Birmingham Yet again Mahendra Singh Dhoni, possibly India’s greatest ODI captain, undoubtedly India’s greatest ever finisher, was booed by a house full of Indians at this World Cup, this time at the Edgbaston ground. When Kedar Jadhav joined Dhoni in the middle yesterday, one thing was almost absolutely certain —Read More

London Pop star Rihanna supported West Indies at the ongoing cricket World Cup and met star player Chris Gayle post the match. Rihanna was present at West Indies’ group stage match against Sri Lanka, which the men in maroon lost by 23 runs on Monday. The official Twitter handle ofRead More

Birmingham Indian opener Rohit Sharma on Tuesday surpassed David Warner to become the leading run-getter in the ongoing World Cup after scoring his fourth hundred of the tournament. With his 26th ODI hundred that came against Bangladesh, Rohit equalled Kumar Sangakkara’s record of scoring most tons in a World CupRead More

Birmingham Young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant’s inclusion over Vijay Shankar in the playing XI in Sunday’s World Cup clash against England left everyone surprised. At Edgbaston, the 21-year-old was sent at the much talked-about position in the Indian batting line-up: The number four spot during the chase of 338. He cameRead More

Chandigarh The Indian cricket team will be seen in a new avatar when they face England in the much-anticipated World Cup clash at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. After the Board of Control for Cricket in India revealed the Indian cricket team’s orange jersey on Friday, several Indian playersRead More

RIO DE JANEIRO Argentina can look forward to a mouthwatering Copa America semifinal clash with Brazil after delivering a much-improved display to beat Venezuela 2-0 in the quarterfinals in their first game at the Maracana since losing the 2014 World Cup final. Striker Lautaro Martinez scored for the second gameRead More

LE HAVRE (France): England marched into the women’s World Cup semifinals with an impressive 3-0 victory over Norway. Ellen White scored her fifth goal of the competition in between Jill Scott’s opener and a Lucy Bronze screamer from the edge of the area. “We know we are one game awayRead More

Leeds Enigmatic Pakistan will hope to continue their resurgent run while keeping complacency at bay when they play Afghanistan here tomorrow. Staring at possible league stage elimination after three defeats and a washout, Pakistan staged a remarkable comeback with wins over South Africa and New Zealand to keep their hopesRead More

So, history repeated itself in England, 36 years after the epochal summer of 1983, almost to the day. India bowled West Indies out for 143 today — it was 140/10 on June 25, 1983; India won by 125 runs today, it was only 43 runs 36 years ago. It wasRead More

Chester-le-Street Playing for pride, South Africa dished out a fine bowling effort to bowl out Sri Lanka for a modest 203 in their eight and penultimate league match of the World Cup, here on Friday. Opting to bowl, the Proteas picked up wickets at regular intervals after the first 10Read More