Madrid : Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has thrown his support behind an underperforming Cristiano Ronaldo, labelling the star striker as the best player in the world. The French manager dismissed suggestions that Ronaldo has now past his best and couldn’t compete with Lionel Messi, insisting that the rivalry between the duo was good for […]
Johannesburg : South African skipper AB de Villiers has praised his side’s attitude and hunger that led to their seven-wicket victory in the third ODI of the five-match series against England at SuperSport Park in Centurion, Pretoria. Jubilant with the result, the 31-year-old insisted that it was a good solid performance by the team as […]
Melbourne : Australian pace spearhead Josh Hazlewood believes that his side will try to expose star batsman Martin Guptill’s vulnerabilities in the two-match Test series against New Zealand, which starts on Friday at Wellington.Hazlewood, who dismissed Guptill three times during the home series in November, said that Australia got the better of the big-hitting opener […]
Mirpur : Rahul Dravid-coached India stormed into the final of the ICC Under19 World Cup with a convincing 97-run win over Sri Lanka in the semi-final in Bangladesh on Tuesday.Anmolpreet Singh scored 72 and Sarfaraz Khan made 59 as India recovered from early setbacks to post 267 for nine after being put into bat on […]
Johannesburg : Australian spin great Shane Warne, who seems to have an unending quarrel with former skipper Steve Waugh, slammed the latter and said that he was `the most selfish player` he has ever played with.The feud goes all the way back to the Australia’s 1999 tour of the West Indies when Waugh played a […]