Already out of reckoning for a place in the next round of the FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers, India are currently placed fourth in the group with three points from five matches. Doha: Indian players should be brave enough to accept that the national football team did not play to its potential during the 2022 […]
NEW DELHI: The BCCI will ask for one month’s extension to decide on hosting the T20 World Cup in India amid the looming COVID-19 threat when the all-powerful ICC Board holds a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss a host of other issues as well. While earlier, it was decided that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly […]
DOHA: India goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu says the memorable goalless draw against Asian champions Qatar, in the FIFA World Cup qualifier in September 2019, is not his greatest performance till date. According to him, he has performed his best, surprisingly, in a 0-4 loss to Iran in a 2018 World Cup qualifier at a packed […]
NEW DELHI: New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner feels the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final against India is like a World Cup title clash for him as he has never played a white-ball game for his country. The inaugural WTC final is scheduled to be held in Southampton from June 18-22. “Yeah, it is […]
NEW DELHI: New Test skipper Dean Elgar has called for a return to the “South African” way of playing cricket, which is punctuated by consistent performances, big centuries and five-wicket hauls, as the Proteas look to open a “new chapter” after a prolonged lean phase. South Africa head to the Caribbean for a two-match red-ball […]
Porto (Portugal): As Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta cradled the European Cup before thrusting it into the air to the backdrop of fireworks, Pep Guardiola and his distraught Manchester City players stood way behind the winner’s rostrum and looked on in anguish. Champions League glory once again for Chelsea, nine years after its first title and just […]
COLOMBO: Former Sri Lanka captain and legendary batsman Aravinda de Silva has asked the national team cricketers to “start winning games rather than complaining” as he defended the proposed annual players’ contracts prepared by the committee under him. De Silva said the players’ rejection of the central contracts was “unfair”, because the Board is offering […]
DUBAI: The Indian team will stay in “managed isolation” before the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, the ICC announced on Saturday but did not mention the exact period of hard quarantine upon reaching the UK. World’s top two Test teams will fight it out at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton from June 18-22. […]
NEW DELHI: Indian football team coach Igor Stimac has thanked the Qatar government and its football association for allowing his players to train there ahead of the World Cup and Asian Cup Qualifiers. India are scheduled to play Asian champions Qatar on June 3, Bangladesh on June 7, and Afghanistan on June 15 with all […]
NEW DELHI: The BCCI will lock in a three-week window between September 15 and October 15 for the resumption of the currentlysuspended IPL in the UAE, when it holds a Special General Meeting (SGM) virtually on Saturday. The agenda of the meeting is “discussing on the upcoming cricket season in the view of pandemic prevailing […]