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T20 World Cup: Our real anger is with New Zealand, not India: Shoaib Akhtar
Ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 'Super 12' clash against arch-rivals India on Sunday (October 24), Akhtar trained his guns at the Kane Williamson-led side for cancelling their limited-overs tour of Pakistan hours before the start of first ODI in Rawalpindi last month due to "security issues". "Our real anger is with New Zealand. We will take it out on them, we have no issues with you (India)," said Akhtar, speaking to Salaam Cricket 2021 on Friday.
No mental scars from 2016 T20 World Cup final; we've moved on: Eoin Morgan
England were at the receiving end of Carlos Brathwaite's pyrotechnics in the 2016 edition of the ICC T20 World Cup final, as the Barbados-born West Indian smashed four consecutive sixes off England's Ben Stokes in the last over that propelled the Caribbean side to the title.
Premier League: Man United v Liverpool, big game in fascinating weekend
Both sides go into the match after important wins in the Champions League, although Manchester United rode their luck slightly to come back from 2-0 down against Atalanta and there is still a feeling that coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hasn't worked out how to get the best of the wealth of attacking talent in his squad.
El Clasico, this weekend's big game in La Liga
Sunday afternoon's meeting comes with Real Madrid second in the table, three points behind Real Sociedad and with a game in hand, while Barca are two points behind Real Madrid in seventh. That means that at this early stage, the result won't be decisive in the title race, but it would still be very significant for both clubs.
CLOSE-IN: India can't afford to get complacent in T20 World Cup
The Indian side, in their warm-up matches against both England and Australia, looked devastating. The stint in the Indian Premier League (IPL) seems to have tuned their players to perfection. One is only worried that the premium show that they showcased should not make them complacent and too confident.
In-form Ridhima breaks another national record in swimming
Much like her swim in the 100m backstroke on Wednesday, Ridhima got off to a quick start and built on her lead with powerful strokes to clock 29.94 seconds to erase Maana Patel's record of 30.37 seconds created in 2014, Bhopal. Shalini Dixit of Karnataka bagged the silver medal in this event with a time of 31.98 seconds while Sri Nitya Sago of Telangana took home the bronze medal with a time of 32.68 seconds.
T20 World Cup: Oman bowled out for 122 by Scotland in a must-win match
Barring Aaqib Ilyas (37 off 35 balls) and Zeeshan Maqsood (34 off 30 balls), Oman's batters struggled to score in their home conditions as only two boundaries were scored in the last 5 overs. They also lost the last six wickets for 29 runs. Electing to bat first, Oman had a disastrous start as Jatinder Singh was run-out in a big miscommunication with both openers at non-striker's end.
T20 World Cup: Bangladesh hammer PNG by 84 runs, advance to Super-12
Riding on a quickfire fifty by skipper Mahmudullah (50 off 28) and a vital knock by Shakib Al Hasan (46 off 37), Bangladesh posted a total of 181/7 in 20 overs. Apart from Mahmudullah and Shakib, the likes of Liton Das (29) and Afif Hossain (21) also made valuable contributions with the bat. Chasing a challenging target for victory, PNG crumbled under the pressure and lost wickets in clusters.
Women's National Boxing: Delhi's Hemlata, Maharashtra's Aarya dominate on Day 1
Hemlata gave Mantasaha no chance whatsoever as she connected her jabs to precision and won the contest on a unanimous basis here. Another highlight of the Day 1 was the flawless performance from Maharashtra's Aarya Kulkarni, who outclassed Yape Bamang of Arunachal Pradesh 5-0. It was a display of total domination from Kulkarni, evident from round one, and she did not let up till the final round to register an easy win.
T20 World Cup: Laxman picks his India playing XI for clash against Pakistan
Instead, the former cricketer went with experienced pair of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma as his openers.
"They [India] are spoilt for choices. But I will go with Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul to open. No. 3 will be Virat Kohli, No. 4 will be Suryakumar Yadav, No. 5 Rishabh Pant, No. 6 Hardik Pandya, No. 7 will be Ravindra Jadeja, No. 8 will be Bhuvneshwar Kumar, No. 9 will be Bumrah," Laxman told Star Sports.
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