Moises Henriques of Australia (second from left), and Cristiano Ronaldo Former Australia all-rounder Moises Henriques will captain Portugal as they attempt to qualify for the T20 World Cup for the first time.Henriques, who played four Tests, 16 ODIs and 24 T20Is for Australia, will lead Portugal’s 14-member squad at the T20 World Cup Europe Sub-Regional…
File Pic: Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi (Image credit: AFP) Pakistan ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi has offered a pointed response when asked whether he will remain at the helm for next year’s ODI World Cup, saying, “For now, I am the captain.”Afridi’s comments come amid fresh speculation over Pakistan’s leadership structure, with reports suggesting…
Bengal cricketer Abhishek Porel, who plays for Delhi Capitals in the IPL, was arrested by police in Hooghly district on Monday night following a complaint by a woman alleging that he had sexual relations with her on the promise of marriage, news agency PTI reported on Tuesday.“There was a case lodged against him and a…
Finn Allen has been roped in by the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders as a pre-auction signing for ILT20 Season 5. (Reuters) Dubai: Finn Allen, David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen will headline the new arrivals for the ILT20 Season 5, with the three T20 batters set to make their tournament debuts when the sixth-team competition returns…
Sixteen teams, four pools, one format overhaul — the men’s draw for the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 has set the terms for a tournament that will not look like any of its predecessors. Co-hosts Belgium and the Netherlands stage the event from August 15 to 30, and for the first time in the competition’s…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has wasted little time getting back to work after a productive tour of Zimbabwe, sharing a glimpse of his batting preparations ahead of the new domestic season and the Duleep Trophy.The teenage India batter posted a video on his official Instagram account showing him working in the…
The women’s draw for the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 carries the same format overhaul as the men’s — 16 teams, four pools, and a semifinal path that no longer runs through a quarterfinal. Belgium and the Netherlands co-host from August 15 to 30, with the top two from each pool advancing into an Intermediate…
Irfan Pathan and Kumar Sangakkara NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has revisited a little-known heated exchange with Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara during the 2005 Test in Delhi, revealing how an argument over a changed ball escalated into personal sledging before the two eventually put the incident behind them and became friends.Pathan was…
The FIH World Cup 2026 begins August 15 and will be played across two venues: the Belfius Hockey Arena in Wavre, Belgium, and the Wagener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Both venues had Poligras artificial turf installed shortly before the start of the two-week tournament. What is Poligras turf? Poligras, developed by a company called…
Sourav Ganguly (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has approached the police after receiving several threatening letters over the past few months, including one that allegedly threatened to kill him and his wife, Dona Ganguly, news agency PTI reported.Ganguly, who is currently the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB),…
