Andy Flower has ruled out the possibility of returning as England’s Test head coach, saying it would be impossible to combine the role with his current commitments as Royal Challengers Bengaluru head coach.
Air quality concerns have emerged ahead of Sunday's FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Argentina after smoke from wildfires in Canada spread across parts of the northeastern United States.
Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned the timing of the speculation surrounding Rohit Sharma's ODI future, saying that if the selectors had already decided not to take the former India captain to the 2027 ODI World Cup, they should have conveyed that decision much earlier instead of allowing uncertainty to linger.
India have suffered an injury setback ahead of the series-deciding third ODI against England, with all-rounder Washington Sundar likely to be ruled out of Sunday's match at Lord's after sustaining a hamstring injury during Thursday’s second ODI in Cardiff.
With every other Indian out of the tournament, all eyes are on PV Sindhu. The former world champion now has a chance to end her losing streak against Chen Yufei.
Batter Kane Williamson and right-arm medium-fast bowler Tim Southee marked their 100th Test appearance for New Zealand here on Friday.
Nadeem, who came up with the magic mark of 90.18m throw to claim the gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022, on Thursday revealed that the only international standard javelin that he had is currently out of shape. Consequently, Nadeem is currently training with a locally-made javelin but that could lead to injury in the run-up to the Paris Olympics
The women’s team that won the historic Badminton Asia Team Championship (BATC) crown last month will get Rs 35 lakh, Asian Games gold medalist men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are awarded Rs 12 lakh, Asian Games men’s singles bronze medalist HS Prannoy will receive Rs 5 lakh while the men’s team that bagged the 2022 Asian Games silver for the first time will collectively get a prize sum of INR 40 lakh.
After winning the toss, England got off to a positive start with Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett enduring a tough first hour in swinging conditions before lifting the visitors to 64 for 0 with their seventh 45-plus stand in nine partnerships on this tour. However, that scoreline was 175 for 6 by the time Ben Stokes became Kuldeep’s fifth and final scalp, and ultimately 218 all out with Ashwin running through the tail.
Amandeep is 9-under 207, while Gaurika is 5-under 211. Khushi Khanijau (72-71-69) with the best card of the day moved to third place at 4-under 212.
