File photo of Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra© AFP Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem on Wednesday said he has declined Neeraj Chopra’s invitation to compete in the NC Classic javelin event in Bengaluru on May 24 as that will clash with his training schedule for the upcoming Asian Athletics Championships. Nadeem, however, said […]
The maiden edition of Neeraj Chopra Classic javelin throw event on May 24 has been shifted from Panchkula to Bengaluru due to inadequate lighting at the original venue for live telecast but the field will be teeming with stars as the likes of Anderson Peters and Thomas Rohler have confirmed their participation. Peters, […]
Representative Image© BCCI The BCCI on Friday rescheduled the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants from April 6 to April 8 owing to Ramanavami festivities. While the match will be played a couple of days later as against the original schedule, it will be held in Kolkata itself and […]
File photo of Harry Brook© AFP England cricket team batter Harry Brook has been banned from the Indian Premier League (IPL) for two years after opting out of IPL 2025 despite being picked by Delhi Capitals in the auction, according to a report by Indian Express. The report claimed that the Board of Control […]
Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali has come down heavily on the “terrible rules” favouring batters and leading to the “death” of the 50-over format with an increasing number of players opting to freelance in T20 leagues. Moeen has played 138 ODIs for England, scoring 2,355 runs besides taking 111 wickets. He has also […]
India’s run chase against England in the second ODI at Cuttack suffered an abrupt interruption, as one of the floodlights at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack switched off entirely. Chasing 305, India got off to a good start thanks to captain Rohit Sharma and vice-captain Shubman Gill. However, the sudden issue emerged during […]
Set to make his Pakistan comeback, opener Fakhar Zaman has revealed the reason behind his recent absence from the national set up. Fakhar, who last played for Pakistan during the T20 World Cup last year, seemingly landed himself in trouble after criticising the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for dropping Babar Azam from the […]
File image of Max Verstappen.© AFP Max Verstappen was hit with a five-place grid penalty on Friday for the Brazilian Grand Prix as his world title defence suffered another bump in the road. The Red Bull star was penalised for opting to take a new engine in his car. It is his sixth […]
File photo of Praveen Jayawickrama.© X (Twitter) Sri Lanka’s left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama has been banned from all forms of cricket for a year, of which “six months will be suspended,” as per the ICC. The ban was imposed on Jayawickrama after he admitted breaching the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code. Jayawickrama admitted to being […]