Abhay Sharma applies for India fielding coach’s job

NEW DELHI: Former first-class cricketer Abhay Sharma, who has worked extensively with India A, India U-19 and the national women’s team, on Friday applied for the national men’s team fielding coach’s job. Sharma has emerged as one of the strong contenders for the fielding coach role with incumbent R Sridhar leaving at the end of […]

Sarah Taylor becomes first woman coach in men’s franchise cricket

ABU DHABI: Former England wicketkeeper batter Sarah Taylor has become the first woman coach in men’s professional franchise cricket after she was named assistant coach of Team Abu Dhabi for the Abu Dhabi T10 league beginning November 19. Widely regarded as one of the best ever wicketkeepers, Taylor became the first woman specialist coach at […]

BOXING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Berwal gives no quarter to Kendeh

Belgrade: Indian boxers Narender Berwal (+92kg) and Rohit Mor (57kg) stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the AIBA men’s World Championships after outclassing and intimidating their opponents in lopsided second-round contests here. While Berwal stopped Sierra Leone’s Mohamed Kendeh, Mor proved too good for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Alen Rahimic, winning 5-0. Berwal dominated his imposing rival, […]

India to be part of FIFAe Nations Series 2022

NEW DELHI: India will be a part of the FIFAe Nations Series 2022 (FeNS22), the flagship competitive gaming series of FIFA for its member associations. The tournament will be contested by FIFAe national teams. India, currently ranked 23 out of 60 in the FIFAe nations ranking, will contest from the Asia and Oceania region. The […]

We’ve collective dream to do well in AFC women’s Asian Cup: Ashalata Devi

NEW DELHI: The Indian women’s football team is not unduly perturbed after it was drawn with China, Chinese Taipei and Iran in next year’s AFC Asian Cup at home as it has beaten two sides in the group recently. India is the third-ranked side in the four-team Group A at 57th spot in FIFA chart […]

Global interest for new teams shows IPL is biggest ‘Make in India’ brand: Dhumal

NEW DELHI: BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal says the global interest for new teams in IPL has shown that it is the biggest ‘Make in India’ brand and the billions of dollars added to its ecosystem will also help the game the world over. At the bidding process conducted in Dubai on Monday, private equity firm […]

Would be great if India, Pakistan meet again in final: Saqlain Mushtaq

DUBAI: Pakistan coach Saqlain Mushtaq on Thursday said it would be a “great thing” if his team gets to square off against India in the T20 World Cup final and lauded the two sides for sending a message of friendship during their earlier clash in the ongoing tournament. Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets in […]

Windies, Bangladesh face must-win situation against each other in T20 WC

Sharjah: Their campaigns thrown haywire by back-to-back losses, defending champions West Indies and Bangladesh would be locked in a do-or-die battle when they square off in a crucial group 1 Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup here on Friday. While the West Indies lost to England and South Africa, Bangladesh were defeated by […]

‘I am not racist’: Quinton de Kock says he’s fine with taking the knee, available to play for South Africa

SHARJAH: South African star Quinton de Kock on Thursday made himself available for his team’s remaining matches of the T20 World Cup, saying he is fine taking a knee if it “educates others” and that he was deeply hurt at being called a racist for refusing to make the gesture earlier. The wicketkeeper-batter pulled out […]

IPL: Hardik Pandya unlikely to be retained by Mumbai Indians

NEW DELHI: Colourful all-rounder Hardik Pandya is likely to be sent back into the IPL auction pool by Mumbai Indians as the five-time champions are more or less sanguine about the players who are in their retention list for the 2022 season. With the IPL set to be a 10-team affair after RP-SG bought Pune […]