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IND vs PAK, Emerging Asia Cup Live: Manav Suthar has taken three wickets and removed Kamran Ghulam (15) and Haseebullah Khan (27), and Mohammad Haris (14) as Pakistan have lost 6 wickets. Earlier, Riyan Parag provided a crucial breakthrough in the Emerging Asia Cup clash in Colombo. Parag ended Sahibzada Farhan’s knock on 35. Rajvardhan Hangargekar…
Monaco’s France striker Wissam Ben Yedder is under investigation after being accused of rape, Nice’s public prosecutor told AFP on Thursday. The alleged incident took place on Monday in the town of Beausoleil just to the north of Monaco on the Cote d’Azur. Public prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme confirmed “the existence of two allegations of rape,…
Former West Indies pacer Andy Roberts feels India were “lucky” to win the World Cup in 1983. Roberts, who is considered the father of modern West Indian fast bowling, won the World Cup twice with West Indies in 1975 and 1979. However, Roberts and West Indies failed to defend their title in 1983, losing to…
Spain’s Joselu pounced with two minutes remaining to snatch a 2-1 win over Italy on Thursday and set up a Nations League final clash against Croatia. Luis de la Fuente’s side shaded a tight battle in Enschede to progress to Sunday’s final, where Zlatko Dalic’s outfit are lying in wait after beating hosts the Netherlands on Wednesday….
The mystery over India’s underperformance in ICC events isn’t showing any signs of finding a resolution. For the second time in two consecutive editions, the men from the subcontinent fell at the final hurdle, this time going down to Australia in the title-decider. Two years ago, it was the New Zealand team that had prevented…
India’s performance in the World Test Championship final against Australia has shown their preparation was not ideal, said Ricky Ponting, who especially raised questions about the readiness of their undercooked pacers. India are staring at another unfavourable result in an ICC final after conceding a first-innings lead of 173 runs to Australia on a seaming…
Lionel Messi on Wednesday announced he will sign for Major League Soccer side Inter Miami, choosing the United States as his next destination over a Barcelona reunion or blockbuster deal to play in Saudi Arabia. The Argentine forward, 35, has spent the last two seasons at Paris Saint-Germain, playing his final game for the club on…
Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar said the spin-friendly nature of the Oval pitch will make India a confident side going into the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia from Wednesday. With India boasting of two wonderful spinners to choose from in R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, Tendulkar said the team can take a lot of heart from the…
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus moved into a politically-charged French Open quarter-final with Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Sunday and immediately set the tone for the high-profile confrontation by boycotting Roland Garros media for a second time. Australian Open champion and world number two Sabalenka defeated Sloane Stephens 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 to reach the last eight in…
World number one Carlos Alcaraz crushed Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday and move a step closer to a blockbuster showdown with Novak Djokovic. Alcaraz fired 42 winners and broke seven times as he made light work of Italian 17th seed Musetti, who had won their only previous…