Australian controversial tennis star Nick Kyrgios has announced that he will call curtains on his career if he wins the US Open, the fourth major of the season at Flushing Meadows.
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An Emcee of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's high-profile community reception in Sydney on Monday landed herself in a controversy after a pageant organiser alleged that she falsely represented herself as a winner of Miss India Australia title.
Australian captain Steven Smith has expressed disappointment over his controversial dismissal in his side's defeat in a do-or-die game against India at Mohali on Sunday. Smith was adjudged caught behind by umpire Marais Erasmus on two at Mohali, off Yuvraj Singh's first delivery of the tournament. The Aussie skipper looked clearly furious as he left the ground shaking his head. "It didn't feel like I hit that but that's the game of cricket. I got given out. It was the umpire's call and that was it. It was a bit disappointing," Smith said. Smith, who will be playing in the same Indian Premier League team (Rising Pune Supergiants) as Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni refrained from reading much into the loud appeal by Dhoni from behind the stumps.
Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar believes that India 'A' coach Rahul Dravid's decision to bat him at No. 5 in New Zealand helped him immensely.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis defended Quinton de Kock again on Thursday, suggesting Australia's opening batsman David Warner had crossed a line in his sledging of the wicketkeeper in the tempestuous first Test.
Indian Premier League seems to have calmed Smith and he has won over some Indian fans.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday came out in strong support of India captain Virat Kohli and requested the International Cricket Council to take note of Australian skipper Steve Smith's 'brain fade' in seeking dressing room's advice for a DRS referral in the second Test.
Australia, who must win the third Test against England if they are to regain the Ashes, extended their overall lead to 296 with five second-innings wickets remaining at tea on the fourth day on Sunday.
England aim to avoid a third consecutive series defeat and ease the pressure on captain Alastair Cook when they host India in a five-Test series for the first time since 1959, starting in Nottingham on Wednesday.
Australia's top-ranked tennis player Bernard Tomic has apologised after a row with hotel staff over the use of courts near his Gold Coast residence in the leadup to the Australian Open, local media reported.
K N Prabhu, the doyen of cricket writers, salutes Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, who appeared for the first time in Test cricket 50 years ago today, March 6, 1971.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has weighed into Australia's bitter gender debate raging around Premier Julia Gillard by saying his successor may be a female as women have the all qualities needed in leaders.
Dawid Malan hit an unbeaten century to lead England's superb fightback on Day 1 of the third Ashes Test against Australia in Perth on Thursday.
Australia set a world record of 7:41.50 en route to winning the gold medal in the women's 4x200 freestyle relay at the world championships on Thursday.
Gautam Adani's plan to build one of the world's biggest coal mines in Australia has been hampered time and again.
Lack of experience, especially in Tests, will pose a "huge challenge" for Indian umpires when they get down to officiate in the post coronavirus world, believe current and former officials. The ICC Cricket Committee on Monday recommended the appointment of local match officials (umpires and match referees) in the short-term to avoid international travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kohli's much-hyped stint at Surrey was eventually ruled out after he suffered a neck injury.
Kevin Pietersen has been made a "scapegoat" for England's Ashes humiliation in Australia, according to West Indies great Vivian Richards.
England's dressing room will be a better place without Kevin Pietersen after the controversial batsman was sacked following the dismal Ashes tour of Australia, wicketkeeper Matt Prior said on Thursday.
'He will go to Australia in a couple of months. I am sure he will do well because he is a good back-foot player. You want to see young players doing well'
'He will go to Australia in a couple of months. I am sure he will do well because he is a good back-foot player. You want to see young players doing well'
Simmons, who took over the position in December 2017, said he has achieved his target of taking Afghanistan to the World Cup and the time is ripe for him to leave.
Captain Steve Smith is aware of India captain Kohli's good form and believes keeping him 'quiet' can bring some success to the visitors. He also believes that his players know to play spin well enough especially after the challenging tour of Bangladesh.
Welcoming ICC's move to defer a decision on its governance and financial revamp plan, former president Ehsan Mani has insisted on increasing the number of Executive committee members from five to seven so that the 'the Big 3' do not have a veto on any matter.
India needs to examine some way in which, assuming that there is either no vaccine or a delay in administering it to everyone, voting can be made safer, notes Aakar Patel.
He talked about keeping it a controversy-free series but Australia skipper Ricky Ponting was himself at the center of an on-field showdown in a heated exchange with Indian pacer Zaheer Khan after being dismissed on the opening day of the first Test in Mohali.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar strongly feels that people should restrain themselves from creating a captaincy controversy as Mahendra Singh Dhoni prepares to take over the mantle from stand-in skipper Virat Kohli in the second Test against Australia, starting in Brisbane on Wednesday.
ICC Umpire Performance and Training Manager Simon Taufel has said that the current structure of cricket's Panel of Elite Umpires is in need of urgent review after the fourth Ashes Test at Durham was also hit by controversy surrounding umpiring decisions.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has sparked controversy again! He's questioned Sachin Tendulkar's role in 'Monkeygate'.
Neither Biden nor his successors can any longer ignore the threat China has come to pose to the US in both economic and military fields, observes Virendra Kapoor.
Cricketers risk making a fool of themselves if they try to deceive technology by challenging close dismissals even when they know they are out under the Decision Review System, England batsman Alastair Cook has warned.
There is a controversial change in the way world cricket revenues will be shared among member countries. India, Australia and England will corner a big chunk and in exchange is expected to provide lea.
The Virat Kohli-Steve Smith clash on the controversial DRS call today triggered a full blown verbal war between the Cricket Boards of India and Australia before the ICC ruled out action against the two captains as charges were not laid.
India will push for significant control over the ICC's revenue and power structure when a radical revamp plan is put to vote in a meeting in Singapore despite strong resentment from the Cricket Boards of South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Cricket Australia Chairman Wally Edwards has come out in strong support of the BCCI receiving a lion's share of world cricket revenue, saying that India deserves a fair compensation for contributing 80 per cent of the revenue by "hiring out" its team while an Australian write-up says the ICC should now be re-named IAWS.
'As a cricketer, you have to hit refresh literally at the end of the every series. Challenges from one series to another are different'
Australia captain Steve Smith on Tuesday apologised for letting his "emotions slip" during the aggressively-contested but lost Test series against India, saying that he was in his "own bubble" at times.
England captain Alastair Cook has described as "blatant fabrication" the claims that Ashes players have used silicone tape on their bats to confuse Hotspot technology and he wants an apology.
Former Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke has withdrawn from a lucrative domestic Twenty20 contract as he reassesses whether he will ever play the sport again.
The controversial spidercam, which has been criticised by India's limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will be used during the upcoming World Twenty20 Championship but it won't disturb play, International Cricket Council's Chief Executive Dave Richardson said.
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