ZURICH : FIFA has voted to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from its current 32, brushing aside concerns that the expansion would lower the overall standard of the tournament, and make it too big and unwieldy. Soccer’s governing body said on its Twitter feed that the FIFA Council, its decision-making panel, had voted […]
London : Flamboyant West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle tweeted a selfie in what he looked like a hospital. In the same tweet he wrote, “Long live king”. As Gayle tweeted, former Indian opener Virender Sehwag was one of the first to query about Gayle’s health, “Get well soon Universe Boss. The king will surely live long […]
Dubai : The ousted top-brass of the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) seem to have commenced their ‘non co-operation movement’ against the Supreme Court’s order by firstly trying all means to disrupt the cricket season that’s presently underway. Having failed to coax the Cricket Club of India from not hosting the England […]
CHANDIGARH : Third seed seed Jack Draper of Great Britain defeated Dhruv Sunish of India in a three setter finalo of the ITF Junior Tennis Circuit at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today. Dhruv Sunish won the first set in tie break 6-7(2). In the second set Jack Draper bounced back intonthe game strongly […]
Sydney : Australia ended Pakistan’s resistance before the scheduled tea break on the final day of the third Test to claim an emphatic victory by 220 runs and a 3-0 series sweep on Saturday. Two months after being plunged into crisis and overhauling their side in the wake of a series humiliation at the hands […]