Four Zimbabwe U-19 World Cup players test Covid positive
Barbados: Four members of the Zimbabwe squad for the upcoming ICC Under-19 men’s World Cup have tested positive for Covid-19, the country’s cricket board confirmed. The four players, who took part in a four-match youth one-day series against the Ireland Under-19 side that ended here on Sunday, underwent PCR tests on Monday morning. “Zimbabwe Cricket […]
Virat Kohli ruled out of Johannesburg test due to back spasm
Johannesburg: India captain Virat Kohli was on Monday ruled out of the second Test against South Africa here just before start of the game because of an upper back spasm. Vice captain KL Rahul, who will stand in for Kohli in the match, said at the toss that the skipper is expected to be available […]
Mohammad Hafeez retires from international cricket
ISLAMABAD: All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has retired from international cricket after representing Pakistan in 392 matches over 18 years. Hafeez, 41, quit Test cricket in 2018 and played his last ODI in the 2019 World Cup at Lord’s. He was recalled in 2020 for Twenty20 matches and finished the year as the world’s leading run-scorer in […]
Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley tests positive for COVID-19
SYDNEY: Nick Hockley has become the latest entrant in a growing list to test positive for COVID-19 during the Ashes series but the Cricket Australia (CA) CEO has had “no direct contact” with the squad, the country’s board said on Monday. Hockley, who is fully vaccinated, took a PCR test after experiencing mild symptoms and […]
Kohli has been phenomenal over the last 20 days despite noise around him: Dravid
JOHANNESBURG: India Test skipper Virat Kohli has been phenomenal despite “all the noise around him”, head coach Rahul Dravid said on Sunday, lending support to the superstar batter who is locked in a war of words with the BCCI over the way his white-ball captaincy tenure ended. “Virat has been phenomenal over the last 20 […]
Shanto, Joy lead Bangladesh’s strong reply against New Zealand on day 2
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Bangladesh had one of its best days on tour in recent years Sunday when it won all three sessions on the second day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand. The tourists’ bowlers first captured New Zealand’s last five wickets for 70 runs, dismissing the home side for 328 after it had […]
England training session cancelled after net bowler tests COVID positive
Sydney: England’s preparations for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia took another hit on Sunday after one of their net bowlers tested positive for COVD-19, leading to cancellation of their training session with other net bowlers deemed as close contacts. Having already conceded the series after three successive defeats, England suffered the latest blow just […]
J&K shines in 29th Junior National Fencing Championship
JAMMU: A felicitation function was organized by J&K Sports Council in collaboration with Adhoc Committee of JKAFA to honour medal winners of 29th Junior National Fencing Championship held at Sonipat Haryana from 25th to 28th December, 2021. The medal winners included Shreya Gupta, Anant Samakshi, Kritarthi Kotwal and Subhanaya Sharma in girls category and Mayank […]
India beats South Africa by 113 runs
SA vs Ind first Test
CENTURION: India’s once-in-a-generation pace unit destroyed a listless South Africa with its relentless attack to fashion an emphatic 113-run win in the first Test in Centurion on Thursday, setting the team on the path towards an elusive series-victory in the Rainbow nation. The 2021 started with India breaching the Fortress Gabba Down Under and it […]
Breaching 90m will put me in list of world’s best throwers, says Neeraj Chopra
New Delhi: An Olympic gold medal already in his pocket, star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has his eyes set on breaching the 90m mark which he feels will get him an entry in the list of world’s best throwers. Neeraj, who clinched the historic gold with a throw of 87.58m in his second attempt […]
