NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) celebrated the appointment of their former captain and mentor, Gautam Gambhir, as the head coach of the India men’s cricket team with a heartfelt tribute. Gambhir, a two-time World Cup winner, will begin his tenure later this month with the limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka.KKR took to social media…
The Copa America 2024 is reaching its business end, with the semifinals starting on Tuesday. Only four teams remains, including defending champion Argentina, led by Lionel Messi. FOLLOW: LIVE updates from the Argentina vs Canada Copa America semifinal The tournament is being hosted by the United States for the second time, across 14 cities, with…
Legendary former India captain and one of the greatest opening batters of all-time Sunil Gavaskar has turned 75 on Wednesday. Gavaskar, or ‘Sunny G’ as he is fondly known as, dictated the cricket pitch and dominated fast bowlers with his unbreachable defence and near-perfect technique. The batting great played 125 Tests and 108 ODIs for India….
NEW DELHI: Having led a glittering career as a player, former batting great Rahul Dravid has received many standing ovations in his life.But winning the T20 World Cup title as a coach was a new high for the former Indian captain.The ODI World Cup trophy always eluded Dravid the cricketer. With 461 runs, he was…
Photo: SARAH STIER EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – JULY 09: (L-R) Angel Di Maria and Rodrigo De Paul of Argentina react during warm up prior to the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 semifinal match between Canada and Argentina at MetLife Stadium on July 09, 2024 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Sarah Stier/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Sarah…
Standing by the faded blue wall of an empty sports hall in Sanaa, Yasameen Al-Raimi raises her air pistol and pauses, studying the target 10 metres away. Squeezing the trigger, the Yemeni Olympic hope fires a metal pellet through the middle of the paper square, rebounding with a clang off the metal plate behind. Raimi,…
NEW DELHI: Indian men’s cricket team captain Rohit Sharma shared a heartfelt note for former head coach Rahul Dravid on Instagram. Reflecting on Dravid’s tenure, which concluded after leading the team to glory in the T20 World Cup, Rohit expressed deep gratitude and admiration for his mentor.Hailing Dravid as a ‘confidant,’ Rohit wrote, “I have…
Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo will miss the remainder of the Copa America after suffering a muscle injury in the quarter-finals, the country’s FA (AUF) said on Tuesday. Araujo suffered an injury to the back of his left thigh during the first half of Uruguay’s 0-0 draw with Brazil, with Atletico Madrid’s Jose Maria Gimenez replacing…
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, the World Cup winner in 2022, is defending Copa champion and top the FIFA rankings, while Canada…
NEW DELHI: While speaking on the gradual downfall of Pakistan’s pace attack, former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has hailed Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as a ‘legend in all three formats”. “In my book, Jasprit Bumrah is a legend in all three formats. There is no one greater who has played all three formats. (Toh…
