JAMMU: Clmrat Football Club in a lopsided affair thrashed Auri Crown Football Club by 5-1 goals in an exhibition Football match, at football turf Khelgaon, Nagrota on Wednesday. In the first half, the players of both the teams exhibited both aggressive and defensive skills, however, extraordinary soccer skills displayed by Devasish of Clmrat Club made […]
PORT OF SPAIN: United Arab Emirates and Ireland booked their places in the Plate semi-finals as the next stage of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup got off to a thrilling start in Trinidad and Tobago. UAE survived a dramatic batting collapse to edge past Uganda by one wicket and set up a clash […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) says”robust” Covid-19 health and safety protocols are in place ahead of its month-long domestic Twenty20 competition in Karachi and Lahore, with several foreign cricketers participating in a six-team event. “In the present-day environment, all international sport events are going ahead because there is more awareness and information about the […]
MUSCAT: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri does not see any reason to press the panic button after the team’s shocking Test and ODI series loss to an under-strength South Africa as he believes it is a “temporary phase” and the side will tide over it soon. In the backdrop of Virat Kohli’s departure as […]
MELBOURNE: Australia are set to tour Pakistan with a full-strength squad as no player has so far expressed any reservation about travelling to the country which did not get to host top-flight international cricket for nearly a decade due to security concerns. The last time Pakistan had an ICC event on its soil was when […]
KARACHI: Former Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif reckons that change of guard in Indian cricket won’t adversely affect its brand since the country has enough depth in talent apart from financial might to withstand the churning. The BCCI recently removed Virat Kohli as ODI skipper and later the star batter announced quitting leadership in Tests as […]
MELBOURNE: Trailblazing India tennis star Sania Mirza’s swansong appearance at the Australian Open ended with a quarterfinal loss to local pair Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler in the mixed doubles event here on Tuesday. Mirza, partnering American Rajeev Ram, lost the match 4-6, 6-7 to wildcard entries Fourlis and Kubler in one hour 30 minutes. […]
NEW DELHI: India’s white-ball captain Rohit Sharma is “fit” and ready to lead the side against the West Indies in a six-match white-ball series starting February 6 with the three ODIs in Ahmedabad. However, the team selection meeting, which is set to happen this week, will be an interesting one as some senior players like […]
MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia (CA) said on Tuesday opener David Warner and all-rounder Mitch Marsh will be rested for the five-match Twenty20 International series against Sri Lanka next month to prepare for the upcoming tour of Pakistan. The 16-man squad includes five players — Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood — from […]
CAPE TOWN: India’s head coach Rahul Dravid had no hesitation in admitting that the ODI squad lacked balance with the likes of Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja unavailable to execute their all-round skills at numbers six and seven respectively. India lost the three-match ODI series 0-3 and Dravid answered a range of questions covering the […]