The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will spend at least ₹502.92 crore to renovate five major stadiums in India for the ODI World Cup in October-November in India. Out of the amount, ₹100 crore will be used to revamp Delhi stadium, ₹117.17 crore for Hyderabad stadium, ₹127.47 crore for Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, ₹79.46 crore for Mohali stadium, and ₹78.82 crore for Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Mohali, though, is not a World Cup venue this year. The five venues underwent a gap assessment from the BCCI. The gap assessment outlines the gaps between the current and ide
Delhi Capitals (DC) stand-in captain David Warner on April 11 became the first-ever overseas player to smash 600 fours in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 36-year-old Australian accomplished this milestone during the match against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the home arena of Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Only Shikhar Dhawan has hit more fours in IPL than Warner, with 728 fours in 208 IPL innings. In Tuesday’s match, Warner scored 51 in 47 balls. His knock consisted of six fours. This took Warner’s four-tally in IPL to 604. The highest number of fours in IPL history belongs to the curr
Cricket Australia (CA) and Australia Cricketers’ Association (ACA) have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will boost the pay scale of contracted women’s cricketers. The MoU signed in Melbourne on April 3 announced an increase in payments for all centrally contracted cricketers, with female players getting a boost of almost 66 percent. Keeping in mind the success and popularity of women’s cricket leagues all over the world, and with the successful opening edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in India, the competition has increased. To ensure that the Women
Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on April 2 became the first-ever Indian bowler to take 300 wickets in T20 cricket. The star spinner made the record during Rajasthan Royals' opening match of the 2023 Indian Premier League against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. He registered figures of 4-0-17-4 against SRH and took his tally of wickets in T20 cricket to 303. Chahal dismissed SRH batter Harry Brook to reach the feat. Of his 300 wickets, 91 have come in international cricket. Ravichandran Ashwin, with 288 wickets, is the second-hig
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Australian Grand Prix on April 2 after two late red flags and many crashes threw the race into chaos. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton came in second, followed by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll. Double defending champion Verstappen was leading Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton with a few laps left when Haas driver Kevin Magnussen crashed into a wall, leaving debris on the track and stopping the race. The cars returned to the grid with fresh tyres for a two-lap sprint, but in a frenzied restart, Williams driver Logan Sargeant drove into the back of Al
South Africa now holds the world records for highest successful run chases in both one-day international and T20 international cricket. The country accomplished the 259-run target against West Indies on March 26 in Centurion to record the highest-ever successful T20I run chase. The team had recorded the highest-ever successful run chase in ODI cricket on March 12, 2006, when they chased down a 435-run target against Australia. After yielding 258 with the ball, South Africa delivered a stirring run chase, led by a maiden T20I ton from Quinton de Kock. Scoring 102 in the first six overs, the
Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora won gold medals at the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi on March 25-26. Nikhat beat Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Tam in the final of the 48-50kg light flyweight category, 5-0. Lovlina, meanwhile, beat Australia's Caitlin Anne Parker. With the victory, Lovlina took home her first-ever Worlds gold medal. In 2018 and 2019, the 25-year-old had bagged bronze medals in the welterweight category. With the latest win, Nikhat became only the second Indian after legendary MC Mary Kom to win multiple gold
The prize money for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will increase by 300% to $150 million, informed FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on March 16. While the Women's World Cup prize money is now three times the 2019 figure and 10 times more than in 2015, it is still considerably lower than the $440 million total prize money of the FIFA Men's World Cup in Qatar last year. Infantino made the prize money announcement in his closing remarks at the FIFA Congress, describing it to be a “historic journey for women's football and for equality” that
India has qualified for the final of the World Test Championship (WTC), and will clash with Australia for the biggest global honour in the format. The country’s entry to the final was confirmed after New Zealand beat Sri Lanka in a dramatic win by two wickets in Christchurch. The WTC title contest will take place at The Oval in London from June 7. The WTC final race had gone into March 13, with the results of both Test matches - in Ahmedabad and in Christchurch - equally relevant. If Sri Lanka had beaten New Zealand, it would have stayed in the race - if India didn't win in Ahmedabad. Ho
AC Milan has progressed to the UEFA Champions League quarter finals for the first time since 2011-2012 with a 0-0 draw in the second leg of their round of 16 match against Tottenham Hotspur in London. AC Milan has won the Champions League seven times so far. In the Champions League, the Italian giants had won the first leg at the San Siro stadium, due an early strike from Brahim Diaz, and both sides were coming off a domestic defeat last week. The two teams strung together a run of plays after kick-off as Junior Messias saw his attempt go wide of the post and Harry Kane's deflected strike