Category: Sports

VALENCIA: French whizz kid Fabio Quartararo romped to his sixth pole position of the championship at the season-closing Valencia Grand Prix on Saturday, with world champion Marc Marquez right on his tail. Under bright blue skies, Yamaha-SRT’s 20-year-old Quartararo dominated the closing stage of qualifying on the tight 4km Ricardo Tormo circuit after choosing the […]

BRISBANE: Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon is backing opener David Warner to come out firing when the two-Test series against Pakistan begins on Thursday in Brisbane. Warner endured his worst Test series during the Ashes campaign earlier this year, scoring 95 runs at a very poor average of 9.5. But the 33-year-old has found form since […]

PERTH: Pakistan’s raw pace attack have been given a wake-up call ahead of the Test series against Australia after struggling to fire against a youth-laden Cricket Australia (CA) XI outfit here on Saturday. In reply to Pakistan’s 386-7 declared, the CA XI were reeling at 6-2 in on the last day of the two-day tour […]

Australia fast bowler James Pattinson was suspended on Sunday for player abuse, ruling him out of the first Test against Pakistan this week. The paceman was found guilty of breaching Cricket Australia’s code of conduct during Victoria’s Sheffield Shield game against Queensland last week. It was not clear what he said, but the governing body […]

Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami took four wickets as his country crushed Bangladesh by an inning and 130 runs inside three days of the opening Test on Saturday. Bangladesh were bowled out for 213 in the final session in Indore after their gamble to bat first after winning the toss backfired badly against the Indian pace […]

MELBOURNE: Promising batsman Will Pucovski has ruled himself out of selection for Australia’s Test series against Pakistan due to ‘matters pertaining to mental wellbeing’, Cricket Australia said on Thursday. The 21-year-old right-hander is the third Australian cricketer to report mental health problems to staff in just over two weeks, with former Test batsman Nic Maddinson […]

INDORE: Mohammed Shami led an inspired pace attack to give India the opening day honours after they bundled out Bangladesh for 150 in the first Test here at the Holkar Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Shami claimed three wickets, while fellow quicks Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav took two apiece to pack off the tourists early […]

West Indies captain Kieron Pollard was a relieved man after his side hammered Afghanistan to end their longest losing streak in Twenty20 internationals. Opener Evin Lewis hit 68 off 41 balls and Pollard made an unbeaten 32 of 21 balls and took two key wickets to claim man of the match honours as West Indies […]

Mental wellbeing as much as physical health is emerging as a key challenge for modern-day cricketers — with relentless schedules, intense public scrutiny and the fear of failure weighing heavily. The issue has been thrust into the spotlight in Australia, where three top players recently stepped aside for mental health reasons, with administrators scrambling to […]

A Saudi-led bloc’s decision to play a football tournament in rival Qatar could herald a rapprochement after a two-year stand-off, and signal Riyadh is tempering its muscular approach that stoked regional crises. Gulf powerhouse Saudi Arabia has adopted an aggressive policy under de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — from a ruinous bombing […]