Australia’s players celebrate (AP Photo/Gary Day) Cricket Australia are facing the prospect of a major financial setback after the Ashes opener between Australia and England wrapped up in just two days at the Optus Stadium in Perth. With the match ending far earlier than expected, the board now stands to lose more than AUD 3…
Palash Muchhal and Smriti Mandhana at their mehendi ceremony (X) Smriti Mandhana, one of Indian cricket’s biggest icons and a recent World Cup champion, is set to tie the knot with music composer and filmmaker Palash Muchhal this Sunday. The pair will marry in an intimate afternoon ceremony in Sangli, Maharashtra, Mandhana’s hometown, bringing to…
Ferran Torres of FC Barcelona celebrates scoring his team’s fourth goal with teammate Lamine Yamal (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images) Barcelona marked its long-awaited return to Camp Nou with a commanding 4-0 win over a 10-man Athletic Bilbao, turning the night into a double celebration. Around 45,000 supporters filled the partially reopened stadium, which is…
India’s Parveen Hooda (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan) New Delhi: For Parveen Hooda, the road back to the ring was far lonelier than any bout she has ever fought. The young boxer had spent nearly two years on the outside — suspended after three whereabouts failures, grappling with the stigma, the self-doubt and the slow grind of…
Nottingham Forest’s Murillo, centre, celebrates (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson) Liverpool’s Premier League campaign continued its downward spiral on Saturday as the defending champions suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest. Meanwhile, Manchester City’s pursuit of Arsenal was stalled by a 2-1 loss at Newcastle. Liverpool’s sixth defeat of the season leaves them 11th in the…
England after losing the first Ashes cricket test match against Australia in Perth (Photo Credit: AP Photo/Gary Day) Former England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott has criticised the England team following their loss in the first Ashes Test match against Australia in Perth, which concluded in just two days.Boycott expressed his views in his column for The…
Salman Ali Agha and Suryakumar Yadav (X) The group allocations for next year’s T20 World Cup have handed India and Sri Lanka two very different opening challenges. While India have been placed in what looks like a relatively uncomplicated pool, co-hosts Sri Lanka find themselves in a far more demanding cluster.According to a Cricbuzz report,…
Rishabh Pant has been his usual chatty self behind the stumps in his first game as India’s Test captain. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) Rishabh Pant was at the centre of India’s effort on Day 1 of the second Test in Guwahati, not just as wicketkeeper but as the stand-in captain guiding the bowling attack through a…
Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root Joe Root had a disappointing performance in the first Ashes Test against Australia in Perth, scoring zero runs in the first innings and eight runs in the second innings.Mitchell Starc claimed Root’s wicket in both innings of the match.Root entered the Ashes 2025 series as England’s highest run-scorer and second-highest…
Pat Cummins takes part in a training session at Cricket Central. (Photo by Jason McCawley/Getty Images) Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins, sidelined with a lower back injury for four months, announced on Saturday he has a “half a chance” to return for the second Ashes Test against England in Brisbane on December 4, providing a…
