Ranji Trophy struggler Chandigarh took a big step towards securing its first win of the season as Kerala, after conceding a huge lead of 277 runs, slumped to 21 for two at Stumps on the second day of the Elite Group B match at the KCA stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. The half-an-hour of Kerala’s…
Liam Rosenior has rubbished suggestions Cole Palmer wants out of Chelsea and is missing Manchester. Palmer moved to the West London club in 2023 after becoming frustrated with a lack of opportunity at Manchester City and has been linked with an improbably move back to the North West with Manchester United. Rosenior said: “I spoke…
India all-rounder Axar Patel was ruled out of the second T20I against New Zealand in Raipur on Friday after not recovering from a finger injury that he suffered in the previous match. Attempting to catch a shot from Daryl Mitchell off his own bowling in the innings’ 16th over, Axar threw his left hand at…
Manchester United have signed “okay” players in recent years but should have gone all out for Declan Rice and Harry Kane, according to former Old Trafford hero Teddy Sheringham. Sheringham, who scored the equaliser in United’s remarkable Champions League triumph against Bayern Munich in 1999, is saddened by his former club’s inability to compete at…
Rajeev Ram and Matt Ebden’s Australian Open campaign came to an end in the Round of 32, falling 3-6, 3-6 to Dutch duo Tallon Griekspoor and Botic van de Zandschulp. The American-Australian pair had fought hard to reach this stage, rallying from a set down in the opening round to defeat Chinese pair Juncheng Shang…
Australia was dealt an injury ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026 as pacer Nathan Ellis suffered a hamstring injury during the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL). The Hobart Hurricanes skipper was ruled out of his team’s BBL Challenger match against Sydney Sixers on Friday, which the side eventually lost by 57 runs. Ellis was…
Atharva Ankolekar will be sidelined for around four to six weeks after he tore his meniscus during the Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. The 25-year-old, who was fielding at long on, picked up the injury when he slid to save a boundary. He…
It has been a miserable week for Manchester City but Pep Guardiola came out fighting this lunchtime, describing his team as “extraordinary”. City have suffered two sobering defeats in the past seven days, going down 2-0 at Manchester United in a derby mauling that could have been much more emphatic, before a surprisingly limp 3-1…
Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was not named in India’s playing eleven for the second T20I against New Zealand at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur on Friday. The 32-year-old pacer was replaced in the starting line-up by Harshit Rana, with Kuldeep Yadav also coming in for the injured Axar Patel. Skipper Suryakumar…
Vidarbha tightened its grip on the Ranji Trophy Group ‘A’ fixture against Andhra after a frenetic second day at the Anantapur Cricket Ground, where wickets fell at regular intervals, leaving the host under pressure heading into day three. The visitor lost its remaining three wickets inside the first nine overs of the morning to be…
