simranpreet Kaur

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

Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said on Tuesday that Salah should agree a new contract to stay at Anfield past the end of this season.  "I hope he stays.  He is an excellent footballer, an excellent human being, an excellent sportsman, the best representative your nation could have. So I want him to stay at Liverpool.' Klopp answered a question on Salah from an Egyptian journalist at a press conference in Austria.  Klopp was unveiled as Red Bull’s global soccer chief, in which

Daryl Mitchell of New Zealand is first pick in the HBL PSL 2025 player Draft after the reigning champions Lahore Qalandars brought him into their ranks at Huzoori Bagh in Lahore Fort on Monday afternoon. Mitchell who has made 70 T20Is will start for HBL PSL this year.  Karachi Kings pouched Left Hander David Warner using the 2nd pick in the Platinum round. Warner, who is already a big-time player as he has 12,727 T20 runs in 392 T20 matches, will also be

MI Emirates had the best of the seasons with their first DP World ILT20 win, courtesy half-centuries by Tom Banton and Nicholas Pooran in their 26-run victory over Dubai Capitals at the Zayed Cricket Stadium on Monday.  Shai Hope was the hero of the evening with his brilliant century — 101 runs off 59 balls — but it was nothing and the Dubai Capitals got defeated by the MI Emirates for the first time in the tournament.  A bowl by Fazalhaq Farooqi who

This weekend in England we had the typical FA Cup round where smaller teams tried to upset big names and where, as Manchester United versus Arsenal, you had two of the nation’s best known names.  Like everyone knows I was at United as well as at Arsenal and to this day I am still very fond of them both once I am retired.  I also like the FA Cup and when I was a boy I remember watching in France because back then

Tyson Fury has retired from boxing, weeks after a second consecutive loss to Oleksandr Usyk, the former world heavyweight champion said on Monday.  "This is going to be short and sweet," the British boxer posted on social media. "I am retiring from boxing".  "It’s been an awesome ride, I love every minute of it," Fury continued, though he has also walked away and come back to the ring.  The "Gypsy King", 36, last fought on December 21 and failed his rematch with WBA,