Left-arm spinner P. Vidyuth is currently the second-highest wicket-taker in the Buchi Babu Tournament so far, taking 23 wickets from six innings at an average of 11.13 for TNCA President’s XI. Speaking about his impressive campaign on Wednesday, he said, “Last year, I played only one game (his debut in Buchi Babu) against Haryana. I…
Kamindu Mendis’ hard-hitting dragged Sri Lanka over the line as it beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in the first of the three-match T20I series, which was played at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday. Zimbabwe posted 175 for seven in 20 overs, thanks mainly to 81 runs from opener Brian Bennett, and Sri Lanka reached 177…
Bangladesh won the three-match T20I series against the Netherlands 2-0 after rain forced the final match to be abandoned on Wednesday. Skipper Litton Das hammered 73 off 46 balls to guide Bangladesh to 164-4 in 18.2 overs when rain interrupted play for the second and final time in Sylhet. Bangladesh, which made five changes to…
“Stay hungry, stay foolish,” Steve Jobs had famously uttered in his Stanford University commencement speech in 2005. Tamil Nadu’s teen batter Andre Siddarth, 19, emphasised the first part of the phrase, speaking to Sportstar at the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) High Performance Centre on Tuesday. “You need to be hungry. I can’t be satisfied. For…
Barcelona defender Alejandro Balde may miss the club’s first UEFA Champions League2025-26 game at Newcastle after he suffered a hamstring injury on Wednesday. The left-back was hurt during training and Spanish reports estimate he could miss between three to four weeks. “Balde suffered a slight injury to his left hamstring during today’s training session. His…
Athletic Bilbao was blocked from signing defender Aymeric Laporte by world football governing body FIFA, the Spanish club said on Wednesday. The Basque side said it tried to sign him on September 1 from Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr, but it could not be completed for “external factors beyond (Athletic’s) control”, with Spanish media saying the…
Puneri Paltan catapulted itself to the top of the Pro Kabaddi League table with a win over Bengal Warriorz before Haryana Steelers got its first win of the season with a tense tiebreak victory over U Mumba at the Viswanadh Sports Club at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Aditya Shinde, Aslam Inamdar star as Puneri Paltan continue…
Belgium has selected Youri Tielemans as its captain, with coach Rudi Garcia opting for the Aston Villa midfielder over several more experienced players in the squad. Following Garcia’s appointment earlier this year, he rotated the captaincy as he said he was searching for the right leader for the squad, but on Wednesday announced the 28-year-old…
India’s Mandeep Singh celebrates after scoring the second goal against Korea during the Asia Cup. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV India’s Mandeep Singh celebrates after scoring the second goal against Korea during the Asia Cup. | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV Source link
FIFA has fined six national federations, including defending champion Argentina, for racist abuse by fans at World Cup qualifiers in June. The six nations charged with “discrimination and racist abuse” were Albania, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, according to the sanctions list published by FIFA from its disciplinary committee. It did not provide details…