LONDON : The time is right for cricket to return to the Olympics and a decision on applying for inclusion in 2024 will have to be made within months, International Cricket Council’s (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson said on Thursday. The founder of the modern Olympics, Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin, was enthusiastic about cricket, a […]
Karachi : Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and senior player Shahid Afridi today contradicted limited-overs skipper Sarfraz Ahmed’s claims that India were scared of playing against Pakistan and that was the reason why an Indo-Pak bilateral series was not happening. The two stalwarts refused to believe that the Indian team was not prepared or was afraid […]
New Delhi : Virat Kohli seems to have realised that, irrespective of the provocations during the bitterly-fought series, his unfriending the whole Australian team was a bit extreme. In two Twitter posts today, Kohli said that his comment about the Australian cricketers not being his friends anymore was “blown out of proportion”. After winning the […]
Chandigarh : The Water Supply and Sanitation Department has issued pending bills in the range of Rs 30,000 to Rs 60,000 to a majority of consumers in 139 towns of the state, leaving them in shock. In several cases, the bills are pending for three to five years. This is so because the department did […]
Sangrur : Two people were killed as a gas cylinder exploded in a cold storage in Dhuri town of this district on Friday.The administration has started rescue operation as many people are feared trapped inside the building. Senior officials have reached the spot.People from adjoining villages have been helping the administration in the rescue operation. […]