NEW DELHI: Surrey County Cricket Club on Tuesday announced that Indian batsman Sai Sudharsan will be rejoining the team for the current County Championship season. The 22-year-old previously played for Surrey last year, contributing 116 runs in two matches, which included a half-century. His performance helped the club secure its 22nd championship title.Sudharsan, who hails…
Netherlands predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen (GK); Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Simons, Reijnders; Frimpong, Depay, Gakpo Austria precicted X1 (4-3-3): Pentz (GK); Posch, Danso, Lienhart, Mwene; Seiwald, Laimer; Wimmer, Baumgartner, Sabitzer; Gregoritsch
India’s top shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor is coping with an ankle pain, and he will miss the National Inter-State Athletics Championships, the final qualifying event for the upcoming Paris Olympics, beginning in Panchkula on Thursday. Toor, an Asian record holder till a few days back, is set to qualify for the Paris Games through…
NEW DELHI: The Women’s T20 Asia Cup is set to commence on July 19 in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, with India, the defending champions, facing their arch-rivals Pakistan in the opening match. The tournament will feature the top eight teams from the continent and will conclude on July 28, reported PTI.This year’s format has been altered,…
Mumbai City FC announced the signing of French midfielder Jeremy Manzorro on a free transfer till the end of the 2024-25 season. Manzorro was part of Jamshedpur FC during the 2023-24 season and made 24 appearances during which he scored six goals with two assists. The 32-year-old began his senior professional career with Stade de…
Defending champion Argentina will clash against Chile in their second Copa America 2024 Group A match at the MetLife Stadium on Tuesday (Wednesday in IST). For Chile, Diego Valdes might not feature after being substituted at half-time after suffering a knock. Victor Davila, Alexis Sanchez and Erick Pulgar were all shown yellow cards in their…
NEW DELHI: Frank Duckworth, an English statistician who co-created the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method, passed away at 84 years old, PTI quoted a report on ESPNcricinfo.com. Duckworth’s death occurred on June 21.Alongside fellow statistician Tony Lewis, Duckworth developed the Duckworth-Lewis method to determine outcomes in cricket matches affected by rain.The method was first employed in international…
Slovakia and Romania meet in Frankfurt on Wednesday knowing victory will secure a place in the last-16 of Euro 2024, but in the tightest of pools, a draw could send both teams through. Group E is on a knife-edge, with all four teams on three points, though Romania (+1 goal-difference) sit on top on goals…
All eyes will be on Cristiano Ronaldo in Wednesday’s Euro 2024 match against Georgia after selfie-hunting pitch invaders in Portugal’s last game raised security concerns and forced UEFA to introduce stricter measures to protect the players. Portugal’s 3-0 victory over Turkey was marred by at least six fans invading the pitch desperate to get photos…
NEW DELHI: Former skipper Ricky Ponting on Tuesday heaped praise on the recently retired opener David Warner, commending his “unbelievable” career that spanned all three formats. Ponting emphasized the difficulty in finding a replacement for Warner due to the significant impact he had on Australian cricket.Warner’s international career, which lasted 15 years, concluded following Afghanistan’s…
