Environmental authorities in Brazil fined football star Neymar a second time Saturday after their orders to halt an unlicensed construction project at his mansion outside Rio de Janeiro were ignored, officials said. The Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain star was already facing a fine of at least 5 million reais ($1 million) after authorities said they…
Former India skipper Kapil Dev has has called upon the cricket team to ‘wholeheartedly commit’ to giving their absolute best, as the country marked the 40th anniversary since India won the 1983 World Cup in England. India clinched its first-ever Cricket World Cup title by defeating a dominant West Indies by 43 runs in a…
Ganges Grandmasters still hold on to lead World No.1 Grandmaster (GM) Magnus Carlsen prevailed over Indian legend GM Viswanathan Anand in the battle of icons, but the Norwegian’s heroics was not enough to dislodge the Ganges Grandmasters from the pole position after two rounds of play in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League at the…
Former world champions Grandmaster (GM) Viswananthan Anand and GM Hou Yifan scored crucial wins on Thursday to propel the Ganges Grandmasters to the top of the leaderboard after the first day of action in the Global Chess League. With the rest of the games in the six-board match ending in draws, Ganges cruised to a…
Muscat: Oman veteran and skipper Zeeshan Maqsood, who in May had entered the top-five rankings of ICC ODI all-rounders, moved into the exclusive top-three club on Wednesday. According to latest rankings from world cricket body (ICC), Maqsood achieved a career-best No.3 rankings for ODI all-rounders following his half-century and a wicket in the opening match of…
Australia won a thrilling Ashes opener by two wickets at Edgbaston on Tuesday as captain Pat Cummins’ six-smashing 44 not out and Usman Khawaja’s patient 65 combined to give England’s “Bazball” cricket revolution a lesson from Down Under. Cummins hit two sixes and four fours, and he shared a match-winning ninth-wicket partnership of 55 with…
Birmingham : England managed to survive Day-3 with a lot help from the heavens, as persistent rain brought an early halt to play for the day. This after Scott Boland and Pat Cummins made short work of the English opening pair on Day 3 of the ongoing first Test match of Ashes 2023 at Edgbaston. At the…
Weeks after the infamous IPL brawl that broke out between Virat Kohli and Naveen-ul-Haq, the latter has opened up about the controversy in an interview. The Afghanistan bowler said that he had earlier been provoked by the star batter, leading to the spat on the field. During the 18th over of the match between Lucknow…
Birmingham : Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon struck again in the second session to help Australia further dominate England on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test of Ashes here at Edgbaston on Friday. At the tea break, England’s score read 240/5 as the duo of Root (66*) and Bairstow (33*) fought back after Australia delivered…
Vriitya Aravind was only 10 when he first had a chance to learn the art of cricket from Jimmy Adams, the former West Indies batsman whose epic partnership with Brian Lara helped the Windies stage a stirring fightback in the 1999 Test series against Australia. Fourteen years after that famous Test battle, Adams was at…
