Restricting test cricket to six or seven teams and using the 20-overs format as the vehicle to spread the game were some of the views aired at a symposium organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Sunday. Test cricket’s dwindling appeal outside India, England and Australia has coincided with the proliferation of lucrative T20…
NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh on Monday praised rising India star Abhishek Sharma on his maiden international century against Zimbabwe.Riding on Abhishek’s 46-ball ton India registered a commanding 100-run win over Zimbabwe in the second T20I of their five-match series in Harare on Sunday. The series is currently tied at 1-1.Abhishek’s international debut…
English full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold is not in the starting for the England vs Switzerland Euro 2024 quarterfinal clash being played at the Dusseldorf Arena. The Liverpool player, who has been the starting central-midfielder under Gareth Southgate alongside Declan Rice in the first match against Serbia. However, the 25-year-old is not starting for this crucial knockout…
Australia will be sending its largest ever team of track and field athletes to an overseas Olympics in Paris later this month with the 75-strong squad taking the overall delegation of competitors to a final 460. The overall delegation is the second largest for a Games since Australia hosted in Sydney, 16 athletes fewer than…
India’s T20 World Cup winner Kuldeep Yadav reached out to his countrymates and fans of the sport, calling them the team’s “biggest strength”, which helped Rohit Sharma & Co go the distance and win the coveted trophy in the Caribbean last month. India defeated South Africa by seven runs at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown,…
Jude Bellingham has been named in England’s starting lineup of its quarterfinal clash against Switzerland despite facing ban for an offensive gesture in his team’s win over Slovakia at Euro 2024. FOLLOW | LIVE: ENGLAND VS SWITZERLAND EURO 2024 SCORE AND UPDATES As a consequence the Real Madrid midfielder was fined for 30,000 euros ($32,500)…
Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis secured victory at the Paris Diamond League meet with his first attempt on Sunday and while he failed to break his own world record he said his preparations for the Paris Games are on the right track. The Swede, who broke the world record for the eighth time with…
India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who has been hailed as “once in a generation” bowler by his teammate and batting legend Virat Kohli, said the love that he and the rest of the team have been receiving since winning the T20 World Cup is like “living a dream”. Bumrah’s outstanding performance in the tournament, which…
Chicago Fire FC midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri was not starting in the Euro 2024 quarterfinal clash for Switzerland against England at the Dusseldorf Arena. He was subbed in during the second half of extra-time with the score tied 1-1. The 32-year-old former Bayern Munich and Liverpool player has only started one match in the Euro 2024…
Cricket South Africa on Monday announced a 16-member squad, to be led by Temba Bavuma, for the two-match Test series in West Indies. The first Test will be held from August 7 to 11 at Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago, while the second Test will take place at Guyana National Stadium, Guyana, from August…
