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Novak Djokovic pulled out of his match against Alex Zverev after losing the first set 7-6(5) on Friday which allowed the German to advance to his first Australian Open final.  The Serb heavily taped his upper left leg again due to an injury he sustained during the quarter-finals.  Zverev advances to face the victor between Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton in Sunday's final match while pursuing his debut Grand Slam title.  Djokovic still needs a record 25th major title after his semi-final defeat

With their five-wicket triumph over Gulf Giants at Dubai International Stadium on Thursday, Dubai Capitals advanced to third place in ILT20 Season 3.  The Capitals chose to bowl first and managed to hold the Giants to a 153/5 total in 20 overs although Jordan Cox scored 70 runs off 53 balls.  The Capitals struggled at 4-77 after 12.2 overs due to the exceptional bowling of UAE spinner Aayan Afzal Khan who recorded figures of 4-0-23-2.  Shai Hope led the Capitals with his top

After Manchester City lost 4-2 to Paris St Germain in Champions League action Pep Guardiola acknowledged his team was thoroughly beaten and their chances of advancing out of the group stage now appear slim.  On Wednesday Guardiola's team let a two-goal advantage fade after PSG scored four goals in the second half. The match left City in 26th place on the standings table and prevented them from qualifying for the playoffs.  The team needs to defeat Club Brugge at home in their final

After returning to winning form at ILT20 Season 3 the Desert Vipers dominated the Sharjah Warriorz match to win by ten wickets at Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday.  Through Fakhar Zaman's 71 runs without loss and Mohammad Amir's four wickets the Desert Vipers secured their top league position with a dominant 10-wicket victory.  With 91 runs all out on the board Desert Vipers raced through their chase when Alex Hales (23 not out from 21 balls) smashed boundaries at the start of their

Opener Abhishek Sharma's 34-ball 79 and his teammate's strong bowling performance helped India win against England in the first T20 match.  Spinner Varun Chakravarthy and fast bowler Arshdeep Singh split five wickets as India ended England's innings at 132 when the hosts chose to bat first.  After losing two of his partners Sharma continued his strong performance and hit eight sixes plus five fours during his 20-ball fifty to lead India to a 12.5-over victory and take a 1-0 series lead in five

Before their match against Jammu and Kashmir Team India captain Rohit Sharma and young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal trained with Mumbai Ranji Trophy players at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in BKC.  Mumbai holds the third spot in Group A after Baroda and Jammu & Kashmir because they face off against them on Thursday.  Mumbai added India captain Rohit Sharma to their team at BKC because Ajinkya Rahane leads them in this game. Yashasvi Jaiswal joins Rohit Sharma on the playing field since he

On Wednesday at Melbourne Park Iga Swiatek won her second Australian Open semifinal with a dominant 6-1 6-2 victory over Emma Navarro.  The match turned controversial when Swiatek got lucky with her drop shot pick-up in the fifth game of the second set because it appeared to bounce twice before she could grasp it.  The final points of Swiatek's victory under the sun at Rod Laver Arena led to an American matchup with Madison Keys who defeated Elina Svitolina 3-6 6-3 6-4 before

The Indian Physical Disability Cricket Team added another feather in its cap on Sunday with a thumping 79-run win over England in the final to win the PD Champions Trophy 2025 at the FTZ Cricket Grounds, Katunayake. India won the toss and batted first, scoring 197/4 in 20 overs and bowling England out for 118. In a tweet shared by the official handle of the Differently Abled Cricket Council of India: "A Momentous Victory!! India won the PD Champions Trophy 2025 after thumping the England side

On December 12 Vilius Pakalniskis sat down on the sandy beach in Jeddah after running 2,100km in 30 days.  When he sat back and took a breath the full impact of his achievement to run alone from Dubai to Jeddah in one month made him tear up.  All Pakalniskis wanted to rest by drinking water at that moment.  He sat on the beach unable to open his water bottle because he felt so tired. Pakalniskis sat crying on the beach because he couldn't

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca was pleased his side went back to winning ways with a 3-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday after his players restored the lead following a late second-half equaliser.  Second half goals by Marc Cucurella and Noni Madueke kept Chelsea in touch after Tosin Adarabioyo’s opener for the visitors was cancelled out by Matt Doherty’s own.  After two last-two games – one each with three-goal deficits blown – Maresca hailed his side’s reaction to secure the home win that

