Sydney : Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued their winning streak as they won their 30th match in a row to clinch the Sydney International title on Friday.The Indo-Swiss pair bounced back brilliantly from a set down to claim a 1-6, 7-5, 10-5 triumph over French pair of Kristina […]
Johannesburg : Former South Africa fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has lashed out at players involved in match-fixing, saying that they are not only hurting themselves, but also hurting their kids as well.Ntini’s comments came after the former South African cricketer Gulam Bodi was charged with ‘contriving to fix, or otherwise improperly influence aspects of the […]
Johannesburg : The FIFA Emergency Committee has sacked Jerome Valcke from the post of Secretary General of the world’s football governing body. Confirming the news, FIFA said that their Emergency Committee had decided to dismiss Valcke with immediate effect, terminating his employment relation, Sport24 reported. The 55-year-old was earlier handed a provisional suspension from football-related […]
Johannesburg : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has lifted its one-match ban on Umar Akmal, thereby, making him eligible to play in the T20 series against New Zealand, starting from Friday.The middle order batsman had earlier appealed to the cricket board against the suspension.The 25-year-old was slapped with a one-match suspension for violating the dress […]
Dubai : Ahead of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016 in Bangladesh, Indian all-rounder Virat Kohli has recalled how his participation in the tournament has helped him grow as cricketer.Kohli, who led India to victory in the 2008 edition in Malaysia, was also a member of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s teams that won the ICC […]