Ground staff covers the pitch as rain stops play during an ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade) The ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 has entered its most nerve-racking stage — the knockouts. While teams are gearing up for the high-stakes semi-finals, there’s another challenge looming large: the weather. Both Guwahati and Navi…
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were today shortlisted for inclusion in the FIFPro Men’s World 11 – but there was no place for Vinicius Jr. Neither Messi nor Ronaldo made the 30-man list of nominees for the 2025 Ballon d’Or – the second year in succession that happened – but they have been given more…
The Nagaland dugout was buzzing with anticipation as one of its batters approached a significant personal milestone. On 99, in the 113th over of the innings, Imliwati Lemtur played the first three deliveries straight to the fielders, adding to the tension. Finally, on the fourth ball, he executed a delicate flick towards fine leg that raced…
Babar Azam (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images/Getty Images) Pakistan’s head coach Mike Hesson has announced that Babar Azam will return to T20I cricket batting at number three position in the upcoming three-match series against South Africa. This marks Babar’s first appearance in the format since December 2024.The announcement came during a media interaction at the…
Arjun Tendulkar (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Shivamogga: The sun barely made an appearance here on Monday, but cloudy skies suited Karnataka’s bowlers just fine as their four-pronged pace attack breathed fire in the first two sessions of play. However, try as they might, that attack couldn’t breach the defences of Arjun Tendulkar (43 batting)…
The Cleveland Browns fell back to earth in Week 8. Getting past Drake Maye and the red-hot New England Patriots on the road was a big challenge, and trying to do so with a limited offense made it almost impossible. That’s why, after the loss, analyst Tony Rizzo believes it’s time to replace starting…
Musheer Khan & Ajinkya Rahane (X) Mumbai: While veterans pulled Mumbai out of trouble on the first two days, the youngsters led the way on Day Three as Mumbai reduced Chhattisgarh to 176/6, still trailing by 241, in their Elite Group D Ranji Trophy match at the MCA Ground on Monday. The match was delayed…
A turbulent fortnight has left Liverpool in unfamiliar territory. Arne Slot’s side have stumbled into an alarming run of defeats that leave the champions at serious risk of falling out of contention. After successive losses to Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Manchester United and Brentford, the Dutchman is already under pressure. The defending champions sit seven points…
Shafali Verma has been named as a replacement in the India squad in place of in-form opener Pratika Rawal for the knockout stage of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 has approved Shafali as a replacement for Pratika the India squad. Pratika sustained…
The feeling at the final whistle for the Blaugrana faithful was that of absolute dejection and disappointment after Barcelona were outclassed in every aspect of their 2-1 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu, writes Omar Hawwash, journalist and CEO of the Barça-focused news outlet Blaugranagram. In the last four head-to-head matches between the two La Liga giants,…
