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BCCI says it could lose $270 million due to IPL postponement
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board is in hot waters as it would be losing up to $270 million in revenue after the Indian Premier League (IPL) was postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis in the country, a senior official told Reuters on…
ICC nominates Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman for ‘Player of the Month’
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has nominated Pakistani skipper Babar Azam and left-handed batsman Fakhar Zaman for the "Player of the Month" award tag, a few weeks after the two put up spectacular performances in the away series…
PCB-NCOC meeting to decide where remaining PSL 2021 matches will be held
ISLAMABAD: An important meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) officials around Eid will determine where the remaining matches of the PSL 2021 are held.
The matches are scheduled to…
Guardiola exorcises Champions League demons to lead Man City to first final
MANCHESTER (AFP) – After a decade of disappointment, Pep Guardiola is back in a Champions League final and just one game away from delivering on his task to make Manchester City champions of Europe for the first time.
In the battle…
PSG regret Mbappe absence and loss of discipline in latest Champions League exit
PARIS (AFP) – For Paris Saint-Germain another Champions League campaign ends in disappointment, wondering what might have been had one of their superstar attackers not been sidelined at the crucial moment.
In 2018 and 2019 it was…
IPL indefinitely suspended due to COVID-19 crisis in India
NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament has been indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 crisis in the country, IPL chairman Brijesh Patel told Reuters on Tuesday.
"The tournament stands suspended, we are…
Pak vs Zim: Green Shirts to start training for second Zimbabwe Test today
Pakistan will begin training for their second Test match encounter against Zimbabwe today (Tuesday) at the Harare Sports Club.
Pakistan will go into the second Test match with their heads held high after the visitors thrashed Zimbabwe by…
PCB now has a policy to support cricketers becoming parents
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board just announced a new parental support policy which its says is targeted to "motivate and champion professional cricketers in their journey to parenthood".
Under the newly introduced policy, PCB said,…
Sri Lanka’s Thisara Perera quits international cricket
COLOMBO: Former Sri Lanka skipper Thisara Perera announced his retirement from international cricket on Monday, ahead of a white-ball tournament against Bangladesh.
The 32-year-old all-rounder -- who captained his country in the…
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh to win Test series
PALLEKELE (AFP) - Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 209 runs in the second Test to clinch the two-match series 1-0 at Pallekele on Monday.
Chasing a daunting 437 to win, Bangladesh were dismissed for 227 in the first session of the fifth and…