Dubai: The whole world’s eyes are on UAE as Asian Superpowers India and Pakistan are due to square off in the Champions Trophy in Dubai on 23 February.  But the only question everyone still wants to ask, yet no one has, is where to get tickets to see these guys go head-to-head in the biggest fight of the year.  Ticketing uncertainty for Dubai matches   Pakistan is staging the Champions Trophy on a hybrid system as the Indian government didn’t allow their national team

In another rain-affected low-scoring thriller where neither side could touch 70, debutants Nigeria captured the improbable by two runs in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (January 20, 2025), stunning a playing nations powerhouse of Women's cricket in New Zealand to claim their first ever points at ICC level. After an opening loss where Nigeria batted first to make 65-6, Nigeria fielded impressively to disrupt New Zealand's score chase. In the 13-over contest, the Kiwis were 57-5, needing nine runs with one over to go. But pacer Lilian

Sajid Khan and Abrar Ahmed paced Pakistan with their spin bowling, who dismissed West Indies for 123 to win the first test at Multan by 127 runs on day three while spinners ruled the land.  It was the shortest played men’s test in Pakistan which lost 40 wickets from 1064 balls.  Bowlers occupied 16 wickets on Sunday as seven wickets by Jomel Warrican held Pakistan's second innings to 157, and West Indies were all out for 251 at a time when the turgid

India will pick its teams for the ODI series against England and ICC Champions Trophy on Saturday, said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday.  Skipper Rohit Sharma and men’s selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar will be present at the press event which is being held at 12.30pm IST (11am UAE time).  "The Men’s Selection Committee will announce the Indian team for IDFC First Bank ODI series against England and the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, tomorrow in Mumbai. Selection

Wearing the blue shirt and green stripe of his country on court, the 21-year-old Spaniard has been quietly yet assertively going about his business through the first week at Melbourne as, meanwhile, seeds have fallen to teenagers, Jannik Sinner has advanced his title defence and Novak Djokovic his pursuit of a 25th major crown. Third seed Carlos Alcaraz lost his first set of the tournament but nevertheless safely made it through to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3

WPL 2025 will begin on 14 February. The third season of the Women Premier League (WPL) will start on 14th February 2025. Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face Gujarat Giants in Vadodara in the tournament opener. There will be a total of 22 matches played over 29 days in the WPL 2025. An eliminator and a final will follow the 20 league games. The tournament's knockout stage will commence on 13 February. In all, five teams — Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and UP Warriorz

Iga Swiatek raced into the third round at the Australian Open on a hot and sunny Thursday before the fellow Grand Slam winner Emma Raducanu set up an intriguing match against the second seed with a convincing win.  Swiatek’s Polish colleague Hubert Hurkacz had his days, though, with the 18th seed losing in straight sets to Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic while Ons Jabeur progressed with a clear illness.  Back-to-back champion Jannik Sinner will open the evening session after that, while fellow Italians Jasmine Paolini

The Abu Dhabi Knight Riders had claimed their debut ILT20 Season 3 victory as they got rid of Sharjah Warriorz by 30 runs in the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.  Jason Holder got four wickets for just 23 runs and David Willey returned with three wickets for 19 runs to keep them at 159/5.  Batting first, and unbroken 50 runs partnership in the final overs between Andre Russell and Laurie Evans helped the Knight Riders register 159/5 as Kyle Mayers put on

Anrich Nortje – fast bowler – is out of Champions Trophy due to a back injury on Tuesday.  The 31-year-old's latest injury blow came from Cricket South Africa a day after he was named in his nation's 15-man team for the tournament in Pakistan next month.  Nortje, the former fastest bowler in international cricket, was scanned on Monday, CSA says in a statement, "and the extent of the injury was discovered".  The sentence did not say what the injury was.  Nortje, who has

Desert Vipers defeated Gulf Giants by six wickets in a low scoring encounter for the second time in succession to win the ILT20 in Dubai International Stadium on Tuesday.  An unrepaired knock of 42 from all-rounder Sam Curran orchestrated a straightforward run chase for the Desert Vipers. He was supported by Sherfane Rutherford who added 40 runs in 18 balls to retire the Vipers in 17.4 overs.  It was the Vipers’ pacers who took control of the first innings with captain Lockie Ferguson