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Watch the India v Australia ODI series exclusively on Fox Cricket and Kayo Australia have made two changes for the third and final ODI at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium, with Annabel Sutherland and Darcie Brown to miss the series decider with minor injury concerns. Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bat first, with her team looking to recover from their record 102-run thumping in Wednesday’s second one-dayer. With the ODI World Cup starting in just 10 days, Australia are taking a cautious approach with their stars, with Sutherland (hip soreness) and Brown (back spasms) replaced in the XI…
ASIA CUP 2025 Axar Patel had scored a quickfire 26 in the first innings © AFP Axar Patel is doing “fine” after suffering a blow to the head while fielding, India’s fielding coach T Dilip confirmed following the team’s 21-run win over Oman in Abu Dhabi. In the 15th over, Axar was stationed at mid-off when a miscued shot from Hammad Mirza looped towards him. He ran to his left, fumbled twice and lost his balance while attempting a third grab. He was seen clutching the top of his head before walking off the field. Axar did not return for…
Oman gave India a fight they wouldn’t have anticipated ©Getty It was about 4:15 pm local when Jatinder Singh, Oman’s captain, walked towards the pitch at the center of the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. He wasn’t inspecting the playing surface. He was visualizing, with a bat in hand, what it would feel like to bat against the No. 1 side in the world. India weren’t even out on the ground until 20 minutes before the toss. Jatinder’s team had been there for hours, warming up, huddling often, building themselves up for the moment. Oman were playing India for the first time…
ASIA CUP 2025 Jatinder hoped Oman would be given access to facilities to improve their skills © Getty Oman captain Jatinder Singh has called upon India to come forward and help his team bridge the gap between the Test and Associate nations. Oman gave a good account of themselves in the Asia Cup fixture against India in Abu Dhabi despite ending up on the wrong side of the result. They were playing India for the first time in any format and pushed the world’s No.1 T20I team until the very end, eventually going down by 21 runs. “Well, I think…
MILAN: Russians will compete as neutral independent athletes without a national flag or anthem at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, maintaining the same sanctions as the Paris Summer Games last year. The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee in October 2023 for recognising regional Olympic councils for Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, saying the move had violated the Olympic Charter. “We also spoke about the Independent Neutral Athletes (AINs). This will be nothing new,” IOC President Kirsty Coventry told a press conference. “The…
PARIS: Marcus Rashford proved the perfect replacement for Lamine Yamal, scoring twice on his return to England as Barcelona kicked off their Champions League bid with a 2-1 victory away to Newcastle United on Thursday, while Kevin De Bruyne watched mostly from the sidelines as Napoli lost 2-0 at his former club Manchester City. With Yamal missing through injury, Rashford — a loan signing from Manchester United — got a start and scored both Barca goals at St James’ Park. The second took the breath away, a piledriver from 25 metres that flew in off the crossbar. “It’s an amazing…
TOKYO: There must be something special about the Japanese air for American sprinters as Noah Lyles and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden swept the 200 metres world titles on Friday in Tokyo, emulating Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix in Osaka 18 years ago. Rai Benjamin’s win in the men’s 400m hurdles — adding the world title to the Olympic gold he won last year — made it a special night for track and field powerhouse United States. It threatened for a short time to be spoiled as Benjamin was disqualified before being reinstated after an appeal. Donning a crown handed to him and…
SYDNEY: Australia skipper Pat Cummins said on Friday he hoped to play in all five Ashes Tests against England but conceded he will need to see how his back injury holds up, local media said. Pace spearhead Cummins has been ruled out of the October white-ball series against New Zealand and India with “lumbar bone stress”. The 32-year-old has not bowled since the Test tour of the West Indies in June-July and no firm date has been set for his return. Cummins said on Friday that although he hopes to be part of the Ashes, he would need to “wait…
SOUTH AFRICA WOMEN’S TOUR OF PAKISTAN 2025 Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits put on a 260-run stand for the opening wicket © Getty Tazmin Brits’ phenomenal 171 and a 260-run opening stand with Laura Wolvaardt helped South Africa seal the three-match ODI series in Pakistan with a game to spare. The South African openers kept Pakistan at bay for 43 overs in a match-winning stand of 260 that set the base for their 292/3 in a 46-overs-a-side affair due to rain. Pakistan’s reply was led by Sidra Amin’s second successive century of the series, but was unfortunately not enough as…
Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has become the first India bowler to take 100 wickets in T20 internationals in their Asia Cup win over Oman Arshdeep Singh has become the first India bowler to take 100 T20 international wickets as Asia Cup newcomers Oman were beaten by 21 runs. The fast bowler’s only wicket on Friday was picked up in the last over to restrict Oman, playing India for the first time in any format of cricket, to a respectable 4-167 as they chased 189. India, experimenting with their battling order ahead of their first Super Four game against Pakistan on…