New Delhi: The BCCI could lose around Rs 955 crore (USD 116 million) if the central government sticks to its decision to levy 21.84 percent tax surcharge on ICC’s broadcast revenue from the 2023 ODI World Cup, according to a Board report. India is to host next year’s 50-over showpiece in October-November. Tax surcharge refers […]
KOLKATA: Amid the chatter around his imminent departure from the BCCI, board president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said he “can’t be an administrator forever”. The former India captain is set to be replaced as board president by 1983 World Cup winning-team member Roger Binny in the apex body’s upcoming AGM (Annual General Meeting). “You can’t […]
SRINAGAR: Islamia College of Science and Commerce (ICSC) in a nail-biting finish beat University XI by a narrow margin of 10 runs to make it into the finals of Inter College cricket championship. In an evenly held contest, ICSC team won the toss and choose to bat first. Openers Ghazi Mushtaq and Captain Mohammed Hurrair […]
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Nilofer Khan on Thursday inaugurated a Para Cricket Match organised in connection with the World White Cane Day, celebrated annually across the world to raise awareness about people carrying a white cane. The 16-over match, played between the students from the varsity’s teaching departments and their counterparts from the […]
KARACHI: Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi is 90 per cent ready for the upcoming T20 World Cup but his availability will depend on how he plays in the two warm-up games in Australia, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said. The 22-year-old Afridi is set to join the national team in Australia on Saturday after completing […]
BHUBANESWAR: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) will initiate an enquiry on the late arrival of boots of four members of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup squad, leading to the players wearing them for the first time during the match against USA. AIFF secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran said that he has asked for a […]
CHRISTCHURCH: Mohammad Rizwan and captain Babar Azam shared a 101-run opening partnership as Pakistan edged Bangladesh by seven wickets with one ball remaining at the New Zealand Twenty20 cricket tri-series on Thursday. Babar made 55 and Rizwan went on to 68 to help guide Pakistan past Bangladesh’s total of 173-6. Pakistan lost Babar’s wicket and […]
NEW DELHI: Fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami and Shardul Thakur will join the Indian contingent in Australia soon even as Deepak Chahar has been ruled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup due to a back injury. Chahar, who was among the stand-by players, was expected to make the main squad in the absence […]
Ganderbal: Government is committed to create a world-class infrastructure for the sports lovers of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Secretary Youth Services and Sports Department Sarmad Hafiz said while declaring the 1st ever Inter College sports festival open at Govt college of Physical Education College Gadoora Ganderbal . He further stated that such […]
New Delhi: South Africa head coach Mark Boucher feels the pitches in Australia will suit the Proteas bowlers but they need to be aggressive to get the results in the T20 World Cup, beginning later this month. The former wicketkeeper also conceded that keeping the players physically and mentally fresh at the marquee event after […]