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We never crib about the pitches we play on, says skipper Kohli

04 Mar 2021 03:18 AM IST

Speaking about the recent debate over the Ahmedabad pitch, Virat Kohli iterated that spinning tracks do become a talking point quite often and that there is not much noise when a match finishes inside three days on a seaming track.

Swiss Open: Sindhu marches into second round after win over Yigit

03 Mar 2021 23:46 PM IST

Basel [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI): Indian shuttler PV Sindhu got off to a winning start in the Swiss Open as she defeated Neslihan Yigit of Turkey here on Wednesday. Sindhu secured a 21-16, 21-19 win over Yigit in the match to progress to the second round. She started off brilliantly

PSL 6: PCB to offer players and officials COVID-19 vaccine shots

03 Mar 2021 23:00 PM IST

Karachi [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday said it has decided to offer coronavirus vaccine doses to all participants of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 6.“Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to offer SARS-Coronavirus Vaccine doses to all participants of the Pakistan Super League 6, becoming the

Pollard backs senior players to get Windies back into winning habit

03 Mar 2021 22:34 PM IST

St John’s [Antigua], March 3 (ANI): West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard feels the side needs to strike a perfect balance between the young players and experienced lads in order to get back to winning ways.Windies and Sri Lanka will lock horns with each other in a three-match T20I series which

PSL 6: Peshawar Zalmi fined for maintaining slow over-rate against Karachi Kings

03 Mar 2021 22:23 PM IST

Karachi [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Peshawar Zalmi players have been fined 10 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate during their Pakistan Super League (PSL) match against Karachi Kings on Wednesday.According to a statement from PSL, Zalmi were found an over short of their target after

We’ve to win as many games as possible to make it to top four: Klopp

03 Mar 2021 21:36 PM IST

Liverpool [UK], March 3 (ANI): Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that his side will have to win as many games as possible to make it to the top four in the Premier League. Liverpool are currently placed in the sixth spot on the Premier League table with 43 points,

Former West Indies skipper Richie Richardson to be match referee for SL series

03 Mar 2021 21:35 PM IST

St John’s [Antigua], March 3 (ANI): Cricket West Indies (CWI), on behalf of the International Cricket Council (ICC), on Wednesday announced the match officials for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. The two teams will play all three formats, starting with the T20I which begins on Wednesday night (local time)

Sharath off to a flying start at WTT Contender Doha; Sathiyan bows out

03 Mar 2021 21:09 PM IST

Doha [Qatar], March 3 (ANI): The ace Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal began the 2021 season with an impressive victory as he defeated Czech Republic’s Pavel Sirucek 17-15, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9 in the men singles opening round at the World Table Tennis Contender Doha on Wednesday.However, the other Indian

PSL 6: Babar Azam, Mohammad Nabi shine as Karachi Kings beat Peshawar Zalmi

03 Mar 2021 21:07 PM IST

Karachi [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Half-centuries from Babar Azam and Mohammad Nabi guided Karachi Kings to a comfortable six-wicket win over Peshawar Zalmi on Wednesday. This is Kings’ third win in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six. Kings surmounted the 189-run target with three balls spare as Nabi

Qatar Open: Sania Mirza, Andreja Klepac advance into semi-finals

03 Mar 2021 20:34 PM IST

Doha [Qatar], March 3 (ANI): Indian tennis star Sania Mirza continued her good form as she along with her partner Andreja Klepac of Slovenia progressed to the semi-finals of the Qatar Total Open on Wednesday.Sania and her women’s doubles partner Klepac registered a comfortable 6-2, 6-0 win in straight sets

Swiss Open: Doubles pair of Rankireddy, Chirag sail into second round

03 Mar 2021 20:13 PM IST

Basel [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI): Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started their campaign on a high as they outclassed Scottish pair Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley in the first round of the Swiss Open 2021 on Wednesday.Rankiredddy and Chirag won the hard-fought first set 21-18

Messi ‘won’t stay’ at Barcelona if I don’t win presidential election: Laporta

03 Mar 2021 19:53 PM IST

Barcelona [Spain], March 3 (ANI): As FC Barcelona’s presidential election inches closer, Joan Laporta has said that if anyone other than him is elected as the club’s new president, star player Lionel Messi ‘won’t stay’ at the club. The elections are set to take place on March 7, with Victor