Nic Savage England cricket great Graham Thorpe has revealed the brutal sledge from former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy which thwarted him during the 1993 Ashes series.During the fifth Test at Edgbaston, England was reeling on day four at 8-229, with Aussie tweakers Shane Warne and Tim May rattling the depleted batting attack. As the only […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Christian Turner has said his goal since arriving in Pakistan had been to welcome the England Cricket Team back.“16 years of waiting is over, and I am delighted that England will play here in 2021,” he said in a video message.He added: “A lot of hard work […]
Read MoreToshifumi Kitamura Tokyo: Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather will return to the ring with a fight in Tokyo in February 2021, organizers said, but who he will fight and under what rules was left unclear. The retired ex-champ had already dropped hints about the fight, which follows a widely ridiculed 2018 “exhibition” match against a Japanese […]
Read MoreLausanne: Australian swimmer Shayna Jack was banned for two years on Monday for accidental doping, with her sanction expiring days before the start of the Tokyo Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judge decided “Jack did not intentionally ingest ligandrol and considered that she had discharged her onus of proving that the […]
Read MoreLahore: Pakistan cricket team’s bowling coach, commentator, former pacer Waqar Younis celebrated his 49th birthday on November 16 and received love and prayers from friends and fans on social media.Younis began his cricketing career in 1987/88 by playing for several first-class cricket clubs. His international career kicked off in 1989 till 2003. Being a talented […]
Read MorePurav Joshi New York: Everybody knows about the American tennis sensation Serena Williams, but not many know about her business off the court. Apart from being the former World No. 1 tennis player, the 39 years old American is a genius investor. With her diversified portfolio of businesses, she has gained the reputation of being […]
Read MoreLahore: Pakistan has named Babar Azam as their new Test captain, putting him in charge of teams across all formats.Babar’s tenure as Pakistan’s captain in the longest format will start against New Zealand in December.World No. 5 Babar Azam has been appointed Pakistan’s Test captain, confirmed PCB on Tuesday, adding that Azhar Ali has stepped […]
Read MoreLahore: Alia Zafar has been named as one of the independent directors on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), becoming the first female to have been appointed to the post in the cricket-crazy South Asian nation.Zafar, a human resources executive, was included among four new PCB directors. The others are finance executive Javed Kurieshi, economist Asim […]
Read MoreJohn Gunning It’s been a rough 14 months for Kakuryu since the passing of his former stablemaster resulted in the closure of Izutsu Beya and the yokozuna’s relocation to Michinoku stable. The Mongolian veteran went into the September 2019 tournament as defending champion, with his 14-1 title winning performance in the previous meet seemingly the […]
Read MoreShane Watson has announced his retirement from all cricket, bringing an end to a nearly 20-year career during which he was of the world’s premier white-ball allrounders. Watson had already retired from international cricket in March 2016, and had only been playing in overseas T20 leagues since his retirement from the Big Bash League (BBL) […]
Read MoreMoscow: The International Ski Federation (FIS) has introduced the so-called ‘COVID-19 FIS Passport,’ which is aimed to help with the issuance of accreditations for international ski tournaments, Natalia Podorovskaya, a vice president of the Russian Snowboard Federation, said. “We have scheduled to organize in Russia two Snowboard World Cup events, which will be held in […]
Read MoreColombo: A popular actor has withdrawn from starring as Sri Lanka’s legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in a biopic after the cricketer himself warned him off, saying he could face a backlash from India’s Tamils.Vijay Sethupathi, 42, had been under pressure in his southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to drop the role in the film […]
Read MoreSochi: Russia’s rising figure skating star Anna Shcherbakova said that qualifying for the 2021 ISU (the International Skating Union) World Figure Skating Championships was her main goal for the upcoming season.Shcherbakova, 16, won two stages of the Russian Figure Skating Cup this year and qualified for the Russian Figure Skating Championship, which will be hosted […]
Read MoreThe Plunket Shield in New Zealand became the first tournament to feature a ‘COVID replacement’, in keeping with the new interim playing regulations in world cricket.Ben Lister turned out for Auckland in their match against Otago, starting Tuesday, 20 October, in place of Mark Chapman. Chapman reported feeling ill on Monday, and as per the […]
