Wicket-keeper batsman Sarfraz Ahmed was on Tuesday named captain of Pakistan’s Twenty20 team, replacing Shahid Afridi who resigned from the position after the side’s dismal World Twenty20 campaign. “PCB is pleased to announce appointment of Sarfraz Ahmed as captain of Pakistan T20 team. Sarfraz was appointed vice captain of ODI and T20 teams last year. He takes over the captaincy […]
» Read moreAll rounder Shahid Afridi, on Sunday (April 3), stepped down as captain of Pakistan’s Twenty20 International side. In a statement released from his personal Twitter handle, the 35-year-old, who took over the reins of the side from Mohammad Hafeez in 2014, also stated that he was not retiring from the abridged format of the game and that he intends to […]
» Read moreTwo-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka captured her third WTA Miami Open title on Sunday by defeating two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-2 in the final. Azarenka, who also took the trophy in 2009 and 2011, won her 20th career title and third of the year after Brisbane in January and two weeks ago at Indian Wells, where […]
» Read moreThe Indian cricket board’s advisory committee, comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, has approached batting legend Rahul Dravid – in charge of India A and India U 19 squads for almost a year now – to enquire whether he would be interested in taking over as chief coach of the senior team. The ever-dependable former No. 3 batsman, […]
» Read moreSixteen-year-old Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia capped a dominant debut season by winning a world championship with a record-setting free skate score. Medvedeva earned 150.10 points on Saturday to break Yuna Kim’s record from the 2010 Olympics. She moved up from third after the short program to first to add to her Grand Prix Final and European titles. Told she had […]
» Read moreThe Indian women’s hockey team went down 0-1 to New Zealand in the opening match of the Hawke’s Bay Cup, where forward Poonam Rani achieved the distinction of playing 150 games for the country. India walked away from the first quarter with a clean sheet courtesy a smart save from goalkeeper Savita off a penalty stroke. But New Zealand took […]
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