The lack of quality First-Class cricket in the Caribbean has impacted the Test team negatively and West Indies skipper Roston Chase wants the current bunch of players to get a longer run so that they can learn on the job. Chase, the only man in the current squad with experience of 50-plus Tests (54), believes…
Israel’s gymnasts will not be able to compete at the upcoming world championships in Indonesia after the sport’s highest court on Tuesday rejected requests from the Israeli federation (IGF) to “guarantee the participation” of its team. Indonesian authorities denied Israeli gymnasts entry visas for the championships later this month, before the IGF demanded the Court…
India head coach Gautam Gambhir expressed his displeasure with the Delhi pitch and its lack of assistance for the pacers during the second Test against West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. “We all thought we could have had a better wicket. Yes, we got a result on day five, but I think the nicks…
Kolkata-based powerhouse East Bengal will look to sail into the final as it faces Namdhari FC in their group stage match of the IFA Shield on Tuesday. Both sides come into the match with commanding wins, with East Bengal and Namdhari beating Sreenidi Deccan 4-0 and 3-0, respectively. While East Bengal is the most successful…
India Test captain Shubman Gill on Tuesday said he does not hesitate in taking “bold decisions” to extract the best out of his players as he gets used to the high-pressure role. Gill’s first Test assignment as leader was the marquee five-match away series against England that ended in a 2-2 draw, before he led…
Sri Lanka and New Zealand face off against each other in a Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 league stage fixture on Tuesday at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. While the Lankans remain winless — although having one point after having their match against Australia washed out — the White Ferns notched up their first…
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the third day of the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa, being held at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Toss and Playing XIs Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat. South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis,…
Around the halfway mark of a tense first game during his BWF World Junior Championships debut at the National Centre of Excellence on Monday, a nervous Simon Rasmussen seeked reassurance from his father. A bespectacled 51-year-old man, wearing a navy-blue t-shirt and burgundy shorts, cheered him on from the stands — Peter Rasmussen, the 1997…
South Africa beat Bangladesh by three wickets on Monday at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam to leapfrog India in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 standings and sit in third place. Bangladesh, on the other hand, slipped to sixth after suffering three consecutive defeats. Here are the major talking points from the Bangladesh vs South…
Playing at home should bring comfort, but for Sri Lanka, it also brings expectation. The team has shown heart, but execution has lagged, which was particularly observed in the field against England in the previous match. Sri Lanka’s head coach, Rumesh Ratnayake, admitted that while effort hasn’t been lacking, carrying it through remains a…