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Different strokes for different sport as action resumes on the arena

Different strokes for different sport as action resumes on the arena

When it rains, it pours. Across continents, nothing could be truer than this proverb as the fortunes of sporting world unfold in tough times. It is pouring troubled waters on the football leagues across Europe.…

Sri Lanka Cricket aims to launch T20 League in August

Sri Lanka Cricket aims to launch T20 League in August

Sri Lanka Cricket is looking for a short window to launch of its T20 league. The board, following a sharp decline in novel coronavirus cases in the country, is eyeing for a two-week window in…

CSA delays resumption of game; 3T Cricket postponed

CSA delays resumption of game; 3T Cricket postponed

Competitive cricket in South Africa will not return as planned after the lockdown. The proposed 3T Cricket charity event has been postponed indefinitely from its scheduled June 27 date. The fund raiser event were to…

Mashrafe Mortaza tests positive for COVID-19

Mashrafe Mortaza tests positive for COVID-19

Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has tested positive for the COVID-19 infection. The Bangladesh cricket icon suspected to have been infected from his family members, who had been diagnosed novel Coronavirus positive. His family sources…

COVID-19 scare for Ganguly; brother’s family members test positive

COVID-19 scare for Ganguly; brother’s family members test positive

COVID-19 scare has reached the corridors of power in India cricket. The Board of Control for Cricket in India President Sourav Ganguly’s family members have reportedly tested for novel Coronavirus. Wife Gananguly’s brother Snehashish, who…

ICC Chair Election: Cricket Sri Lanka to back BCCI candidate

ICC Chair Election: Cricket Sri Lanka to back BCCI candidate

Sri Lanka Cricket will support the Board of Control for Cricket in India candidate for the International Cricket Council independent chair. An SLC official has told Sri Lanka’s Daily News that “The SLC will lend…

Anurag Thakur or Srinivasan may jump in fray for ICC Chair: Report

Anurag Thakur or Srinivasan may jump in fray for ICC Chair: Report

Amidst all speculation around the likely candidates for the International Independent Chair election there appear two certainties. The England and Wales Cricket Board Chairman Colin Graves will contest for the post and Pakistan Cricket Board…

ICC celebrates impact cricket made on lives of displaced people

ICC celebrates impact cricket made on lives of displaced people

The International Cricket Council in recognition of the UN World Refugee Day has released a video to celebrate the impact cricket has made on the lives of the displaced people the world over. To mark…

IPL Governing Council to review sponsorship deals with Vivo

IPL Governing Council to review sponsorship deals with Vivo

A day after the Board of Control for Cricket in India treasurer Arun Dhumal had termed the Indian Premier League deal with Oppo as favorable for economy, the BCCI has put on record that it…

Sri Lanka launches probe into 2011 WC final fixing allegation

Sri Lanka launches probe into 2011 WC final fixing allegation

Sri Lankan Sports Minister Dullas Alahapperuma has ordered an inquiry into the match fixing allegations during 2011 World Cup final between Sri Lanka and India. Former Sports Minister of the island nation Mahindananda Aluthgamage had…