'I have got some advice for you young man, cricket is very very long game and we all have very long memories. Never ever tempt fate because it comes around quickly,' Matthew Hayden said in the commentary box.
Kagiso Rabada ripped through the West Indies line-up as South Africa clinched an 87-run win over West Indies in the first Test.
'Should players and administrators be telling the curators how to prepare the pitch and what sort of pitch they want? It is the greatest bit of rubbish I have ever heard'.
In a video message from New York on Monday night, the 75-year-old Mumbai-born author who has lived under the shadow of a fatwa since The Satanic Verses was published in the 1980s said it was important to continue to fight for the freedom to express and to publish.
Leg-spinner Ryan Burl picked up 5 for 10 in just three overs on Saturday as Zimbabwe stunned Australia in the third One-Day International in Townsville, registering an exciting three-wicket victory and denying the hosts a series clean-sweep.
Former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop said Jasprit Bumrah's career can only be managed by picking and choosing tournaments amid the relentless schedule.
Shubman Gill's epic century powered Gujarat Titans to a sensational victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday.
The stage is set for the inaugural edition of the Global Chess League to get underway in Dubai.
The Norwegian beat Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia on Friday in Dubai.
Australian cricket legend Ian Healy is shocked by the team management's decision to include two off-spinners -- Nathan Lyon and young Todd Murphy -- who have almost similar action.
Magnus Carlsen will not defend his world championship in 2023 against Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi as he is not motivated to play another match, the Norwegian five-time champion said in a podcast on Wednesday.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
'England were going great guns when Kapil threw the ball to Jimmy and then to me.'
Hosts India will have the upper hand if the tracks are rank turners in the upcoming Test series but Australia will win on 'fair' pitches, said former wicketkeeper Ian Healy.
'When @ImHarmanpreet is in this mood, she inhabits a different planet.'
Jonny Bairstow's 'controversial dismissal' on the final Day of the second Ashes Test at the Lord's has left the cricketing world divided.
India's premier technical institute, IIT-Bombay's golden jubilee celebrations -- to be held in New York from July 18 to 20 this year -- have stirred a hornet's nest. The reason is that Dow Chemicals is one of the main sponsors.
Tottenham Hotspur have appointed former Celtic coach Ange Postecoglou as their new manager on a four-year contract.
Formula One launch F1 TV in India, target 'strong mobile market'
Scotland's Scott McTominay grabbed another brace of goals as they stunned a much-changed Spain side to earn a deserved 2-0 victory in their Euro 2024 qualifier.
Australia's cricket board has apologised to survivors of child sexual abuse who were involved in the sport and called on its members to join a national redress scheme.
Former captain Ian Chappell feels the Indian team will be quite a handful for World champions Australia in the upcoming One-Day International series but the hosts will still be the favourites to win the five-game series as the visitors are short of one specialist batsman.
The legendary Allan Border feels Pat Cummins had a lot to worry about as the series against India was his "first real test as captain".
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Wimbledon will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at the grasscourt Grand Slam as 'neutrals' this year.
On March 8, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to advance former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination as US ambassador to India.
Former wicketkeeper Ian Healy predicted a 2-1 win for India in the four-Test series against Australia, starting in Nagpur on February 9, provided the hosts don't prepare "unreasonable wickets".
In a world where fast bowling is a valuable commodity, India are now a shining light, says Australian cricket legend Ian Chappell.
Magnus Carlsen of SG Alpine Warriors defeated Viswanathan Anand and launched his team to the top of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League in Dubai on Wednesday.
The grasscourt major will be held from June 27 to July 10.
IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in performance, consistency and reliability, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
Top-seed Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) led the field at the end of the Rapid with 11 points. He is followed by Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Duda and Saric on 10 points.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Edge Southampton 2-1 to take campaign to final day of the season.
The red carpet was rolled out for the long awaited new James Bond movie, No Time To Die at the Royal Albert Hall in London, September 28, 2021.
Sachin Tendulkar lauded the Namibia cricket team
Time travel, monsters, dinosaurs, Korean cops, what will you watch on OTT this week? Sukanya Verma offers her picks.
Former captain Michael Clarke cannot fathom why Pat Cummins-led Australia are not playing any practice matches or tour games ahead of the four-Test series against India next month.
During the course of his match-winning hundred against Sri Lanka in Sydney, Phillips crouched at the non-striker's end like a sprinter on the starting blocks, and ran hard between the wickets.
If reports are to be believed, the hunt to find the next 007 may be over.
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