East Bengal FC on Thursday announced the contract extension of club captain Cleiton Silva. The Brazilian forward signed a one-year extension that will run until the end of the 2024-25 season. Silva was the top scorer in East Bengal’s triumphant Kalinga Super Cup campaign earlier this year and has scored the most goals for the…
Competing in the high-endurance men’s singles sculls rowing event at the Olympics can be tough, but Balraj Panwar, India’s only qualifier for the Paris Games, hopes to make it count by training there for 20 days. Panwar will be among the first batch of athletes to reach Paris to acclimatise themselves to the conditions. “We…
England opener Phil Salt said the convincing eight-wicket victory over the West Indies in their Super Eight clash has given his side “confidence and momentum” at the right time in the T20 World Cup after a chaotic run in the event’s group stage. Salt played a major hand in the win here, racing his way…
Hockey India on Thursday announced the 27-member core probable group for the senior men’s national coaching camp, scheduled to commence on June 21 until July 8 at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru. The camp is crucial as the Indian team will look to polish its preparations ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Indian men’s…
Former India opener Virender Sehwag didn’t hold back in expressing his opinion on Pakistan cricket in the wake of their T20 World Cup debacle, accusing their current chief selector Wahab Riaz of bias, which is hurting the country’s cricket.Riaz, a former Pakistan pacer, was in November last year appointed the head of the selection committee…
NEW DELHI: Defending champions England overcame their early struggles in the Twenty20 World Cup by defeating the previously unbeaten West Indies by eight wickets in their Super Eight opener in St Lucia on Wednesday.The English bowlers limited West Indies to 180-4 on the same pitch where the co-hosts had scored 218 against Afghanistan on Monday….
NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has questioned the timing of David Warner‘s recent comments about the repercussions he faced from the Sandpaper Gate scandal, noting that other players like Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith also suffered significantly. Warner’s remarks were made ahead of Australia’s Super 8 clash with Bangladesh, where he claimed to…
Pakistan‘s former wicketkeeper Atiq-uz-Zaman has made some startling revelations about growing indiscipline in the country’s cricket team, highlighting a few negatives that contributed to Pakistan’s disastrous show at the ongoing T20 World Cup in the US and the Caribbean islands. The Babar-Azam led team made a sorry exit from the tournament in the group stage…
NEW DELHI: Defending champions England cruised to an eight-wicket win against hosts West Indies in their Super Eights clash of the T20 World Cup at Gros Islet in St Lucia on Thursday.Opener Philip Salt smashed an unbeaten 47-ball 87 as England chased down the 181-run target with 21 balls to spare.T20 WORLD CUP: SCHEDULE |…
Virat Kohli is itching to rediscover his batting touch as India refocus at the T20 World Cup with their first match of the ‘Super 8s‘ against Afghanistan in Barbados on Thursday. Opening the batting with skipper Rohit Sharma, Kohli hasn’t had the kind of start his fans expected of him at the T20 World Cup,…
