Category: Sports

Bangladesh pace bowler Khaled Ahmed has been fined 15 percent of his match fee after he breached the ICC Code of Conduct during the second Test against South Africa in Port Elizabeth. On Monday, South African made a clean sweep of the two-Test series against Bangladesh, inflicting a crushing 332-run defeat on the visitors with […]

Mumbai Indians’ (MI) Jasprit Bumrah and Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) Nitish Rana have been reprimanded for breaching the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) ‘Code of Conduct’ during Wednesday’s match. “Nitish Rana from Kolkata Knight Riders has been reprimanded and fined 10 percent of his match-fee for breaching the TATA Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct […]

Australia pacers Jhye and Kane Richardson on Thursday were dropped from Cricket Australia’s 20-member contract list. Apart from the duo, retired pacer James Pattinson and former Test skipper Tim Paine have been omitted while wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Wade and opener Marcus Harris don’t find any mention. Additions to the contract list include wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis, pacer […]

After losing the match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has lamented his teammates for ordinary displays in the batting and bowling departments. “We didn’t bat properly till the second half of the innings. Then, in the last few overs, the batters went after the bowlers and posted a reasonably […]

Cricketer Virat Kohli has retained his position as India’s most valuable celebrity brand in 2021, despite losing over a fifth of his worth in the year that saw the batsman stepping down from captaincy Kohli’s value was pegged at USD 185.7 million (close to Rs 1,400 crore) which is down from USD 237.7 million in […]

FC Barcelona will continue their challenge for a title this season when they visit Eintracht Frankfurt in the first-leg of their Europa League quarter final on Thursday. Coach Xavi Hernandez is without right back Sergino Dest and forward Memphis Depay through injury, while Luuk de Jong also misses out after testing positive for Covid-19 at […]

FC Barcelona moved into second place in La Liga thanks to a 1-0 win at home to Seville. Pedro’s spectacular goal in the 72nd minute decided the result on Sunday night and it was a goal worthy of winning any match, as he controlled the ball, beat two defenders and sent a diagonal shot into […]

Australian opener Alyssa Healy, who fashioned her team’s big win over England in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final at the Hagley Oval, revealed on Monday that her century in the semifinal against the West Indies had laid the foundation for her record- breaking innings in the title showdown. Australia defeated the Heather Knight-led […]

Punjab Kings’ skipper Mayank Agarwal and all- rounder Liam Livingstone credited their seam bowlers for setting up their 54-run victory against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium here on Sunday. Though the dew has been a problem for all teams bowling second in this edition of the IPL, especially in […]

Chennai Super Kings captain Ravindra Jadeja urged his team-mates to back opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, the hero of the defending champions’ previous edition’s campaign in the IPL, saying everyone needs to give the 25-year old batter “good confidence”. Gaikwad was the highest run-getter in CSK’s winning campaign last year, scoring a mind-boggling 635 runs in 16 […]