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Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup finals to Qatar was a “mistake”. In 2010, FIFA’s executive committee voted 14-8 for Qatar to host the tournament ahead of the United States. “It was a mistake,” Blatter said in an interview with AFP’s German sports subsidiary SID. ”It was based

Sydney: Australian batting great Matthew Hayden believes T20 cricket is not always about power and subcontinental players such as Suryakumar Yadav demonstrated that they can pose a threat with “access shots” and “innovation”. The power-hitters from teams such as Australia, England and West Indies have dominated the shortest format but Hayden gave the example of

File photo of Rohit Sharma© AFP The Indian team on Tuesday morning suffered a massive scare as captain Rohit Sharma sustained a powerful blow on his forearm during an optional session ahead of India’s T20 World Cup semi-final against England on Thursday. Rohit was taking customary throwdowns from S Raghu at the Indian net session

Star India batter Suryakumar Yadav admitted on Monday that he enjoys batting on fast, bouncy pitches and that Australian conditions were not a problem for him because he practices heavily on similar surfaces at Wankhede Stadium back home. “Everyone asks me that what are your preparations since you have never been to Australia. It has

Virat Kohli’s sensational straight six off a super quick Haris Rauf delivery will go down as one of the best shots played in T20 World Cup history, reckons Australian legend Ricky Ponting. The special six in extreme pressure was followed by a flick over fine leg, reducing the equation to 16 off the final over

Suryakumar Yadav played an unbeaten knock of 61 against Zimbabwe© Twitter Suryakumar Yadav produced yet another special innings on Sunday to further cement his growing reputation as the best T20I batter in the world. The India No 4 is already on top of the ICC rankings and against Zimbabwe he scored an unbeaten 61 off

Watching Suryakumar Yadav bat is an inexhaustible joie de vivre and India head coach Rahul Dravid believes that he is staging a spectacle every time he is on the 22 yards. Each one better than the previous one and unforgettable at times. “I think he has been absolutely phenomenal for us. He is just a

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South Africa vs Netherlands, T20 WC Live: SA look to seal semis spot© AFP South Africa vs Netherlands, T20 World Cup, Super 12 Live Updates: Temba Bavuma-led South Africa will look to seal their semi-final spot when they take the field against the Netherlands on Sunday. The Proteas currently have five points in the Super

On the eve of India’s  final T20 World Cup group game against Zimbabwe, star batter Virat Kohli celebrated his 34th birthday in Melbourne. Kohli has been in top form in the ongoing tournament. He has hit three unbeaten fifties so far, and is also the leading run-getter in the tournament with 220 runs so far.

T20 World Cup Live: England restrict Sri Lanka on 141/8 in Sydney.© AFP T20 World Cup 2022, England vs Sri Lanka Live Updates: Chasing a target of 142, England are cruising with Alex Hales and Jos Buttler on the charge. Earlier, Pathum Nissanka hit a gutsy half-century but Mark Wood bagged three wickets as England restricted

Shikhar Dhawan to captain Punjab Kings in Indian Premier League’s next season.© BCCI Punjab Kings on Friday announced that Shikhar Dhawan will lead the franchise in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. He will replace Mayank Agarwal, who had led the team last season. The move was on expected lines after Mayank failed to

New Zealand sit top of the points table with seven points from five games.© AFP Australia kept their hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup semi-finals alive after beating Afghanistan in their final group game on Friday at the Adelaide Oval. Glenn Maxwell‘s unbeaten 32-ball 54 lifted Australia to 168/8 in the face of an

T20 WC, Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Australia post 168/8 in 20 overs© Twitter Australia vs Afghanistan, T20 World Cup, Super 12 Live Updates: Glenn Maxwell played a knock of 54 as he guided Australia to 168/8 in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh was going well, but his innings was cut short and he departed after scoring

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty© Twitter Top Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hylo Open Super 300 badminton tournament after a hard-fought win, in Saarbrucken, Germany on Thursday. Satwiksairaj and Chirag, seeded third in the tournament, beat the English pair of Rory Easton and Zach Russ

Shreyas Iyer in action© Twitter Shreyas Iyer was at his destructive best en route to a 44-ball 73 as the mighty Mumbai made short work of the 165-run target to outplay Vidarbha by five wickets and enter the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, in Kolkata on Thursday. Mumbai lost their skipper Ajinkya

Pakistan vs South Africa Live: Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan take Pakistan to 185/9.© AFP T20 World Cup, PAK vs SA, Live Updates: Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed slammed fifties as Pakistan recovered from a top-order collapse to post a total of 185/9 against South Afica in Sydney. Paksitan were reeling at 43/4 at one stage

KL Rahul knows exactly what his team wants from him and as long as he is able to do that, he can “sleep peacefully”. Having logged only 22 runs from the first three T20 World Cup games, it was Rahul’s opportunity to do the star turn with one of his better half-centuries (50 off 32