NEW DELHI: Former wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not to change the team’s captain. He suggested that players should focus on performing their basic tasks correctly to avoid mistakes.Reports emerged last week about Babar Azam potentially losing his role as captain of Pakistan’s white-ball cricket team. According to sources cited…
Juventus begins its Champions League campaign next week followed by a Serie A clash with Napoli, but the focus is fully on this weekend’s game at Empoli, manager Thiago Motta said on Friday. Motta has made a strong start at Juventus, unbeaten in the league and level at the top with defending champion Inter Milan,…
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta refused to rule captain Martin Odegaard out of Sunday’s north London derby at Tottenham despite fears the key midfielder could be sidelined for weeks. Odegaard suffered an ankle sprain on international duty with Norway earlier this week that looked set to also rule him out of tough away trips to Atalanta…
Sachin Tendulkar‘s unbeaten 241 against Australia in the 2003-04 Sydney Test is remembered not just for the volume of runs but for the sheer discipline and control he exhibited.Tendulkar, the legendary batsman, encountered a challenging period in the latter part of 2003 when it came to Test cricket. By the time he reached the Sydney…
Fabian Hurzeler has been named Premier League’s manager of the month for August after leading Brighton & Hove Albion to an unbeaten start this season in the 31-year-old’s debut month in charge. Brighton picked up seven points from their first three league games, with victories over Everton away and Manchester United at home, followed by…
Finally, it was left to the work ethics of former Railways cricketer Abhijit Chatterjee to end the long title drought for Hyderabad when it won the All India Buchi Babu cricket tournament in Chennai. Work in progress and following the process are some of the mantras the victorious Hyderabad team followed under Abhijit’s tutelage. “Honestly,…
NEW DELHI:India A ended the second day of the Duleep Trophy match strongly at 115 for one in their second innings. This performance adds to their advantage over India D, with a total lead of 222 runs on Friday in Anantapur.Captain Mayank Agarwal made 56 runs from 87 balls, while Pratham Singh remained unbeaten with…
After a disastrous 2023-24 campaign, Bengaluru FC (BFC) will look to start the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 season with a clean slate against East Bengal here on Saturday. In the previous edition, BFC suffered its worst-ever ISL performance, with 22 points from the same number of matches. A lack of goals proved to be…
PREVIEW The 11th season of the Indian Super League (ISL 2024-25) will premier with a contest featuring two of the league’s most proficient sides – Mohun Bagan Super Giant (MBSG) and Mumbai City FC (MCFC). There cannot be a better way to start the long season as MBSG, the ISL Shield winner, launches its title…
A win against Bangladesh in the first Test of the upcoming two-match series will bring a historic moment for India. If Rohit Sharma & Co manage to put it across the visitors, India’s wins in Test cricket will outumber the defeats for the first time ever. India have so far played 579 Tests. The wins…
