GOLD COAST: England’s Test captain Joe Root on Thursday said the “intolerable” Yorkshire racism episode has “fractured our game and torn lives apart” and pledged his support in a bid to bring about a change at his childhood club. The cricket club recently concluded that no employees would face any action over former player Azeem […]
NEW DELHI: Tokyo Olympian Nethra Kumanan has won gold in the laser radial event of the Gran Canaria Sailing Championships, one of the European regional open events, in Spain. The 24-year-old Kumanan finished first in three of the six races to collect 10 Net points in the ILCA 6 event at Gran Canaria last week. […]
Dubai: Pakistan seem primed to win their second title but it will take a special effort to upstage a tenacious Australia, which is peaking at the right time, in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup here on Thursday. Pakistan have turned it around following their first-round exit in 2016. The Babar Azam-led side […]
ABU DHABI: Daryl Mitchell smashed an unbeaten 72 as New Zealand beat England by five wickets with an over to spare to reach the Twenty20 World Cup final on Wednesday. Chasing 166 for victory, New Zealand were in trouble at 13-2 and 107-4 when Jimmy Neesham hit an 11-ball 27 and Mitchell finished it off […]
New Delhi: India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday thanked the team’s outgoing head coach Ravi Shastri and other members of the support staff, whose tenure ended at the T20 World Cup, lauding them for their contribution in preparing a formidable outfit. While India failed to qualify for the semifinals of the ICC T20 World Cup […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir province senior Girls, Junior girls & Junior boys Chess Championship 2021-22 concluded here at Indoor Sports Hall Polo ground on Wednesday. About 80 participants in senior girls, Junior girls and junior boys from all districts of Kashmir valley participated in it. The championship was organised by All J&K Chess Association Uthe aegis of […]
DUBAI: Ravi Shastri, who completed his highly eventful tenure as India’s head coach, feels that Rohit Sharma is “ready and capable” to take over the T20 captaincy from Virat Kohli and sharing the leadership burden isn’t such a bad idea in a post COVID-19 world. Rohit, who will be taking over T20 captaincy from the […]
ABU DHABI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Tuesday backed outgoing India head coach Ravi Shastri’s view that competing regularly in bio-bubbles is not easy for the players as it can leave them “disturbed and uncomfortable”. Ahead of India’s final T20 World Cup game against Namibia, Shastri had said that his players were mentally and physically […]
DUBAI: Pakistan batter Asif Ali and Ireland all-rounder Laura Delany were on Tuesday named the ICC male and female players of the month for October. Ali beat Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and Namibia’s David Wiese to the men’s award, and Delany prevailed over teammate Gaby Lewis and Zimbabwe’s Mary-Anne Musonda for the women’s prize. Ali […]
NEW DELHI: Indian Premier League side Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday elevated its batting consultant Sanjay Bangar to the post of head coach for the next two years. Bangar, who was appointed as the side’s batting consultant in February, will be taking over the reins from Mike Hesson. Hesson, who remains with the team in […]