Javid Basharat wants to become the first UFC champion from Afghanistan
Dana White Contender Series winner Javid Basharat makes his UFC debut this Saturday night in Las Vegas.
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Javid Basharat wants to become first ever UFC champion from Afghanistan
Dana White Contender Series winner Javid Basharat makes his UFC debut this Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Paralympic cycling champion Jon-Allan Butterworth sets sights on Winter Games as a snowboarder
“Today I saw someone going down on a snowboard in a frame and they didn't even use their legs”, said Paralympic cycling champion, Jon-Allan Butterworth. “They used their body weight and their arms to tilt the snowboard on a frame. I didn't even know this existed. There’s not many barriers now in this modern life to do any sport”.
IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans sign Rahmanullah Gurbaz as a replacement for Jason Roy
Gujarat Titans have signed Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz as a replacement for England batsman Jason Roy in the Indian Premier League tournament starting later this month, the franchise said on Wednesday. Gurbaz, a wicketkeeper-batsman, has played 20 T20 internationals, scoring 534 runs at a strike rate of 138. The Titans, who are making their IPL debut along with Lucknow Super Giants this season, picked the Afghan player at his base price of $66,000, the franchise said in a press release.
Bangladesh rest all-rounder Shakib for South Africa tour
Shakib Al Hasan from all cricket until April 30 after the star player sought to withdraw from the upcoming tour of South Africa. "Shakib told us he was mentally fatigued and physically stressed," Bangladesh Cricket Board operations chief Jalal Yunus told reporters in Dhaka. "He does not want to go to South Africa.
IPL 2022: Rahmanullah Gurbaz Replaces Jason Roy In Gujarat Titans Squad
Afghanistan batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been named as the replacement for England opener Jason Roy in Gujarat Titans' squad, confirmed IPL on Wednesday.
BCB Rests Shakib Al Hasan From All Forms Of Cricket Till April 8, To Miss South Africa Series
Bangladesh premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been granted a break from all forms of cricket till April 30 to deal with "mental stress" and "fatigue", ruling him out of the upcoming South Africa series that runs till April 8. The 34-year-old, who was not picked by any of the IPL franchises, was initially named in the ODI and Test squads for the South Africa tour. But following his comment that he felt like a "passenger" in the team after Bangladesh's recent series against Afghanistan, where he made 74 runs and took seven wickets in three ODIs and two T20Is, the country's cricket board (BCB) decided to give him a much-needed break.