Djokovic untroubled as French Open vows to stop unruly fans
PARIS: Novak Djokovic reached the French Open last 32 for the 19th successive year on Thursday as Roland Garros organisers banned alcohol from the stands in an effort to counter growing complaints from players over disrespectful, rowdy fans. Defending champion Djokovic cracked 43 winners past Spain’s 63rd-ranked Roberto Carballes Baena to canter to a 6-4, […]
Qualification Scenarios: Royals through, LSG on the ropes
Delhi Capitals’ win over LSG on Tuesday has ensured Rajasthan Royals became the second side to qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs after the washout in Ahmedabad on Monday (May 13) assured KKR of a top-two finish. After 64 games, Titans, MI and PBKS have all been eliminated with five sides battling it out for […]
Bairstow, Shashank help PBKS raze down record 261 with eight balls to spare
Punjab Kings chased down KKR’s 261 in a record-bringing run-chase at the Eden Gardens. Despite a splendid all-round performance from Sunil Narine, multiple records tumbled as Punjab Kings, led by Jonny Bairstow’s unbeaten century, and quickfire fifties from Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh, registered an eight-wicket win with eight balls to spare over Kolkata Knight […]
Demoralised RCB run into red-hot SRH again
RCB have suffered six defeats on the trot now in IPL 2024. All six would have hurt without a doubt. But the most recent one, against Kolkata Knight Riders, would have stung a bit more. A stunning run chase saw them almost gun down 223, only to fall one run short. For a team that […]
Sunil Narine rules out international return for World Cup
Sunil Narine has ruled out an international comeback during the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the USA. The Kolkata Knight Riders opener, who last played for the West Indies in August 2019 and announced his retirement in November 2023, had teased a return to the national fold after scoring his first T20 […]
Usman Khan banned from UAE cricket for five years
DUBAI: UAE-based batsman Usman Khan was banned from Emirati cricket for five years on Friday after he joined a Pakistan training camp in an apparent bid to play for the country of his birth. Usman, who has been living and playing in the United Arab Emirates with the intention of representing the Gulf country, was […]
‘Like night and day’: Mominul on the gap between Bangladesh’s first-class cricket and Tests
Bangladesh batsman Mominul Haque said he won’t cite lack of preparation as an excuse for the team’s disappointing performance in the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. The hosts, who already conceded the opening Test, ended the fourth day’s play of the second Test in Chattogram needing 243 more runs for an improbable win with […]
Bologna beat Salernitana to continue CL charge
MILAN: Bologna cruised past Serie A’s bottom side Salernitana 3-0 on Monday to continue their charge towards a first-ever appearance in the Champions League. Stunning first-half strikes from Riccardo Orsolini and Alexis Saelemaekers and Charalampos Lykogiannis’ fine finish in stoppage time ensured that Bologna would stay in fourth place, five points above Roma who were […]
Fleming pleased with CSK’s intent continuity
Two years ago, Chennai Super Kings looked like they were staring at the beginning of the end. MS Dhoni’s batting powers had waned, a botched succession plan was attempted and aborted in the space of eight games, and an overall batting timidity pervaded all season. The mega auction was still a couple of years away […]
Evolving Sandeep Sharma continues to make a difference
Whether Charles Darwin’s theory reached Sandeep Sharma or not, the 30-year-old part-haired, genial-paced seamer is aware that in T20 cricket, it is about the survival of the fittest. At the start of the 17th over, bowling only his second of the innings, Sandeep started out with a wide yorker to KL Rahul, who went chasing […]