Thursday, 28 Nov, 2024

Sports

Lisa Sthalekar now Federation of Int'l Cricketers' Association president

Former Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar was appointed as the president of the Federation of International Cricketers' Association (FICA) at the FICA Executive Committee meeting held in Nyon, Switzerland this week. Sthalekar is the first woman president of FICA as she joins the

Rugby League bans transgender athletes in women's sport

Rugby League has banned transgender players from women's international matches while it does further research on its inclusion policy. The sport's governing body said it wanted to "balance the individual's right to participate... against perceived risk to other

Bangladesh Must Explore Diamond In Ashes 

The thought-provoking West Indies Bangladesh test match at Sir IVA Richards stadium, Antigua culminated to its logical conclusion. The home team continued its dominance over drowning Bangladesh to the bottom of test ranking.  West Indies required only 7 overs on day four knocking

Trans swimmers banned from women's elite event

Fina, swimming's world governing body, has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. Fina will also aim to establish an 'open' category at competitions for swimmers whose

US Open 2022: Matt Fitzpatrick wins first major 

US Open Championship final leaderboard -6 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -5 W Zalatoris (US), S Scheffler (US); -3 H Matsuyama (Jpn); -2 C Morikawa (US). R McIlroy (NI) Selected others: +1 J Rahm (Spa); +2 X Schauffele (US); +4 D Johnson (US); +7 J Thomas (US), J Rose (Eng), J Spieth (US); +12 B

Liverpool sign Aberdeen defender Calvin for 4.2m

Liverpool have completed the signing of 18-year-old Scottish right-back Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen on a five-year deal for an initial £4.2m. The deal for the Scotland Under-21 player also includes £2.5m of potential add-ons and a 17.5% sell-on clause. There are no plans

Half of players at Euros and Afcon received abuse 

World governing body Fifa has teamed up with players' union Fifpro to try to identify people who target players with abusive social media posts. A report tracked 400,000 social media posts during the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 and this year's Africa Cup of Nations.

Finally tigers showed their teeth

West Indies VS Bangladesh Test Series  1st Test Played at Sir IVA Richards Ground North Sound Antigua, 16-20 June 2022   Brief Scorecard at stumps day three  Bangladesh 1st Innings 103 All Out in 32.5 Overs (Shakib Al Hasan 51, Tamim Iqbal 29, Litton K Das 12, Jayden

Nadal plans to play Wimbledon after foot treatment 

Rafael Nadal says he intends to play Wimbledon after having treatment for his chronic foot problem. The 22-time Grand Slam champion had said he would not keep playing if he continued to need anaesthetic injections in his left foot. However, the Spaniard had treatment last week to

Mane to join Bayern Munich in deal worth up to £35m

Liverpool have agreed a 41m euro (£35.1m) deal to sell Sadio Mane to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. The Reds will get a fixed 32m euros (£27.4m) with an additional 6m euros based on appearances and 3m euros based on individual and team achievements. Liverpool turned

Bangladesh Has Back To The Wall 

West Indies VS Bangladesh Test Series  1st Test Played at Sir IVA Richards Ground North Sound Antigua, 16-20 June 2022  Brief Scorecard at stumps day two  Bangladesh 1st Innings 103 All Out in 32.5 Overs (Shakib Al Hasan 51, Tamim Iqbal 29, Litton K Das 12, Jayden Seales

FIFA vows ‘invasion’ as 2026 World Cup venues revealed

FIFA President Gianni Infantino warned Canada, Mexico and the US to arrange for a soccer “invasion” on Thursday because the host cities for the 2026 World Cup had been revealed. The primary ever World Cup co-hosted by three completely different international locations may

Toothless Tigers Swept Away By Caribbean Typhoon

Padma Bridge Test Series  West Indies VS Bangladesh  1st Test Played at Sir IVA Richards Ground North Sound Antigua, 16-20 June 2022  Bangladesh 1st Innings 103 All Out in 32.5 Overs (Shakib Al Hasan 51, Tamim Iqbal 29, Liton K Das 12, Jayden Seales 3/33, Alzarri Josef

Bangladesh facing Wes Indies bowlers in 1st Test 

Bangladesh batsmen are facing bowlers of West Indies in the first Test today at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.  West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite earlier invited Bangladesh to bat first after winning the toss in the match.  With the match, Shakib Al Hasan has

Bangladesh has opportunity for improving Test record

Whatever may have been in the history, whatever be the recent dwindling form of Bengal tigers in test cricket the two matches series against West Indies starting provides offers a unique opportunity for rewriting a few pages. Bangladesh stands an even chance of proving equal to their

Germany crush Italy 5-2 in UEFA Nations League 

Germany became the first team to score five goals in a game against Italy since 1957 in a Nations League demolition in Monchengladbach. Hansi Flick's side led 5-0 after 69 minutes through Joshua Kimmich, Ilkay Gundogan's penalty, Thomas Muller and a quick-fire Timo Werner

England won playing majestically 

England VS New Zealand Test Series  2nd Test Played at Nottingham from 10-14 June 2022  Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day Four  New Zealand 1st Innings 553 All Out in 145.3 Overs (Daryl Mitchell 190, Tom Blundell 106, Micheal Bracewell 49, Will Young 47, Devon Conway 46,

IPL Media Rights deal fetches $6.2b crore revenue

The BCCI on Tuesday reaffirmed its status as a cricketing behemoth by securing one of the biggest broadcast deals in the history of the sport, fetching an eye-popping 48,390 crore ($6.20 billion) through IPL media rights for a five-year period, starting 2023. While Disney Star retained

Mukesh Ambani bags IPL cricket digital rights for $2.6 bn

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s media venture won the digital streaming rights to the Indian Premier League, outbidding giants from Walt Disney Co. to Sony Group Corp., according to a person familiar with the matter. Online rights to the popular annual cricket tournament were awarded

Nottingham Test Delicately Poised

England VS New Zealand Test Series  2nd Test Played at Nottingham from 10-14 June 2022  Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day Four  New Zealand 1st Innings 553 All Out in 145.3 Overs (Daryl Mitchell 190, Tom Blundell 106, Micheal Bracewell 49, Will Young 47, Devon Conway 46,