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England’s Joe Root still has Twenty20 World Cup vision |
LONDON: Joe Root still has ambitions to break into England’s powerful batting line-up for the Twenty20 World Cup, with the Test captain insisting the controversial rest-and-rotation policy was “being put behind us”. Root last played a Twenty20 international in 2019 and, in his absence, England have climbed to the top of the T20 world rankings.…
Josh Warrington: I’m ready for the pain, ready for anything
Former featherweight titlist Josh Warrington gave up his IBF belt in January, and took what seemed to be a tune-up against unheralded Mauricio Lara for February. Lara shocked the boxing world and Warrington with a pretty dominant stoppage win, and Warrington has obviously been licking his wounds to a degree, but he says he’s fully…
Driven by young women, ‘cricket’ set to get a ground
Cricket is nowhere close to football on popularity charts in Barcelona but the people have voted for building a cricket ground in the Spanish city synonymous with Lionel Messi, leaving authorities stumped. A report in ‘The Guardian’ newspaper said Barcelona gave its citizens the chance to vote on a 30 million euro package of new…
England vs India: England tour all but over for injured
NEW DELHI: Team India’s young Test opener Shubman Gill is in danger of missing out on the England Test series with an injury. The 21-year-old has sustained an injury to either his calf or hamstring during the World Test Championship final against New Zealand recently, TOI has learnt. Gill will stay back in England to…
Triller starting MSG boxing series on Aug
Despite some pretty clear setbacks in the last couple of months — including Jake Paul skipping to Showtime and the repeated postponement of the Teofimo Lopez fight they overpaid to get — Triller are still taking their swings in boxing. The company are lining up a monthly boxing series that will run on Tuesday nights…
Indian women will dominate when as much thought goes into
Former England cricketer Isa Guha on Sunday said disparities still existed between men’s and women’s cricket but expressed optimism that the Indian women’s team will do as good as their their celebrated male counterparts if “equal amount of thought” goes into it. In a couple of tweets, she pointed out the areas that need to…
Australia aim for bumper crowds at Ashes Tests
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia is planning on big crowds for the Ashes series against England later this year, with venues being sold to full capacity despite ongoing concerns about Covid-19. Chief executive Nick Hockley said tickets would go on sale Monday with all stadiums sold to their limit except the 100,000-seat Melbourne Cricket Ground which will…
Ring Magazine 147-lb title on the line for Pacquiao vs
By Matt Lieberman: Next month’s mega-fight between IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr and Manny Pacquiao on August 21st will have the vacant Ring Magazine 147-lb title on the line for the clash. This is a bit of a surprise that the Ring Magazine welterweight belt will be on the line because it’s…
Bangladesh end winless streak with ODI victory vs Sri Lanka
Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan claimed 4-30 as Bangladesh cruised to a 33-run victory against Sri Lanka to make a winning start to their three-match ODI series on Sunday. Mehidy’s bowling was key in dismissing Sri Lanka for 224 in 48.1 overs after Bangladesh chose to bat first and compiled 257-6. Three senior batsmen helped to propel…
Captaincy ambitions of seniors fuelled revolt against me in 2009:
KARACHI: Former Pakistan skipper Younis Khan has claimed that the 2009 players revolt against him had its roots in captaincy ambitions of seniors like Shahid Afridi. Younis claimed that the revolt was not carried out because the players were unhappy with his captaincy style or strong attitude. “If the players had problems with me they…