[ad_1] BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE: West Indies openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul scored half-centuries before rain ended play early in the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Saturday.Play will begin at 0930 local time (0730 GMT) on the next four days to compensate for the lost time, although …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is expected to shift Asia Cup from Pakistan and decide on an alternate venue in March as BCCI secretary Jay Shah and PCB chairman Najam Sethi discussed the issue during a formal meeting in Bahrain on Saturday.All heads of ACC member nations …

[ad_1] THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/NEW DELHI: Legendary athlete and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P T Usha on Saturday broke down before the media alleging that illegal constructions were being carried out at her academy campus in Kozhikode district and strangers were trespassing into the property posing a security threat to the inmates.Addressing …

[ad_1] LIVERPOOL: New Everton boss Sean Dyche‘s reign began with a shock 1-0 victory over Premier League leaders Arsenal as James Tarkowski‘s second-half header saw the Toffees win their first game since October and move out of the relegation zone on Saturday.The defeat left Arsenal with a five-point lead over …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Terming practice matches as ‘really important’, former India batter Suresh Raina feels that the Australians might have missed the trick after opting for simulation training rather than playing warm-up matches ahead of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The four-match Test series starts from February 9 in Nagpur and …

[ad_1] HILLEROD (DENMARK): The Indian Davis Cup team was on Saturday relegated to the World Group II for the first time since the new format was launched in 2019 after losing the play-off tie 2-3 to Denmark, who were single-handedly carried by Holger Rune as the world number nine won …

[ad_1] JAMMU: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said 1500 athletes from across the country will take part in the Khelo India Winter Games, scheduled to start in the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in North Kashmir from February 10.Thakur said the athletes from all over the country participating in …

[ad_1] PERTH: Perth Scorchers‘ 19-year-old Cooper Connolly smashed an unbeaten 25 to see his side over the line in a nail-biting five-wicket win against Brisbane Heat who retained their crown in the Big Bash League (BBL) season decider at Perth Stadium on Saturday.The fifth-ranked Heat, who performed valiantly throughout the …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former selectors and experts feel that the Indian team management should ask for sporting tracks against Australia in the upcoming four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which is scheduled to start from February 9 in Nagpur. They believed that current India batters are not equipped to handle quality spinners on …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Mahesh Pithiya, whose bowling action has a startling resemblance to India’s premier off-spinner R Ashwin, was the buzz on social media on Friday as his video of helping out the Australian cricketers during net session went viral.To cope up with the Ashwin threat in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar …