Johannesburg: Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis on Wednesday announced his retirement from Test cricket. du Plessis said that he is shifting his focus to T20 cricket with two consecutive T20 World Cup tournaments coming up in 2021 and 2022. “It has been an honour to play for my country in all the formats […]
New Delhi: The Indian Cricket Board is contemplating allowing fans in stadiums for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), said president Sourav Ganguly. While dates are yet to be officially announced for the IPL’s 2021 edition, it is expected to be held between the months of April and May. The player auction […]
Melbourne: World No.2 Rafael Nadal on Wednesday fell to fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in a five-set thriller that stretched to over four hours. Tsitsipas fought back from two sets down to beat Nadal 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-5 at the Rod Laver Arena. This was […]
Melbourne: Japanese world No.3 Naomi Osaka on Thursday beat 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams at the Rod Laver Arena to reach her second Australian Open final. In the one hour and 15 minutes-match, Osaka rebounded from a poor start to beat ‘her idol’ Serena Williams in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 to book her place […]
Bhubaneswar: Millions of fans across the globe are eagerly waiting for the much-awaited auction of players for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which will take place in Chennai today. Around 298 players have been shortlisted by the eight franchises. However, there are only 61 slots available to be filled. This has […]
Chennai: South Africa’s Chris Morris on Thursday fetched the highest ever bid of Rs 16.25 crore in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) as Rajasthan Royals (RR) picked the pace-bowling all-rounder at a player auction after intense competition from Punjab Kings. Morris’s base price was Rs.75 lakh. The previous all-time record was held by […]
Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: Son of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun Tendulkar has been bought by the Mumbai Indians at his base price of Rs 20 lakh in the IPL 2021 auction on Thursday. Arjun was the last player to come up in the accelerated auction and received just one bid from Mumbai who eventually got him in […]
India captain Virat Kohli has revealed that he battled depression during a harrowing tour of England in 2014 where he felt like the “loneliest guy in the world” after a string of failures with the bat. In a conversation with former England player Mark Nicholas on his ‘Not Just Cricket’ podcast, Kohli conceded that […]
Melbourne: Naomi Osaka of Japan won her second Australian Open title by beating American Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the women’s singles final here on Saturday. This is Osaka’s fourth Grand Slam title. Before this, Osaka had won the 2019 Australian Open and 2018 and 2020 US Open crowns. The 23-year-old from Japan faced challenge […]
New Delhi: Brining laurels for the State, three Odia players have been included in the 22-member Indian men’s hockey team for the 17-day Europe tour where they will play two matches each against Germany and Great Britain national teams. The Odia players included in the squad are Birendra Lakra, Amit Rohidas and Dipsan Tirkey. The […]
Mumbai: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar on Saturday said those calling cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun’s selection in the IPL as a sign of “nepotism” are being “cruel” to the young player. Arjun Tendulkar was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh at the Indian Premiere League (IPL) auction on Thursday. The left-arm pacer had […]
New Delhi: KXIP is now Punjab Kings and its co-owner Ness Wadia on Saturday said the franchise needed to rebrand itself after so many years of IPL and the name change was something it wanted since 2019. Wadia feels Punjab Kings is a simpler name compared to Kings XI Punjab and will connect more with […]
New Delhi: The Indian cricket board’s national selection panel on Saturday effected multiple changes to the T20 International squad that won the T20I series in Australia 2-1 recently. After being criticised for ignoring Suryakumar Yadav for Australia tour despite his stellar performance in the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL), the selectors included him in the […]
Melbourne: Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek won their first Grand Slam doubles title together by comprehensively defeating defending champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury at the Australian Open on Sunday at the Rod Laver Arena. Croatian Dodig and Slovakian Polasek beat Ram and Salisbury 6-3 6-4 winners at Rod Laver Arena, not facing a break […]
Bhubaneswar: The recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction witnessed a total of 57 players being sold to eight franchises. A total of 292 cricketers were in the fray for bidding in the grand auction. As many as 35 Indian players and 22 overseas players found their way among the eight franchises. The emerging […]
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