Sydney, Sept.17 : Former Australian skipper Michael Clarke has backed new skipper Steven Smith, saying that the latter will be comfortable with his batting even after his elevation to the top job ahead of his side’s Test series against Bangladesh.The 34-year-old said that Smith is at his peak form right now and, therefore, it is […]
Hyderabad, Sep 16: A wristy player during his playing days, the current ICC president Zaheer Abbas today said that he was a great fan of Hyderabadi stylist VVS Laxman for his artistic batting. Abbas has been in Hyderabad for the last few days on invitation from the Hyderabad Cricket Association to watch the Moin ud […]
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Sep 16: The eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou was on Wednesday chosen by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to host the 2022 Asian Games. The OCA made the decision at its 34th Congress here on Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Hangzhou was the only candidate city for the 2022 Asian Games. Its successful bid […]
New York, Sept. 14 : Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis won their second successive Grand Slam title in women’s doubles event at the US Open.The top-seeded Indo-Swiss duo eased past the fourth seeded pair of Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 in the summit contest that lasted 70 […]
London, Sept.14 : Former Yorkshire cricketer and the youngest batsman to have played a Test for England, Brian Close passed away on Monday at the age of 84.Paying tribute to the former player, Yorkshire CCC wrote on Twitter, “It is with deep sadness that former Yorkshire & England star Brian Close has passed away.”Close made […]