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While Lionel Messi is looking to lift his first World Cup, France are looking to retain the title they won in 2018 in what promises to be a tough game for both sides, Xinhua news agency reported.
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France and Mbappé are headed back to the biggest game in soccer, and to a much-anticipated matchup with Argentina, after ending Morocco's historic run at the World Cup on Wednesday.
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And of course there were goals, too, for one of the greats of the game whose bid to win the World Cup for the first time is still on track.
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The last World Cup clash between the United States and Iran 24 years ago is considered one of the most politically charged matches in soccer history.
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New Delhi: Former world championship silver medallist and Olympian Anjum Moudgil won bronze in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) event on competition day eight of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage in Changwon, Korea, making it her second individual ISSF World Cup medal of the year in consecutive world cup […]
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London: On this day in 1983, the Indian cricket team defied all odds and expectations and made history by clinching its first-ever Cricket World Cup title, defeating West Indies in the finals by 43 runs at Lord’s. Heading into the finals, India had impressed and shocked the cricketing world with its impressive performances in the […]
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New Delhi: India’s Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil finished seventh in the 10m Air Rifle Men’s competition at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sunday. The 18-year-old Junior World Championship silver medallist had made the top eight stage on Saturday, finishing fourth in qualification. Serbia’s Lazar Kovacevic won gold while Croatian Miran Maricic bagged […]
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Mumbai: Rishabh Pant says the tour of Australia in 2020-21 is the “turning point of my life” as he helped India save one game and win another despite taking painkiller injection after struggling to hold the bat. The 24-year-old Pant played two of his greatest knocks in the last two Tests in Sydney and Brisbane […]
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Mount Maunganui: An inconsistent India paid the price for a shoddy batting effort but England infused new life into their title defence with a four-wicket win in a league-stage game of the ICC Women”s World Cup, here on Wednesday. Inconsistency returned to haunt Indian batters as they were bundled out for a meagre 134 by […]
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Mount Maunganui: Smriti Mandhana, Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar scored half-centuries to help India post 244 for seven in their ICC women’s World Cup opener against Pakistan here on Sunday. Opting to bat, India were under pressure after opener Shafali Verma was dismissed for a duck. A 92-run stand between Mandhana (52 off 75) and […]
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Mount Maunganui: Star allrounder Harmanpreet Kaur’s experience is vital to India’s middle-order and it is good to see her back among runs just before the World Cup, said skipper Mithali Raj on Saturday. The 32-year-old Harmanpreet, who has been battling a prolonge lean patch, slammed a 63 against New Zealand in the fifth ODI and […]
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New Delhi: At 33, P R Sreejesh is in the twilight of his career, but the veteran Indian hockey goalkeeper is in no mood to call it quits anytime soon as he is eyeing a World Cup medal to add to his Tokyo Olympics bronze before deciding the future course of his career. Sreejesh, who […]
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New Delhi: A bat signed by the 2011 World Cup winning Indian cricket team was sold for USD 25,000, while Australia opener David Warner’s 2016 IPL-winning signed SunRisers Hyderabad jersey fetched USD 30,000 in a non-fungible token (NFT) auction in Dubai. The NFT auction, conducted by CricFlix in association with RevSportz and Fanatic Sports, witnessed […]
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Hyderabad: Virat Kohli is set to step down as captain for T20Is after the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup scheduled to take place from October 17 in the UAE. He released a statement in this regard on his social media accounts. “I have decided to step down as the T20 captain after this World Cup […]
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Djokovic will now aim for a golden slam -- four Grand Slams and Olympic gold in a calendar year
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Goswami didn't give a definitive answer on vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur's batting position but indicated that a lot of options will be tried out before the World Cup in New Zealand next year.
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"We have officially intimated the ICC that the T20 World Cup can be shifted to the United Arab Emirates." BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said.
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The trio, who had won the first stage of the World Cup in Guatemala City in April, will face Mexico on Sunday in a repeat of the first stage final.
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The BCCI sought a month's time and the ICC board unanimously agreed to give that for a detailed assessment of the health situation in the country.
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The ICC is likely to make a formal announcement of its final decision during its annual conference that starts on July 18.