sets up Dubai final for India

NICK FRIEND: Australia created (and missed) chances but were comfortably beaten in the end, without an entire seam attack against a supreme ODI side, who have confirmed their place in the final and the venue for it

New Zealand and South Africa aim to answer "billion-dollar question"

OSCAR RESS: After the Proteas topped Group B and New Zealand qualified second from Group A, the teams will compete for a place in the final tomorrow (March 5)

Virat Kohli guides India to Champions Trophy semi-final win

Kohli fell for 84 as India eased past Australia in Dubai, setting up a final against either South Africa or New Zealand

On-field and off-field factors combine to make India favourites to beat Australia

OSCAR RESS: The first of the Champions Trophy semi-finals will see a repeat of the 2023 World Cup final after two very different unbeaten group stage campaigns

Potential Champions Trophy final rehearsal goes India's way

OSCAR RESS: After posting just 249, India's spin quartet combined to make the best use of the Dubai conditions and beat New Zealand by 44 runs

India top Group A after Champions Trophy win over New Zealand

Matt Henry's five-wicket haul helped restrict India to just 249 before their four spinners combined for nine wickets between them to win by 44 runs and set up a semi-final in Dubai against Australia