Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir says players of the national team are scared of asking for a break even when they feel exhausted as they apprehend being dropped from the side altogether due to a "communication gap" with the team management.
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are now just about over a month away from becoming first time parents. Their baby is expected to be delivered in January 2021. The couple have been posting adorable pictures on social media, letting their fans know about how they are enjoying this special journey together, ever since they announced the news of their pregnancy in August this year.
The Australian cricket fraternity has been debating about David Warner's opening partner in the Test series with a few backing the struggling Joe Burns to keep his place while others want the young William Pucovski to open. However, the injury to Warner has changed the scenario and has created a situation where both Burns and Pucovski could open.
Sydney Sixers on Tuesday announced the signing of West Indies Test skipper Jason Holder for a three-game stint for the upcoming Big Bash League (BBL).
The Formula One medical car team who helped Romain Grosjean make a 'miracle' escape from a fiery Bahrain Grand Prix crash played down their heroics on Monday and said they would learn from it to do better if such an horrific accident happened again.
The 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year went to an obvious choice: pandemic. The term had the most online dictionary lookups of any word, Merriam-Webster said on its website, after a year in which at least 1.4 million people globally have died from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Humanitarian workers fear any further rise in novel coronavirus cases would be disastrous in northwestern Syria, where around half of three million people live in overcrowded camps or temporary shelters after being displaced by conflict.
The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021, including ending weekend services, closing 19 stations and shrinking weekday operations if Congress does not approve additional assistance.
West Ham United climbed to fifth in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Monday as for the second successive home game they benefited from a missed penalty.
Barcelona will hold elections for a new president on January 24, the club said on Monday, following former chief Josep Maria Bartomeu's resignation early this year.
Mexican Sergio Perez said on Monday he has options for a Formula One comeback in 2022 if he has to sit out next season, with the possibility also of carrying out a reserve role at a top team for 2021.
Police said they received a report of three men dressed in black hurling Molotov cocktails into the car park of the Police Sports and Recreation Club in Mongkok, a district that saw many clashes during last year's huge democracy protests.
Public health experts, including Anthony Fauci, the leading US infectious disease expert, have sharply criticized Atlas, a neuroradiologist, for providing Trump with misleading or incorrect information on the virus pandemic.
From now until Inauguration Day, Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be reading the President's Daily Brief crafted for Trump, who had delayed giving Biden and Harris access to it as he contests the outcome of the election.
Hardik Pandya is still far from being match-fit as a bowler following injury and is playing primarily as a batsman, meaning there is a gaping hole in India's XI when it comes to sixth-bowling options. Pandya's injury has now meant there isn't a worthy sixth-bowling option if any of the five regular bowlers have an off day.
Australia captain Aaron Finch has backed under-fire paceman Mitchell Starc to rebound after the left-armer was feasted upon by India's batsmen in the first two matches of the one-day series.
Fulham climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone after finally solving their penalty woes in a shock 2-1 win at Leicester on Monday.
Morrison said Australia was seeking the removal of the "truly repugnant" image posted on Monday by Zhao Lijian, a spokesman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
After an impressive outing for champions Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League in the UAE earlier this month, the two matches on this tour have been nightmarish, to say the least, and Jasprit Bumrah has looked a pale shadow of himself.
Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir wasn't pleased with skipper Virat Kohli's, who gave pacer Jasprit Bumrah only two overs with the new ball.
Tottenham moved back to the top of the Premier League after grinding out a 0-0 draw at Chelsea that bolstered their claim to be contenders for a first league title in 60 years.
Steve Smith's 105 in the series opener two days ago was the appetizer for an innings laced with class and composure which followed in the second ODI. Deservingly named the Man of the Match, the former Australian skipper said at the presentation ceremony, "I felt good from ball one. Got myself in and went hard."
A victorious Lewis Hamilton kept his composure and then praised Formula One's safety systems on Sunday after Romain Grosjean escaped from a frightening fireball after a crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Marnus Labuschagne is ready to step up in David Warner's absence and open the batting for Australia in the remaining white-ball matches against India if called upon.
