NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Monday announced that domestic cricketers affected by the COVID-curtailed 2020-21 season will be paid 50 per cent additional match fee as compensation for the disruption and also hiked their remuneration for the upcoming season. Many Indian cricketers struggled financially after the Ranji Trophy was not held last year for the […]
MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia’s (CA) medical experts have found that stress associated with strict bio-secure bubbles have “cumulative impact” on players’ mental wellbeing and said there is a need to strike a balance to avoid “excessive” mental health toll. According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, CA’s mental health lead Matt Burgin and chief […]
NEW DELHI: Sports minister Anurag Thakur will virtually interact with sports ministers of all states and union territories on Monday to prepare a roadmap for the future. The interaction comes after the country’s success at the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. The government’s flagship programs, Khelo India and Fit India, will remain an integral part […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board had reached out to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for a short series in the country to make up for the cancellation of the New Zealand tour but since players from both the nations had prior commitments, no series could be planned. PCB CEO, Wasim Khan said Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) […]
DUBAI: Delhi Capitals all-rounder Axar Patel says the team will look to build on its “happy memories” from the previous season, when it reached its maiden final, and go a step further in the second leg of IPL-14. The IPL, which was suspended midway into the 14th season of the league in May owing to […]
GREEN VALLEY INVITATIONAL FOOTBALL CUP SRINAGAR: On Sunday two matches were played on the second day of the ongoing Green Valley Invitational Football Cup, at Green Valley Education Institute. The first match was played between Downtown Heroes and Shehr-e-Khas and Downtown Heroes defeated Shehr-e-Khas by 4-1.Frank was awarded Player of the Match for scoring a […]
ABU DHABI: The opening pair of Subhman Gill and Nitin Rana may not have fired in the first leg of IPL but Kolkata Knight Riders chief mentor David Hussey believes the duo can “shock the world” with their batting in the second phase of the tournament beginning here on Sunday. While Gill scored just 132 […]
NEW DELHI: Life may come to a full circle for Anil Kumble as the Sourav Ganguly-led BCCI might ask him to apply for the post of head coach of the Indian team along with VVS Laxman once Ravi Shastri finishes his term after the T20 World Cup. Kumble was the coach of the Indian team […]
NEW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni was always a bowlers’ captain in white-ball cricket and his presence as team mentor for the T20 World Cup will immensely benefit Jasprit Bumrah and Co, feels former India opener Virender Sehwag. Dhoni was recently named mentor for the mega event by the BCCI. “I am very happy that MS […]
ESPOO (Finland): Prajnesh Gunneswaran yet again lost to a lower-ranked player in the Davis Cup while Ramkumar Ramanathan went down fighting in the second singles as India trailed 0-2 in the World Group I tie against Finland, here on Friday. Up against Otto Virtanen, ranked as low as 419 in the ATP ranking chart, the […]