Thilan Samaraweera, former Sri Lankan cricketer, has been appointed as Australia’s consultant coach ahead of the team’s tour of Sri Lanka, scheduled in July. Samaraweera, who has featured in 81 Tests and 53 One-Day Internationals for his country in a 15-year-long career, has been signed up primarily to work with the next generation of cricketers at the National Performance Squad. […]
» Read moreIndia Hockey team player celebrate a goal during the match. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) India managed to hold back minnows Ireland 2-1 in the second match of the Six Nation Hockey Tournament here on Tuesday. After a below-par show in the opening game against Olympic gold medallists Germany, India put on a fight through efforts from forward Talwinder Singh and skipper […]
» Read moreThe historic Green Park stadium in Kanpur will host the first Test between India and New Zealand from September 22, beginning a 13-Test 2016-17 home season of cricket for India, which also includes visits by England, Australia and Bangladesh. New Zealand’s three-match series will then move to new-Test venue Indore for the second game before rounding off the Test series […]
» Read moreIceland pulled off one of the biggest shocks in European Championship history by beating England 2-1 in the round of 16 on Monday, continuing the astonishing run of the smallest nation at the tournament. England slumped to its most embarrassing loss in a generation after taking the lead in the fourth minute through Wayne Rooney’s penalty. Ragnar Sigurdsson and Kolbeinn […]
» Read moreLionel Messi arrived back in Argentina on Monday and avoided commenting on his abrupt resignation from the national team after losing the Copa America final to Chile. Dozens of emotional fans wearing the white and sky-blue striped jerseys of the national team, adorned with Messi’s number 10, waited in the rain for the team to arrive back from the tournament […]
» Read moreFor the first time since 2010, England will travel to Bangladesh for a short series, including two Tests and three One-Day Internationals in October. The series will kick-start with a warm-up tie in Fatullah on October 4, followed by the three ODIs and Tests. The tentative schedule of the series is as follows: October 4: Warm-up one-dayer in Fatullah October […]
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