England captain Ben Stokes said Tuesday the need to build a side capable of winning an Ashes series in Australia lay behind the decision to call time on James Anderson’s extraordinary Test career. The 2025/26 Ashes may still be some 18 months away but England are determined to field a pace attack both experienced and…
England and West Indies will face off in a three-match Test series, starting at Lord’s, London on Wednesday. The series will be part of the World Test Championship (WTC), and England, which sits ninth, will hope to lift itself off the bottom of the points table. West Indies, on the other hand, is sixth in…
The Sri Lankan Cricket Board on Tuesday described a media report which claimed that its players were involved in a drinking party inside the team hotel during the recent T20 World Cup as “entirely false, fabricated, and baseless”. A weekend newspaper had on July 7 claimed that the Sri Lankan players had a drinking party…
Maksym Halinichev won silver at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in a match described at the time as “two of the best young fighters going for glory.” He considered the bout a loss – it wasn’t gold, after all – but it gave him a map for the future. So Halinichev made plans: He…
FOOTBALL Punjab FC signs Ninthoinganba Meetei and Nihal Sudeesh ahead of new season Punjab FC has announced the signing of wingers Ninthoinganba (Ninthoi) Meetei and Nihal Sudeesh ahead of the upcoming 2024-25 season. Ninthoi, who last played for Chennaiyin FC signed with the club for three years until 2027 while Nihal has been signed from…
Rodri has called for more protection for players after one of his Spain teammates was ruled out of the rest of the European Championship. Pedri’s tournament was ended after the midfielder sustained a knee injury last Friday in a hefty challenge by Toni Kroos at the start of the quarterfinal against Germany, which La Roja…
After his stellar T20 World Cup campaign in which he claimed Player of the Tournament honours, Jasprit Bumrah was named ICC Men’s Player of the Month for June. Bumrah edged out compatriot Rohit Sharma and Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz for the award in what was a competitive month of cricket, culminating in India’s T20 World Cup…
Canada has an uphill task in its so far dream debut at the Copa America when it faces defending champion Argentina in the semifinals on Tuesday at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Both sides met once before in the same tournament during the Group A matches. In that fixture, Argentina comfortably posted…
PREVIEW Canada is preparing for a colossal Copa America semifinal showdown against Argentina on Tuesday at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in what its coach Jesse Marsch has likened to a David vs Goliath battle. Argentina, World Cup winner in 2022, is defending Copa champion and top the FIFA rankings, while Canada…
Goal-shy France will be looking to silence the critics when it takes on Spain in their Euro 2024 semifinal clash on Tuesday in Munich, while its opponents hopes to keep its impressive campaign going even without key players. With Kylian Mbappe leading its talented squad, France was well among the favourites when it arrived in…
