Author: News Desk

Hyderabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Pakistan captain Babar Azam was overwhelmed with the love and support from the Indians when the Men in Green landed here for the ICC World Cup 2023, to be held in India from October 5 to November 19.Babar took to his social media account and wrote, “Overwhelmed with the love and support here in Hyderabad.”Earlier, Shaheen Shah Afridi also lauded the Indians for their warm reception for the Pakistani cricketers.The Pakistan cricket team landed in Hyderabad on Wednesday night amid tight security. The team flew into the city via Dubai for the first tour to India…

Johannesburg, Sep 28 (IANS) Royals Sports Group-owned franchise Paarl Royals completed their squad of 19 players which is set to represent them at Season 2 of South Africa’s T20 league — the SA20 — which will be held from January 10, 2024.South African-born English talent John Turner was the first signing for the franchise at the Auction, with the pacer from Hampshire being picked up for his base price of R425,000. The 22-year-old made his T20 debut earlier this year for Hampshire, and was also involved at The Hundred with the Trent Rockets, impressing with figures of 1/22 with an…

Dubai, Sep 28 (IANS) Babar Azam’s lead at the top of the ODI Batting Rankings continues to diminish with India star Shubman Gill making further inroads on the Pakistan skipper on the latest update.Gill has been in superb touch for India during the first two matches of their ODI series against Australia, with the in-form opener having amassed a total of 178 runs for the series during the opening two contests.The right-hander hit a quickfire 74 during the opening match of the series in Mohali and backed that up by scoring the sixth ODI century of his career in Indore…

Dubai, Sep 28 (IANS) 24-year-old Afghanistan youngster, Naveen ul Haq, has announced his decision to step away from ODIs at the conclusion of the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World CupNaveen ul Haq, who made a surprising return to Afghanistan’s ODI squad for the World Cup, has announced on social media that he would be retiring from the fifty-overs format at the end of the tournament in India.Naveen had made a return after a two-year absence from the format in Afghanistan’s World Cup squad, and is still only 24 years old.The pace bowler has played only seven ODIs but has become…

Geneva, Sep 28 (IANS) FIFA has released its list of the 16 stadiums which will host matches during the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States.The 2026 tournament will be the first World Cup to take place across three countries, with the number of participating teams set to increase from the current 32 up to 48, reports Xinhua.Canada will see Toronto and Vancouver host matches, while Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey will each have one stadium in Mexico.The United States will stage games across 11 stadiums in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston,…

Madrid, Sep 28 (IANS) Girona are the new leaders of La Liga after a 2-1 win away to Villarreal.Although Dani Parejo’s 48th-minute penalty had put Villarreal ahead, the Catalonian side saw Artem Dovbyk’s header draw them level in the 55th minute, with new FC Barcelona loanee Eric Garcia following up with a winning header from a free kick, reports Xinhua.Real Madrid move second with a 2-0 win at home to Las Palmas, with Brahim Diaz justifying his first start of the season by putting them ahead in first-half injury time.Joselu sealed the win for Real Madrid early in the second…

Rome, Sep 28 (IANS) Inter Milan saw their perfect record in Serie A come to an end as they squandered a 1-0 lead to fall 2-1 to Sassuolo at San Siro.Inter had managed five Serie A wins in as many matches and only conceded one goal before Wednesday, while Sassuolo stunned Juventus 4-2 on the previous matchday, reports Xinhua.The home side created a couple of chances and broke the deadlock before the break when Denzel Dumfries shook off a defender to place a left-footed effort into the net.However, Sassuolo turned around the game in the space of nine minutes when…

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 28 (IANS) South Africa One-Day International (ODI) captain Temba Bavuma will travel back home on Thursday due to family reasons.Bavuma will miss the two ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 warm-up matches against Afghanistan and New Zealand on September 29 and October 2 respectively.Aiden Markram will captain the side in his absence.More details awaited.–IANS cs

Washington, Sep 28 (IANS) The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has sued e-commerce platform eBay, accusing it of “unlawfully selling and distributing hundreds of thousands” of products that threaten the environment and public health.The complaint alleges that eBay sold, offered for sale or caused the sale of more than 343,000 aftermarket defeat devices, which defeat motor vehicle emission controls, a violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA).Aftermarket defeat devices significantly increase pollution emissions — including carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and nonmethane hydrocarbons — that harm public health and impede efforts by the EPA, states, Tribes and local agencies…

San Francisco, Sep 28 (IANS) X CEO Linda Yaccarino has asserted that the company formerly known as Twitter will be profitable by early 2024, adding that the platform may now have 200-250 million daily active users.Speaking at the Code conference late on Wednesday, she said that since I have now immersed myself in the business, “we have a good set of eyes on what is predictable” and “what’s coming is that it looks like in early 2024, we will be turning a profit”.Yaccarino said that “90 per cent of the top 100 advertisers have returned to the platform in the…