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It’s Day 7 at the Cricket World Cup and finally Virat Kohli’s India team will get its campaign underway against South Africa. The two-time champions will be heavy favourites against a South Africa squad that is coming off losses to England and Bangladesh and has been hit by injuries. Injured South African paceman Dale Steyn […]

SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom: South Africa cricketers Hashim Amla and Imran Tahir attended Eid prayers at a Southampton mosque on Tuesday ahead of their team´s crucial World Cup clash against India. The two players were warmly greeted by fellow worshippers, with selfie-seekers making a beeline to grab a photo with them. Both players are veterans in […]

Afghanistan suffer a steady wall of wickets after the resumption of a rain-affected World Cup match in Cardiff on Tuesday against Sri Lanka, with the side at 60-5 at the beginning of the 14th over. Sri Lanka innings Mohammad Nabi ran through a panic-stricken Sri Lanka top order in the World Cup on Tuesday as […]

Southampton: Virat Kohli’s India will unleash their formidable pace attack against beleaguered South Africa when the title contenders open their World Cup campaign on Wednesday. India are the last of the 10 teams to launch their challenge in England and Wales and they start against a South Africa side already in turmoil after losing their […]

LONDON: South Africa’s Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the ICC World Cup 2019 as he is still not fully recovered from a shoulder injury. The fast bowler was ruled out as his shoulder injury that he withdrew from the Indian Premier League earlier this year, halting him from playing the first two matches […]

Lawyers for a woman who accused Brazil star Neymar of rape are no longer representing her because of contradictions in her story, Globo TV reported on Monday. The lawyers said the woman initially told them she had had consensual intimate relations with Neymar, the world´s most expensive footballer, in a Paris hotel in May and […]

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said his struggling side could still reach the World Cup semi-finals, even after talisman paceman Dale Steyn was ruled out of the tournament with a shoulder injury. The 35-year-old fast bowler had been battling to be fit in time for Wednesday´s crucial clash against fancied India in Southampton after […]

BRISTOL: West Indies used plenty of short-pitched deliveries to dismantle Pakistan in their World Cup opener but the Caribbean batsmen will get a taste of their own medicine when they face champions Australia, fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile has said. A blistering Oshane Thomas-led pace attack swept Pakistan away for a dismal 105 in under 22 […]

Indian seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar holds a special affection for Lord’s and hopes his team can return to the home of cricket for the World Cup final on July 14. The 29-year-old’s name was etched on the Lord’s honours board in 2014 after his spell of 6-82 along with a half-century with the bat engineered a […]

NOTTINGHAM: A trend seems to be developing at the World Cup and it isn’t great news for Pakistan. At least in these early days, it looks like being a tournament for fast, aggressive, short-pitched bowling the kind of stuff the Pakistanis have been known to struggle with. Just look at how they fared against West […]