Shiv Kapur, enjoying good results of late, added another feather to his cap by earning a ticket to his third British Open after winning the Qualifying event. Kapur, who will be the lone Indian at this year’s Open Championship, earned his berth at the year’s third Major after shooting scores of 71 and 65 that gave him first place at […]
» Read moreChris Gayle has returned to the Windies side for the one-off Twenty20 International against India, set to be played at Sabina Park in Kingston on July 9. The Jamaican opener last played for the national side in April 2016, when the side beat England to lift their second World T20 title. Gayle is the highest run-scorer for Windies in the […]
» Read moreIndia’s leading cueist Pankaj Advani teamed up with Laxman Rawat to demolish Pakistan in the final of the Asian Team Snooker Championship on Wednesday. Advani drew first blood by putting on a sterling performance against Mohammad Bilal. After the Pakistani scored the first solitary point and benefited from a foul from Advani, the Indian bounced back to piece together a […]
» Read moreRavi Shastri on Monday formally applied for the position of Indian cricket team’s head coach, making him a front-runner for the high-profile job. A senior BCCI official confirmed to PTI that Shastri has submitted his application ahead of the July 9 deadline. The interviews will be conducted the following day by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Sourav Ganguly, VVS […]
» Read moreThe outgoing chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan has invited the ICC chairman Shashank Manohar to visit Lahore next month. Khan confirmed today that he had spoken to Manohar during the ICC meetings in London last month and extended an invitation to him. “Manohar said he will look into the invitation and try to make it. But […]
» Read moreChennaiyin FC today appointed former Aston Villa manager John Gregory as their head coach, replacing Italian Marco Materazzi. The 63-year-old Gregory has over four decades of experience as a player and coach with six appearances as ‘full international’ for the England national team. His coaching career started at Portsmouth and then he had spells at Plymouth Argyle and Wycombe Wanderers […]
» Read more