Wolves recovered from losing top scorer Raul Jimenez to a sickening head injury to inflict Arsenal's third consecutive home league defeat with a 2-1 win at the Emirates on Sunday.
Social media and smartphones briefly gave youthful Arab Spring protesters a technological edge that allowed them to topple ageing dictatorships as their revolutionary spirit went viral. Regimes across North Africa and the Middle East were caught flat-footed a decade ago as the fervour of the popular uprisings spread at the speed of the internet via Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
The regulator WorkSafe examined why 47 people, mainly Australian tourists, were on the island in December 2019 when a column of burning ash and steam blasted from a volcanic vent.
The countries swept up by the latest revolts had initially stood on the sidelines as a contagion of uprisings gripped Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya and Yemen in 2011. But in 2019 they led calls for an end to the same regional economic precariousness, corruption, and unresponsive governance that fuelled the Arab protests years earlier.
Six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital, officials said Monday. Two guards were critically injured, they said. Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. Inmates have staged protests in recent weeks at several prisons as the number of coronavirus cases surges in the facilities.
When Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country in January 2011, rumours and uncertainty created "panic and hysteria", said ex-activist and entrepreneur Houeida Anouar.
David Warner has been ruled out of the rest of the white-ball matches against India due to a groin injury and faces a fitness battle to be ready for the first Test at Adelaide Oval on Dec. 17. Cricket Australia said that Warner, who suffered the injury in the field during Australia's 51-run ODI win on Sunday, would be rested in the hope of being fit for the four-Test series against Virat Kohli's side.
From the first ball to the last, Australia dominated India, notching up their third highest ODI total of 389 in the process, handing India a 51-run defeat and winning the three-match series. Virat Kohli tried to make a match of it and steal Steve Smith's (104 off 64 balls) thunder, but even the ever-optimistic Indian captain knew it was a bridge too far.
Race officials and drivers praised the modern safety systems developed for F1 on Sunday after Romain Grosjean said he was "okay" after surviving a high-speed crash and fireball blaze on the opening lap of the Bahrain GP. The Frenchman's car rammed into the barriers as he braked hard from around 250 km/h (155 mph) during the opening lap, the front part hammering into the steel guardrails which buckled.
President-elect Joe Biden fractured his right foot while playing with one of his dogs, an injury discovered in a scan Sunday and that will likely require him to wear a boot for several weeks, his doctor said.
India all-rounder Hardik Pandya bowled in top-flight cricket for the first time since returning from a back surgery more than a year ago, with his team under pressure against Australia during the second ODI on Sunday.
Ethiopian Amedework Walelegn dethroned compatriot Andamlak Belihu in a nail-biting finish to win the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon men's race in a course record time of 58.53 seconds here on Sunday.
Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman expressed his disappointment at India's loss in the first ODI against Australia in Sydney on Friday.
Glenn Phillips smashed the fastest Twenty20 international hundred for New Zealand to help the hosts to a 72-run win against West Indies on Sunday and an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
On the first weekend of sporting action since the death of Diego Maradona, sports, leagues and teams round the world on Saturday paid tribute to the Argentine football great.
Faltering La Liga champions Real Madrid slid to a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Alaves on Saturday as goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made a catastrophic error and record signing Eden Hazard suffered yet another injury.
Neymar scored his 50th league goal for Paris Saint-Germain but warned the Ligue 1 leaders needed to improve quickly as they prepared for a crunch European clash with Manchester United by drawing 2-2 with Bordeaux on Saturday.
West Bromwich Albion ground out their first Premier League win of the season and moved out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 home victory over Sheffield United thanks to Conor Gallagher's maiden top-flight goal on Saturday.
Marseille put their humiliating losing run in the Champions League to one side as Florian Thauvin and Dimitri Payet were among the scorers in a 3-1 win over Nantes in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Considering the legendary AC Milan team Daniele Massaro was an integral part of during the late 80s and early 90s, the former forward admits watching the decline of his beloved Rossoneri in recent years has been a "painful" experience.