Two top International Cricket Council (ICC) officials have recently resigned allegedly because of overspend in putting together the pop-up stadium in New York, which hosted T20 World Cup matches last month; and the ICC Annual Conference starting in Colombo on Friday could be clouded by that development as the apex body meets to discuss the…
Patrick Vieira left as coach of the French club Strasbourg on Thursday less than one month before the Ligue 1 season starts, making him a candidate to succeed Gregg Berhalter as US national team coach. Strasbourg, owned by the parent company of England’s Chelsea, said in a statement Vieira left by mutual agreement. He was…
Formula One still has a way to go on inclusivity despite the sport’s positive reaction to Ralf Schumacher’s announcement that he is in a single-sex relationship, Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday. Retired racer Schumacher, the younger brother of Ferrari great Michael and winner of six grands prix in a 180-race career between 1997 and 2007,…
NEW DELHI: The Women’s Asia Cup is gearing up for an explosive start as defending champions India face off against arch-rivals Pakistan on Friday. With the T20 World Cup fast approaching in October, all eight competing teams are eager to perfect their strategies.India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, are widely considered the team to beat. They…
Manchester United has signed 18-year-old French defender Leny Yoro from Lille on a five-year contract, the Premier League club announced on Thursday, as it bids to shore up its defence. Sources say United agreed a 62 million euro (67.56 million USD) fee for Yoro, who has played 60 games for Lille. The centre-back, who made…
English journeyman Daniel Brown birdied the last hole to card a first-round 65 and lead the British Open by one shot from Ireland’s Shane Lowry on Thursday. The 29-year-old Brown, a one-time European Tour winner who came through qualifying to earn his place in the year’s final major, took advantage of benign late conditions. He…
NEW DELHI: To say that England cricket team has revolutionized the style of batting in Test cricket won’t be an understatement.With their Bazball approach, England are putting their opponents on the back foot early and that was more than evident when on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies at Trent…
India cricketer Hardik Pandya on Thursday took to social media to announce that he was parting ways with his wife Natasa Stankovic. “After 4 years of being together, Natasa and I have decided to mutually part ways. We tried our best together and gave it our all, and we believe this is in the best…
NEW DELHI: Flamboyant batsman Suryakumar Yadav was on Thursday named as India’s T20I captain by the Indian cricket board (BCCI) for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka.Though this is not the first time that Surya was named as skipper of the India T20I side, this step marks an important phase in the transition of Indian…
Weightlifters Mohamed Mahmoud of Egypt and Alexandr Spac of Moldova have returned adverse analytical findings from retests of samples from the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to the International Testing Agency. The ITA announced Wednesday that Mahmoud, the bronze medalist in the men’s 77kg division, and Spac, who finished fifth, each tested positive for a non-specified…
