Grigor Dimitrov beat David Goffin 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in a gripping title decider at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday to become the first debutant to win the season finale since 1998. In a surprise final match-up, the Bulgarian sixth seed held his nerve under intense pressure at London’s O2 Arena to seal the […]
Sri Lanka will host India and Bangladesh for a T20 tri-series in March 2018 to celebrate their 70th year of independence. A Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) release confirmed seven T20Is to be played from March 8 to 20 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Each team will play each other twice before the […]
Trevor Bayliss has called on CA and the ECB to “get together” to ensure a better standard of preparation for both teams on Ashes tours. Bayliss, the England coach, has stated several times that he would have preferred England to encounter stiffer opposition ahead of the first Test but has been at pains to point […]
The Ashes may have been lost but England gave themselves a chance of salvaging a Twenty20 series victory with a comprehensive defeat of Australia in the second match at Manuka Oval in Canberra, driven largely by the efforts of Nat Sciver, Katherine Brunt and Jenny Gunn. Australia’s power in the shortest format had been emphasised […]
The Afghanistan Under-19s celebrate their win with a victory lap ACC Ikram Faizi’s unbeaten 107 and a five-for from offspinner Mujeeb Zadran clinched the maiden Asia Cup title for Afghanistan Under-19s, with a 185-run win over Pakistan Under-19s in the final in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Mujeeb came into the final having taken six wickets […]
Srinagar, November 19: The J&K Bank won 15th Police Martyrs Memorial Football-2017 tournament by defeating Lone Star in a penalty shootout in the final played today at Synthetic Turf TRC Ground Srinagar. Minister for Social Welfare, ARI & Trainings and Science & Technology Shri Sajad Gani Lone was the chief guest. Speaking on this occasion, […]
Karachi: Pakistan off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez has decided to skip the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and work on his faulty bowling action after the ICC suspended him from bowling with immediate effect. “I have decided to not go to Bangladesh to play for the Comilla Victorians and instead I will remain in Lahore and work on […]
Cristiano Ronaldo on Thursday said that his side Real Madrid, who went down against Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month, do not fear Paris Saint Germain. The defending champions have chances of finishing second in Group H, which means that they might pit against a European powerhouse. Having already qualified for the knockout stage with two […]
NEW ORLEANS: The fiance of tennis superstar Serena Williams was spotted arriving at the New Orleans museum where the couple are expected to wed in a ceremony reportedly drawing dozens of A-listers to the city known for its jazz and party atmosphere. Despite the media frenzy, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and the tennis legend released […]
In response to a trio of shock Ashes selections from Australia, former legspinner Shane Warne has declared that England are in prime position heading into the first Test, which starts from November 23 at the Gabba. Australia picked Tim Paine, Shaun Marsh and Cameron Bancroft in a 13-member squad for the first two Tests, leaving […]