Read MoreNathan O’Hagan After presumably discussing the matter in boardrooms thick with cigar smoke, last week Liverpool and Manchester United put forward plans for a proposed restructuring of English football. Going under the appropriately grandiose moniker of Project Big Picture, the fairly radical plans included reducing the Premier League from twenty to eighteen clubs and scrapping […]
Read MoreLahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board have announced a revised itinerary for the upcoming white-ball series against Zimbabwe, which comprises of three one-day internationals and as many Twenty20 Internationals.The three ODIs, which were originally scheduled to take place on 30 October, 1 and 3 November in Multan, have now been shifted to Rawalpindi, due to logistical […]
Read MoreLondon: Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden accepts there is a growing sense of frustration at the ban on live crowds at sporting events, but insists there can be no change until the spread of coronavirus is curbed.Speaking at an appearance in front of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, Dowden was asked by Conservative MP […]
Read MoreJohn Etheridge England cricket chiefs spread COVID-19 on cricket balls to help prove it was safe for the game to return.London: Lord’s boss Tom Harrison has revealed the extent to which the ECB went as it feared for the very survival of cricket earlier this year.Harrison had forecast an eye-watering $700 million loss for the […]
Read MoreCovert Report World tennis No.1 Novak Djokovic has called for line judges to be replaced with technology after “a very awkward situation” when he hit a ball into a judge’s face for the second time in weeks.The 33-year-old Serb was knocked out of the US Open in September when he hit a line judge in […]
Read MoreCovert Report WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s brother, Tommy Fury, will return to action soon. He is eyeing a possible date in November for his upcoming fight.Although the date is still not final, Fury vows to confirm it shortly. While he is still fresh from his latest victory against Przemyslaw Binienda in 2019, Tommy Fury […]
Read MoreCovert Report Courtney Walsh has been named head coach of West Indies’ women’s team and, according to a Cricket West Indies statement “will lead the preparation and development of the women’s team at least up until the end of 2022.”Walsh, who is West Indies’ leading wicket-taker in Test cricket with 519 scalps, had worked with […]
Read MoreCovert Report Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey can order all the pizzas he wants for himself, and his teammates too. His dad probably isn’t going to be happy about it though.In a news conference after Humphrey signed a $98.75 million extension with the Ravens, making him the second-highest paid cornerback in the NFL, he said […]
Read MoreCovert Report Rafael Nadal is wearing the ‘most expensive watch ever worn on a tennis court’ at this year’s French Open.The world No2, 34, received a brand-new custom timepiece from his sponsors at luxury watchmakers Richard Mille worth a staggering £780,000.The watch, with “RAFA” embossed on the side, has a black case and face with […]
Read MoreFormer World No. 1 Maria Sharapova spoke about her diet and cooking skills in a recent interview with the Porsche.The five-time Grand Slam singles champion Sharapova, who is a Porsche Brand Ambassador, says: “What you put into your body is always going to be extremely important. There are many lessons I have taken away from […]
Read MoreLondon: James Anderson has entered a league of his own as he became the first fast bowler in the history of the game to take 600 wickets in Test cricket. The English pacer joined a trio of retired spinners – Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Australia’s Shane Warne (708) and India’s Anil Kumble (619) – […]
Read MoreLondon: After 12 years at the ECB, Andy Flower left the organisation in October 2019, and since then has become a familiar face in the world of franchise cricket.He has enjoyed early success, too: his Maratha Arabians side won the Abu Dhabi T10, he took St Lucia Zouks to the CPL final earlier in September, […]
Read MoreBrad Crawford Wrestling superstar Joe Laurinaitis, better known as Road Warrior Animal, has died at age 60, according to the WWE. The WWE Hall of Famer was part of ‘The Road Warriors’, who were known as The Legion of Doom. Laurinaitis helped win a pair of World Tag Team Titles and was later inducted into […]
Read MoreMumbai: Dean Jones, the former Australia batsman, died of a heart attack aged 59 on September 24.Jones was in Mumbai as part of the commentary team at Star Sports for IPL 2020 when he passed away. ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said: “We are extremely sad to hear of Dean’s sudden death and I would […]
Read MoreCovert Report Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis has advocated for the use of one brand of ball for Test cricket. Currently Dukes ball is used in England while Australia banks on Kookabura and SG has a big market in India. Waqar Younis has personally advocated for Dukes ball but wants the governing council to take […]
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