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NEW DELHI: There were tears, and heartbreaking scenes as Afghanistan cricket bid an emotional farewell to former fast bowler Shapoor Zadran. Star spinner Rashid Khan, wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and several other Afghanistan cricketers were seen breaking down while paying their final respects to their former teammate, whose death has left the country’s cricket…

Football, music and social impact will come together in the first-ever FIFA World Cup final halftime show. (ANI Photo) The FIFA World Cup 2026 final is set to deliver a spectacle beyond football after FIFA unveiled a star-studded lineup for the tournament’s first-ever Super Bowl-style halftime show, with Justin Bieber joining Madonna, Shakira and BTS…

Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh Live Score, 2nd ODI: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the second ODI between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Zimbabwe head into the match with a 1-0 lead in the three-match series after a commanding performance in the opener. Despite Nahid Rana’s brilliant six-wicket haul for Bangladesh, Zimbabwe’s bowlers stole the show…

Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Image credit: Major League Cricket) NEW DELHI: Lhuan-dre Pretorius smashed his maiden T20 century to power San Francisco Unicorns to a dominant nine-wicket win over MI New York in the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026 at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Thursday.Chasing a modest target of 144, the young South African…

L-R: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani; Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Argentina’s Lionel Messi (AP Photo) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has become the latest high-profile figure to back Egypt after its controversial 3-2 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 defeat to Argentina, declaring that the African side had been “robbed” in a remark…

Shresta Iyer and Shreyas Iyer NEW DELHI: India’s T20I captain Shreyas Iyer has received strong backing from his sister, Shresta Iyer, after another disappointing result against England in the 3rd T20I, extending his difficult start as the team’s full-time captain.In a video that has gone viral on social media, Shresta urged fans not to judge…

Former Rajasthan pacer Abhimanyu Lamba plays for Texas Super Kings. (Photo Courtesy: TSK) New Delhi: Abhimany Lamba’s cricket journey has taken him from representing Rajasthan in Indian domestic circuit to the Texas Super Kings (TSK) in the Major League Cricket (MLC).In an exclusive interaction with TimesofIndia. com, the fast bowler reveals why he left India…

NEW DELHI: Do you remember the feeling of sitting your Class 10 board exam? Very few don’t feel butterflies in their stomach beforehand. For India’s 98th Grandmaster (GM) Aswath S, the board exam meant putting the chessboard, his lifelong companion, aside for four months, from the start of the year until April, for the sake…

File Pic: US President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on. (AP Photo) The controversy surrounding FIFA’s unprecedented decision to overturn Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension has taken another dramatic turn, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino facing a formal ethics complaint to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…

Ismael Saibari leaves the field after being injured during the round of 16 match against Canada. (AP Photo) Morocco’s hopes of ending France’s FIFA World Cup title charge have suffered a significant setback, with in-form forward Ismael Saibari ruled out of Thursday’s blockbuster quarter-final because of a hamstring injury.Head coach Mohamed Ouahbi confirmed on the…