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Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men’s player prize for 2022 on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain’s Alexia Putellas retained the women’s award at a ceremony in Paris. Messi beat his Paris Saint-Germain teammate, and World Cup final rival, Kylian Mbappe to the men’s gong with Ballon … Read More “Lionel Messi Wins Best FIFA Men’s Player Award Ahead Of Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema” »
File photo of Suryakumar Yadav© BCCI Star India batsman Suryakumar Yadav was on Wednesday named as the ICC T20I men’s cricketer of the year. Suryakumar Yadav had a stellar year with the bat breaking an array of records and setting a benchmark like never before in the shortest format of the game. Suryakumar, who became … Read More “Suryakumar Yadav Named ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer Of The Year 2022” »
Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya are the Indian players who have made cuts into the Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2022 announced by the International Cricket Council on Monday. While Kohli has been altogether a different batter since the 2022 Asia Cup — which was held in the T20 format, Suryakumar has … Read More “Virat Kohli Among Three Indians In ICC Men’s T20I Team Of 2022, No Place For Babar Azam” »
The seventh day of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 brought the conclusion of the group stage action from Pool A and Pool B, as Australia and Belgium topped their groups, booking their quarterfinals spots, while Argentina, France, Germany and Korea now move on to the crossovers. Incredibly, all four games saw at … Read More “Men’s Hockey WC: Five Hat-Tricks On Final Day Of Pool Play As Australia, Belgium Seal QFs Spots” »
India’s star batsman Suryakumar Yadav has been nominated for the Men’s T20I Cricketer of 2022 award as announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday. The swashbuckling batter has been nominated along with three other players for the award. Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza and Mohammad Rizwan are also in contention for the coveted award. … Read More “Suryakumar Yadav Nominated For ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer Of The Year 2022 Award” »
File photo of Manoj Prabhakar Former India all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar on Thursday stepped down as Nepal team head coach after a four-month stint, the country’s cricket board announced. The 59-year-old Prabhakar, who took 96 wickets and scored 1600 runs from 39 Tests between 1984 and 1995, was appointed to the post in August. He had … Read More “Manoj Prabhakar Quits As Nepal Men’s Team Head Coach” »
Shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Saturday reached the final of the ongoing BWF French Open tournament after beating the South Korean pair of Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho. The Indian pair defeated the Koreans 21-18, 21-14 in a match that lasted 44 mins. Chirag and Satwik were dominant right from the … Read More “Shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy And Chirag Shetty Reach French Open Men’s Doubles Final” »
File photo of Suryakumar Yadav© Twitter India’s Suryakumar Yadav will enter the T20 World Cup as the second best batter in the format following an update of the ICC Men’s Player Rankings issued on Wednesday. Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan (861 rating points) has extended his lead at the top of the T20I batter rankings after … Read More “ICC Men’s Rankings: Suryakumar Yadav Retains No.2 Spot In Batters’ List Ahead Of T20 WC” »
Namibia will look to extend their meteoric rise in the world of cricket when they come across Sri Lanka, who will be brimming with confidence after their Asia Cup victory last month. Round one will begin with a bang as the first of 45 games will pit Group A favourites, Sri Lanka, against Namibia, a … Read More “ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Namibia To Face Asian Champions Sri Lanka” »
The Indian hockey team will start its 2023 Hockey World Cup campaign against Spain at the newly-built Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on January 13 according to the schedule released by the International Federation of Hockey (FIH) on Tuesday. India, who won the bronze medal at Tokyo 2020, will face England, ranked No. … Read More “Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023: India To Face Spain In Campaign Opener” »
