FIFA are likely to schedule World Cup matches involving major European nations after midnight UK time next year in an effort to combat heat issues that affected the recent Club World Cup. It had been anticipated World Cup kick-off times would mirror those at the Club World Cup, when the earliest games started at 17:00 […]

By Frederick Halley OPENER Keith Fraser belted a swashbuckling undefeated 125 to lead Ariel Masters to a lopsided 10-wicket victory over Regal Masters in the Over-40 final of the inauguration One Guyana Unification softball extravaganza, organised by the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) in conjunction with title sponsors, Regal Stationery & Computer Centre and the

SOPHIE Devine’s ninth ODI century went in vain as Australia cruised to a comfortable 89-run win in Indore, on Thursday, to kickstart their World Cup campaign. The platform of the victory was laid by Ash Gardner’s second ODI century, a blazing 83-ball 115. (Scores: Australia 326 (Gardner 115, Litchfield 45, Tahuhu 3-42) beat New Zealand

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, (CMC) – West Indies stand-in T20I captain, Akeal Hosein has urged fans not to lose hope in the regional team following their shocking 2-1 loss to Nepal in their just concluded T20I series. His plea came after the sixth-ranked West Indies demolished Nepal by 10 wickets in the third and final

ENGLAND’S players have been urged “to be smart and not get caught doing stupid things” on the Ashes tour by managing director Rob Key. Trips to Australia are notoriously hostile for visiting England teams, often accompanied by intense scrutiny. In 2017-18, England’s Jonny Bairstow was accused of “headbutting” Australia batter Cameron Bancroft in a bar

GONCALO Ramos scored a last-minute winner as Paris St-Germain won at Barcelona in a meeting of two of the Champions League favourites. Barcelona led when Ferran Torres slid in to meet Marcus Rashford’s fine low ball from the left. England’s Rashford has scored or assisted a goal in five of Barcelona’s last six games. But

ASIF Mahmud, Bangladesh’s sports advisor, has declared that the country’s premier all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, will never play for the national team again. Shakib, who served as an Awami League member of parliament from January to August last year before being ousted in a student-led revolution, has not been picked for the national side in

  CENTURIES from Shreyas Iyer and Priyansh Arya helped India ‘A’ pick up a dominating win in the first unofficial ODI over Australia ‘A’ in Kanpur on Wednesday. The game, rescheduled after getting washed out on Tuesday, saw India ‘A’ post a mammoth 413/6 with Riyan Parag and Ayush Badoni making vital contributions as well.

FORMER Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal has withdrawn his candidature from the upcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) election, scheduled for October 6. The left-handed opener visited the BCB headquarters on Wednesday (October 1) to formally withdraw his nomination papers. Later, speaking at a press conference, he said: “You know that today we have withdrawn our nominations.

THE much-awaited decision on the status of the Asia Cup trophy and medallions, which were not presented to the victorious Indian team after the final on Sunday, has been deferred after some drama and a brief walkout, rather, a logout. The members of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), who met in Dubai on Tuesday (September