Kevin Durant has his doubts the new format will work. Kevin Durant joked that Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic “don’t care” about the NBA All-Star Game as he fielded questions about how hard his USA Stripes team would compete. Durant is part of an extremely experienced roster, one that he nicknamed “the old heads”, which…
Chennai, February 12th 2026: Eighth seed and former champion Sumit Nagal bowed out of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger Men’s International Tennis Championship 2026, currently underway at the SDAT Tennis Stadium, Nungambakkam, on Thursday. The India No. 1 won the first set against big-serving left-hander Petr Bar Biryukov, ranked No. 305 in the world. Nagal also…
Opener Abhishek Sharma was not part of the playing eleven for India’s second T20 World Cup 2026 Group-A match against Namibia in New Delhi on Thursday. The left-handed batter was replaced at the top of the order by Sanju Samson, who plays his first match across the last two World Cups. Abhishek has been suffering…
Sanju Samson was included in India’s playing eleven against Namibia during their T20 World Cup 2026 Group A match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. The Kerala batter replaced Abhishek Sharma in the team, who was ruled out due to a bout of illness. That Samson was going to take the…
Match Preview for Hull v Chelsea It will be an emotional occasion for Liam Rosenior when he goes back to Hull with Chelsea tomorrow night, although the Blues boss says he will take a strong side in the hope of knocking his former employers out of the FA Cup. Rosenior spent five years as a…
Fans turned up in large numbers at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday to cheer for Nepal. But in the end, it turned out to be a heartbreak for them as Italy assessed the conditions perfectly and pulled off a 10-wicket win to put its T20 World Cup campaign back on track. Coming on the back…
Mohammed Shami missing out on a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) central contract didn’t come as a surprise to the followers of Indian cricket. To be eligible for a central contract a player needs to play at least a game across any of the three formats of international cricket in the last…
NEW DELHI: More than 1,300 athletes have been removed from the Khelo India programme over the last three years due to performance issues and doping violations, Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.Responding to a question on the performance of athletes enrolled under the scheme, the minister said 1,342 athletes exited…
Italy claimed its first-ever win at the T20 World Cup, after it demolished Nepal by 10 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. After winning the toss, the Italian bowlers restricted the opposition to just 123 with a disciplined effort. Leg spinner Crishan Kalugamage was the pick of the bowlers with a three-wicket…
Captain Dasun Shanaka broke his own record for the fastest Twenty20 half-century for Sri Lanka as it crushed Oman by 105 runs at the T20 World Cup on Thursday. Shanaka’s 19-ball 50, along with Kusal Mendis’ 61 and Pavan Rathnayake’s 60, powered Sri Lanka to a tournament-best 225-5. Oman laboured to 120-9 in reply, with…
