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Anthony Joshua involved in a car accident in Nigeria Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was involved in a serious car accident in Nigeria on Monday that resulted in the deaths of two other passengers. Joshua, who is Nigerian-British, was also injured and is currently receiving medical treatment.The accident was confirmed by Lagos State…

Priyansh Arya. (File photo/PTI) Opener Priyansh Arya and middle-order batter Tejasvi Dahiya scored quick half-centuries as Delhi overcame captain Rishabh Pant’s modest return to beat Saurashtra by three wickets in a Group D Vijay Hazare Trophy match on Monday.Chasing a target of 321, Arya scored 78 off 45 balls and Tejasvi made 53 from 51…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) Bihar have continued to be dominant in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate 2025-26. On Monday, they picked up an easy eight-wicket win over Meghalaya at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi. This was Bihar’s third win in a row, and they did it in convincing fashion by eight wickets.With Bihar winning…

Shan Masood. (File photo) Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has set a new record for the fastest double century by a Pakistani in first-class cricket, reaching the milestone in 177 balls and surpassing a long-standing mark held by Inzamam-ul-Haq.Masood achieved the feat while representing Sui Northern Gas against Sahar Associates on the opening day of…

Sunil Gavaskar (File Image) On This Day in 1983 – December 29, batting maestro Sunil Gavaskar achieved a major milestone in his career. Against the West Indies in the sixth Test in Chennai, Gavaskar scored a career-best 236 not out — then the highest score by an Indian in Test history — a day after…

NEW DELHI: Star India batter Virat Kohli is set to turn out for Delhi in their Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Railways on January 6 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru, DDCA president Rohan Jaitley told PTI on Monday. While the BCCI has mandated centrally contracted players to feature in at least…

Andrew McDonald, Head Coach of Australia, inspects the pitch at Melbourne Cricket Ground (Photo credit: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The ICC on Monday rated the pitch used for the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as unsatisfactory, handing the venue one demerit point after match referee Jeff Crowe…

Michael Pepper of Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ILT20) The Abu Dhabi Knight Riders brushed aside the Gulf Giants by 32 runs to seal a top-four finish in the World ILT20 Season 4 at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. In the final league match of the season, the Knight Riders secured a crucial win and…

File photo – Venkatesh Iyer (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Venkatesh Iyer’s outing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Kerala at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad did not unfold the way many had anticipated. The moment the Madhya Pradesh all-rounder walked out to the middle, expectations were high that he would fire in…

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis (AP Photo) A track and field world record broken almost at will by a generational athlete.A tennis star returning from a doping ban to take his place in a duopoly that has more than reassured fans who’ve been fretting over what the sport might look like in a post ‘Big 3′ world.Go…