Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani started his campaign at the 2024 Asian Billiards Championship on a high, notching victory over Aung Phyo and Yuttapop Pakpoj here. The 38-year-old, who is vying for a hat-trick of Asian Billiards titles, first beat Myanmar’s Aung Phyo 4-2 and then emerged victorious in a thrilling clash over Thailand’s Pakpoj…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s opener Mohammad Rizwan reflected on his team’s poor performance at the ICC T20 World Cup held in the West Indies and the USA. He acknowledged that the team deserves criticism for failing to advance in the tournament and recognized Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi‘s right to decide the future composition…
Lionel Messi won’t be in Argentina’s squad at the Olympics starting later this month in Paris. Coach Javier Mascherano included four World Cup winners in the squad he announced on Tuesday, including striker Julian Alvarez and defender Nicolas Otamendi. Messi, who has struggled with injuries this year, is now playing at the Copa America, aiming…
India ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra clarified his non-participation in the Paris Diamond League on Wednesday and said that the competition was never part of his calendar.
NEW DELHI: Bangladeshi pacer Taskin Ahmed found himself embroiled in a controversy during the T20 World Cup when he was allegedly dropped from the crucial Super Eights clash against India due to oversleeping and missing the team bus. However, the player refuted these claims, stating that his exclusion was based on team combination reasons.The incident…
Brazil played out an action-packed 1-1 draw with Colombia in California on Tuesday to set up a mouth-watering Copa America quarter-final against Uruguay. Colombia, who finished top of Group D on seven points, will face Panama in the last eight. Daniel Munoz’s first-half strike for Colombia cancelled out an impressive early free kick from Brazil’s…
Bangladesh allegedly dropped vice-captain Taskin Ahmed from the crucial Super Eights clash against India at the T20 World Cup as he overslept and missed the team bus, a claim the pacer refuted, stating it was for team combination reasons. Bangladesh lost the game, held on June 22 in North Sound, Antigua by 50 runs with…
NEW DELHI: A youthful Indian squad, led by Shubman Gill and coach VVS Laxman, has arrived in Zimbabwe for a series of five T20 Internationals, scheduled to commence from July 6 in Harare. The squad features emerging talent such as Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma, who have earned their maiden call-up to the Indian team…
Costa Rica beat Paraguay 2-1 in its final Copa America Group D match on Tuesday but failed to move into the quarter-finals after finishing third following Brazil’s 1-1 draw with Colombia. Colombia finished as group winners with seven points while Brazil also advanced as runners-up with five. Costa Rica returns home with four points while…
In the battle against drug use at the Paris Olympics, the International Testing Agency (ITA) plans to deploy a more streamlined, high-tech approach to identify and target potential cheats. Benjamin Cohen, Director General of the ITA, said potential tools at its disposal included biological and performance passports as well as a mountain of other data….
