Former cricket legend Ian Botham has predicted that England would beat Australia in the battle for the Ashes with out-of-favour batsman Kevin Pietersen being one of the key trump cards.
BCCI ended days of crisis after the broadcaster apologised and reinstated Gary Lineker as the host of his show the 'Match of the Day;
Ahead of a possible last-16 meeting between England and Germany, football legend Franz Beckenbauer also known as Der Kaiser has increased the pressure on The Three Lions by saying that their coach Fabio Capello, had taken the team backwards.
Ian Botham has heaped praise on Indian captain Rahul Dravid, saying he was different from his fellow players good only in their own backyards.
'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.'
Just how an England team which arrived in Perth last October confident of winning a fourth straight Ashes series ended up capitulating 5-0 will be subject of much soul-searching over the next few months.
Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam has come out in Virat Kohli's support after the latter's slump in form.
Cheteshwar Pujara, who achieved the landmark 100 Test matches, got a specially created 100th Test cap from the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.
After Graham Potter was sacked as Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard returned to the Premier League club as caretaker manager.
'It's a relief for other teams that Bumrah and Harshal aren't playing this Asia Cup!' Irfan told Waqar.
China's two-time Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan, one of the sport's greatest singles players, announced his retirement on Saturday. The 37-year-old, who won the Olympics singles titles in Beijing in 2008 and the 2012 London Games, has won all the sport's major titles, including five world championships' gold medals.
Virat Kohli has scored 8,043 Test runs at an average of 50, scoring 27 centuries and 7 double hundreds.
India's first-ever Olympic medallist in women's boxing Mary Kom has been honoured with the Global Indian Icon of the Year award at the annual UK-India Awards in Windsor.
The England-India series has brought the bowler back into what has been turned into a batsman's game, says Aakar Patel.
Australian legend Shane Warne believes England have no chance of regaining the Ashes without Kevin Pietersen, who is a doubtful starter for the series owing to his Achilles heel.
England football captain Steven Gerrard has banned his hot and sexy wife Alex Curran from going with the team to the FIFA World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Liverpool legend has reportedly tagged players' wives and girlfriends (WAGS) 'a distraction'.
Rajneesh Gupta brings all Yuvraj Singh's numbers from different formats of cricket.
Becomes only the second Indian to take 500 wickets and score 5,000 runs in international cricket.
Ten years ago, Prakash Padukone had predicted the rise of Lakshya Sen.
The complete lack of live action due to the COVID-19 pandemic is a 'good break' for modern cricketers spending most of their time on the road, feels legendary Pakistan batsman Zaheer Aabbas. He was supposed to be with his wife in London, but got stuck in Karachi due to the travel ban in the wake of the virus outbreak.
Cricket legend A B de Villiers is set to pick up a set of golf clubs and tee off with former tennis World No 1 Ashleigh Barty at the Icons Series golf event in the US.
Connor's nomination was announced by her predecessor, Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara, at the Annual General Meeting last year but she had to wait for a year to take charge due to COVID-19.
Indian team boasts of world's best spinners and it has enough experience in both bowling and batting to outwit hosts England during the upcoming series, said former coach Anil Kumble.
West Indies legend Michael Holding analyses India's showing in the just-concluded Test series against South Africa.
The Indian team management will be fretting over its bowling combination with Jaydev Unadkat, Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini locked in a three-way fight for the third pacer's slot.
Legends Brian Lara and Muttiah Muralitharan plotted the course for Sunrisers Hyderabad, while Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara led the way for Rajasthan Royals.
To celebrate India's glorious World Cup win on June 25, 1983, Paymentz launch The 1983 World Cup Opus exactly 39 years later.
Ahead of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore named Ben Sawyer as head coach.
The Indian cricket legend was felicitated on the same date July 13 when he led India to Natwest final win in 2002
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has revealed that spin legend Shane Warne's useful tips helped him dismantle England batting line-up and clinched the three-match Test series 2-0 in the United Arab Emirates.
Spin legend Shane Warne feels that the world number one side England have the capability to surpass the outstanding bunch of Australian players of the late 1990s and early 2000s and dominate the world.
Mandhana (91 off 99 balls) literally drove and pulled her way before missing out on a deserving sixth WODI hundred by nine runs.
The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Trophy Tour kicked off in spectacular style, launching 120,000 feet above the Earth.
The cricketing life of Martin Crowe, who passed into the ages on March 3.
Sports world expressed shock and agony over Warne's sudden demise. Here are some reactions:
The Twenty20 league mooted by Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and spin champion Shane Warne could be a risky proposition.
In a 16-member board, the candidate needs just nine votes from the directors to get elected.
'...That's why he puts so much importance on this format and at a time when Test cricket needs all the love it can get'
The stars love to regale their social media followers with fabulous pictures of their travels!
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