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Brilliance steers India to easy win over Netherlands
SYDNEY: India’s batting firepower kept the Netherland bowlers at bay before bowlers dominated the dutch batters to help India seal a convincing win by 56 runs in the Group 2 encounter of the ICC T20 World Cup, here yesterday. Former Indian capt...
Messi, Mbappe double up as PSG hits seven to reach Champions League last 16
PARIS: Kylian Mbappe and a Lionel Messi in vintage form both scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain crushed Israel’s Maccabi Haifa 7-2 on Tuesday to secure a place in the last 16 of this season’s Champions League with one group game to spare...
Ireland stuns England for famous win at T20 world Cup
MALBOURNE : Minnows Ireland pulled off a huge upset on Wednesday, stunning world number two England by five runs with a fine bowling display in a rain-affected match to throw the Twenty20 World Cup wide open. After being sent in to bat, Ireland capt...
Stoinis goes berserk as Australia breezes past Sri Lanka
PERTH: Marcus Stoinis hit the fastest T20I fifty for Australia in just 17 balls as the defending champions crushed Sri Lanka by 7 wickets with 21 balls to spare yesterday to keep their T20 World Cup hopes alive after the opening defeat. A comb...
Rain forces washout of South Africa-Zimbabwe clash at T20 WC
Hobart: Rain had the final say in a Twenty20 World Cup match between South Africa and Zimbabwe after the Proteas looked on course for a likely win. Chasing a rain-revised target of 64 in seven overs, Quinton de Kock smashed an unbeaten 47 to steer th...
Bangladesh wins first-ever Super 12 match
Australia: Bangladesh won their first-ever game in a Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 match yesterday, with Taskin Ahmed taking 4-25 as the Netherlands imploded early and never recovered, losing by nine runs. The Dutch, who battled through the preliminar...
Pak vs Ind: India wins a nerve-wracking match
MELBOURNE: Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya's partnership brought victory for India against Pakistan in the nerve-wracking first match of the T20 World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). While chasing 160-run target on Sunday, India lost four w...
Mendis powers Sri Lanka to big win over Ireland
Australia: Disciplined bowling and an unbeaten half-century by Kusal Mendis powered Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket hammering of Ireland in their opening Super 12 match at the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday. Asian champions Sri Lanka restricted Ireland, who...
Afghan cyclists to race to raise ‘alarm’ over women’s plight
Switzerland: For Afghan refugee cyclist Masomah Ali Zada, it will be a bittersweet moment. For the first time in five years, she will take part in the Afghanistan Women’s Cycling Championships yesterday, but not in Kabul. Instead, the 26-year-o...
Madrid turns on style to beat Sevilla, increase Liga lead
London: Just when it seemed Real Madrid might consider dropping points in the title race, the champions calmly moved up a gear to secure a 3-1 win over Sevilla yesterday and extend their La Liga lead. Carlo Ancelotti’s side moved six points cl...
