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Smith showed kind of mental strength he has: McGrath

8:52 pm August 7, 2019

Chennai: Steve Smith’s twin hundreds in the opening Ashes Test was an example of what mental fortitude means after having gone through an extremely rough phase, Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath said on Wednesday. Smith scored 144 and 142 in Australia’s 251-run win against England at the Edgbaston in his comeback Test after being banned […]

India's Tests against England, Australia were not fixed: ICC

Cricket commentator Anant Setalvad dead

8:55 pm August 4, 2019

Mumbai: Yesteryear cricket commentator Anant Setalvad, who used to draw pictures of the game’s progress on airwaves with his fine command of the English language, died here on Saturday night. He was in his mid 80s, according to sources in the Cricket Club of India, of which Setalvad was a long-term member. Setalvad had started […]

Smith savours Ashes century after fearing scandal would end career

2:02 pm August 2, 2019

Birmingham: Australia’s Steve Smith said he had contemplated the end of his career after marking his first Test since a year-long ball-tampering ban with a superb century on the opening day of the 2019 Ashes. The tourists were struggling at 17-2 at Edgbaston on Thursday when former Australia captain Smith walked out to bat and […]

Bayern renew battle with Dortmund amid Sane chase

1:53 pm August 2, 2019

Berlin: Bayern Munich resume their power struggle with Borussia Dortmund on Saturday for the German Super Cup with the Bavarians chasing Manchester City star Leroy Sane to reinforce their squad. The blockbuster Bundesliga curtain-raiser in Dortmund once more pits Germany’s top clubs together after Bayern held off a spirited Dortmund challenge to land a seventh […]

When Sania Mirza was told to stop playing tennis as 'no one would marry' her

I’ll not comeback to prove anything, results in second innings will be bonus: Sania

7:07 pm August 1, 2019

New Delhi: Star Indian tennis player Sania Mirza says she has achieved everything in her path-breaking career and has “nothing to prove” in her second innings, which is likely to begin by January 2020. In her quest to make a comeback to competitive tennis after more than two years after becoming a mother, the 32-year-old […]