• Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Preview: Not playing a ‘Mickey Mouse team’, South Africa captain…

SOUTH Africa skipper Temba Bavuma on Wednesday (15) warned they are not up against a "Mickey Mouse team" in their World Cup semi-final against Australia amid feverish expectation of reaching their first championship match. The Proteas won seven of their nine league matches to finish second in the 10-team table…

World Cup 2023: How South Africa & Australia have historically…

SOUTH AFRICA will face Australia in the second semi-final of the ICC Men's World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India, on Thursday (16). Both the teams have won seven matches in the tournament and lost two but the Proteas ended up higher in the points table due…

PM Modi praises Mohammed Shami after India reach World Cup…

INDIA fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been in the news in the past for wrong reasons. Conspiracy theory was floated whenever he failed to make it to the country's playing XI or could not deliver a performance as per the fans' expectations. His religious identity had come into focus on…

Double tons, Shami’s 7-fer take India to World Cup 2023…

DOUBLE centuries from Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer and a seven-fer bowling performance from seamer Mohammed Shami saw hosts India defeat a spirited New Zealand by 70 runs in the semifinal to make the final of the ICC Men's World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday…

David Beckham watches World Cup 2023 semifinal in Mumbai

HIS country might have lost its world crown without much fight but that did not stop former England football captain David Beckham from appearing at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (15) to watch the first semi-final of the ICC Men's cricket World Cup 2023 between India and New…

India watching outcome of Biden-Xi summit very closely: USISPF chief…

THE summit between US president Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San Francisco is an important one and key global players like India will be watching its outcome very closely, the head of a top India-centric business and strategic group has said. Mukesh Aghi, CEO of the…

World Cup 2023: Kohli slams 50th ODI ton, betters Sachin’s…

ACE India batter Virat Kohli on Wednesday (15) authored his 50th century in one-day internationals, the most by any batter in the game's history. He eclipsed legendary former Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 tons in the same format. The 35-year-old, who equalled Tendulkar's tons against South Africa in…

India, US launch ‘Innovation Handshake’ to deepen tech ties

US COMMERCE secretary Gina Raimondo and Indian commerce and trade minister Piyush Goyal have led an industry roundtable to officially launch the two ambitious 'Innovation Handshake' agenda, which was previewed by US president Joe Biden and prime minister Narendra Modi in June. At the event, co-hosted by the US-India Business…

Ousted Braverman hits back at Sunak with blistering letter: ‘Your…

SACKED British home secretary Suella Braverman on Tuesday (14) came up with a scathing resignation letter a day after she was sacked by prime minister Rishi Sunak. The 43-year-old politician of Indian origin, who lost the top post twice in little over a year, wrote while expressing pride at her…

In India’s Jammu & Kashmir, 36 killed as bus falls…

THIRTY-SIX people were killed while 19 were injured after a bus fell into a gorge in Dodda district of the northern Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday (15). The ill-fated bus carrying around 40 passengers skidded of the road near Trungal-Assar on the Batote-Kishtwar national highway and…