Online Sports Desk Thomas Tuchel’s mission to put a second World Cup star on the England shirt did not look as though it would reach the second knockout round. On a fraught and chaotic occasion in Atlanta, his team flirted aggressively with disaster. For 75 minutes, England mixed loose defending with an inability to take…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Wednesday alleged that the TG20 League conducted by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) was being organised in violation of the rules and regulations of the BCCI, the HCA Constitution and other applicable guidelines. The association also claimed it would soon place before the public what it described as…
(Online Sports Desk) Erling Haaland scored an 86th-minute winner to send Norway to a dramatic 2-1 win over Ivory Coast – and set up a mouth-watering World Cup last-16 clash with Brazil. With a tense round-of-32 game heading towards extra-time, Norway’s main man stepped up to tap in Sander Berge’s cross and earn Norway their…
Online Desk Kylian Mbappé scored twice, and Michael Olise was in scintillating form as France beat Sweden 3-0 at the World Cup on Wednesday to set up a Round of 16 clash with Paraguay. Mbappé finished a superb move to break the deadlock just before half-time in the last-32 tie watched by 80,663 at the New…
Chester-Le-Street: England have their tactics drawn up for Vaibhav Suryavanshi even as suspense prevails over the Indian batting sensation’s T20I debut in the series opener here on Wednesday. The three-time world champions India will take on England in a five-match series starting here on Wednesday, and it remains to be seen if the 15-year-old Suryavanshi…
London: England head coach Brendon McCullum revealed that he tried to persuade Ben Stokes to reconsider his decision to retire from international cricket, but said the captain had made up his mind by then. England lost the third and final Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge by 160 on Monday, conceding the series 1-2….
New Delhi: Harmanpreet Kaur was on Tuesday retained as India captain for this year’s Asian Games in Japan despite the team’s earlier-than-expected exit from the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England. The Women’s Selection Committee named a 15-member squad for the Asian Games, scheduled to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan from September 19 to…
Our Correspondent Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has landed in fresh legal and administrative trouble after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Ombudsman and Ethics Officer, Justice Arun Mishra (Retd.), issued a notice directing it to respond to allegations of serious violations of the BCCI Constitution and governance norms approved…
Online Sports Desk José Canale scored on the first sudden-death penalty kick, Orlando Gill made two key saves in the shootout, and Paraguay upset Germany 4-3 on penalties Monday to earn the biggest upset of the 2026 World Cup so far. The round of 16 match ended 1-1 after extra time. Germany’s World Cup 2026 campaign…
Online Sports Desk Gabriel Martinelli scored the winner late in injury time to give five-time champions Brazil a 2-1 win over Japan in the World Cup round of 32 in Houston. Martinelli, who had come on as a second-half substitute, scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time as the match on Monday appeared to…
