Darwin: Former Australia vice-captain David Warner has played his first cricket match in Australia since his ball-tampering suspension, scoring 36 Saturday in a one-day match in Darwin’s limited overs Strike League. Warner played for the City Cyclones in the 50 overs match against the Northern Tide at the Marrara CricketRead More

London: Wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow says England will look to carry forward the momentum of their come-from-behind ODI series triumph against India into the Test arena. The 28-year-old said: “There’s an overlap of players between the Test and the one-dayers so coming off the back of a series win is goingRead More

New Delhi: Wriddhiman Saha will undergo a surgery on his shoulder in Manchester at the end of July or beginning of August, the BCCI confirmed on Saturday amid speculations that the Test wicketkeeper’s problem was compounded by a “bungled” rehabilitation programme at the NCA. “Wriddhiman Saha has sustained a posterosuperiorRead More

Lahore: Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad, who was recently tested positive for a drug test, has decided not to appeal against the dope test result, reported Dawn.com. The conclusion was drawn after the 26-year-old did not request the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to test the sample ‘B’ while the deadline forRead More

Mumbai: India all-rounder Kedar Jadhav, who underwent a surgery after suffering a hamstring injury during the IPL, on Friday said he would start playing in another two to three weeks time. Playing for Chennai Super Kings, Jadhav got injured in the opening game of this year’s IPL against Mumbai IndiansRead More

Melbourne: Australian pacer Pat Cummins on Thursday sought to clarify his widely-publicised bold prediction on Virat Kohli, saying it was more wishful thinking than him targeting the Indian run-machine. During an interview in Sydney recently, Cummins was quoted as saying: “My brave, bold prediction; I’d say I think Virat KohliRead More

Madrid: Real Madrid President Florentino Perez has vowed that his club will make a splash in this summer’s transfer market. European champions Real have had a tempestuous close season with Zinedine Zidane stepping down as coach in May days after his team won the Champions League for the third yearRead More

Los Angeles: Jose Mourinho is confident that the euphoria of lifting the World Cup will provide a boost to Paul Pogba’s club career at Manchester United. Pogba was the subject of criticism from some quarters for his United performances last season and found himself relegated to the bench at timesRead More

Mumbai: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come under heavy criticism lately mainly due to his poor batting form. Despite Team India emphatically winning the opener against England in the ODI series, the visitors were outplayed by Eoin Morgan and team to lose the series by 2-1. With the Men in Blue’sRead More

New Delhi: India have jumped a rung to fifth position in the men’s hockey world rankings issued by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Tuesday. India has made the jump by virtue of its second consecutive runner-up finish at the Champions Trophy in Breda, Netherlands earlier this month. Champions TrophyRead More