James Lowe: England win can inspire Tigers against Leinster
James Lowe reckons Leicester Tigers' England contingent will be able to draw inspiration from their victory against Ireland ahead of Saturday's Investec Champions Cup clash with Leinster.
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Ardie Savea calls on All Blacks to follow Springboks' example on overseas player policy
All Blacks star Ardie Savea has urged New Zealand Rugby's top brass to reconsider its player eligibility rules.
Canada's Gushue suffers 1st loss at men's curling worlds after falling to Italy's Retornaz
Italy's Joel Retornaz drew the four-foot ring in an extra end for a 7-6 victory over Canada's Brad Gushue on Monday at the world men's curling championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Pakistan Captaincy Crisis: Report Claims Shaheen Afridi Furious With PCB For Putting Out His 'Fake' Quote
There is a fresh controversy that is reportedly brewing between Shaheen Afridi and the Pakistan Cricket Board. And a statement put out by the cricket board on its website, on behalf of Afridi, is at the centre of it. In the said statement, Afridi, who was stripped off Pakistan's white ball captaincy, on Sunday proclaimed his full-fledged support to Babar Azam, who was handed back the leadership role ahead of the T20 World Cup in June.
Captaincy drama rocks Pakistan cricket again
Pakistan cricket plunged into crisis over the weekend following a seemingly shoddy change of captaincy.
CSK Coach Stephen Fleming Explains MS Dhoni's Batting Approach Against Delhi Capitals
There are not many better than the great Mahendra Singh Dhoni when it comes to game awareness and that reflected in his maiden outing with the bat this IPL season, said Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming. The margin of defeat for CSK's first loss of the season would have been bigger than 20 runs if it was not for Dhoni's unbeaten 37 off 16 balls at number eight. Dhoni's cameo against the Delhi Capitals included a thundering six over extra-cover before he unleashed a one-handed maximum over mid-wicket in the 20th over.
Sri Lanka Achieve Humongous Test Feat, Break 48-Year-Old Massive Record
Sri Lanka cricket team made history on Day 2 of the second Test match against Bangladesh on Sunday as they broke a 48-year-old record. Sri Lanka scored 531 runs in their first innings without a single batter scoring a century. This was the highest total posted by any team in the history of Test cricket where none of the batters scored 100 or more. Among the top seven Sri Lanka batters, six slammed half-centuries with Kusal Mendis top-scoring with 93 while Kamindu Mendis was unbeaten on 92. The record previously belonged to India who scored 524/9 declared against New Zealand in Kanpur back in 1976.
Comeback Man Rishabh Pant, David Warner Lead Delhi Capitals To 20-Run Win Over Chennai Super Kings; MS Dhoni's Knock In Vain
Comeback man Rishabh Pant hit a much-awaited fifty after David Warner's well-constructed 52 to set up Delhi Capitals' convincing 20-run win over Chennai Super Kings for whom veteran MS Dhoni's vintage knock was not enough to cross the line in their IPL match in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Faced with a tough 192-run target, the Super Kings tried to scale it down through Ajinkya Rahane (45), Dhoni (37 not out) and Daryl Mitchell (34) but the Capitals carried far too many guns for them on the night. CSK ended up at 171 for six.