India Sunday called up all-rounder Vijay Shankar and batsman Shubman Gill for their Australia and New Zealand tours after KL...
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Cameron Bancroft insists he holds no grudges against David Warner and is keen to resume their opening partnership for Australia that was derailed by the ball-tampering scandal.The 26-year-old Bancroft, who has completed his nine-month ban for the cheating, confirmed in an explosive television interview last month it was Warner who asked him to alter the ball.Warner and Steve Smith still have three months of their suspensions left to run over the incident last March in South Africa that rocked the...
World number one Simona Halep’s preparations for next week’s Australian Open suffered a huge setback Wednesday when she was bundled...
Injury-plagued world number two Rafael Nadal insists he is healthy and in no pain after coming through an exhibition game in Sydney, just days after pulling out of the Brisbane International.The Spaniard teamed up with Canadian Milos Raonic to defeat Australians Nick Kyrgios and John Millman in the FAST4 Showdown on Monday evening – a shortened, quicker format of the game often described as the tennis equivalent of Twenty20 cricket.Nadal said that he was “feeling better” after withdrawing from Brisbane,...
Australia are banking on pace and versatility up front to win back-to-back Asian Cup as they embark on a new era without stalwarts Tim Cahill and Mile Jedinak.The Socceroos are a different beast to Ange Postecoglou’s team that beat South Korea in extra time to lift the trophy on home soil in 2015.They have a new coach in Graham Arnold and a mostly inexperienced squad, with the majority of the 23 in the United Arab Emirates never having experienced the...
An A-League game was held up for 40 minutes after a goalpost snapped and groundsmen scrambled to find a new one, with Perth Glory eventually routing the Central Coast Mariners 4-1.The match on Monday evening in Gosford was 10 minutes old when Perth defender Tomislav Mrcela ran into the back of the Mariners’ net on the follow through from a powerful close-range header. The right-hand post buckled under the pressure and both teams headed to the dressing room while ground...
India captain Virat Kohli Friday distanced his team from controversial comments deemed sexist by all-rounder Hardik Pandya on a TV...
Alex Carey has been promoted to opener while veteran Peter Siddle returns from the one-day wilderness in Australia’s opening clash against India Saturday in Sydney as they experiment ahead of the World Cup.Wicketkeeper Carey has played six one-dayers and usually comes in well down the order, but with an eye on the World Cup later this year in England, skipper Aaron Finch said selectors wanted to see what he could do.“It’s just an opportunity to see Alex play in a...
The United Nations has found that a teenager who fled Saudi Arabia to Thailand is a legitimate refugee and has...
World number one Simona Halep Sunday admitted a back injury that ended her 2018 season early was “very scary”, but...
The wife of disgraced cricketer David Warner has revealed she is pregnant again after suffering a miscarriage in the aftermath of her husband’s part in a ball-tampering scandal that rocked the game. Candice Warner took to Twitter on Monday evening to make the announcement, ending a horror 2018 for the couple on a bright note. “We are so grateful for all the love and support everyone has shown us this year. It is with a full heart that we would...
Disgraced Australian player Cameron Bancroft Saturday said he was a vastly different person to the one caught ball-tampering and revealed he considered walking away from cricket to become a yoga teacher.The opener received a nine-month ban from the international and domestic game for his part in the scandal in South Africa that rocked the sport, in which he used sandpaper to try to alter the ball. Then-captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner were suspended for a year. A...
