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“All Women’s team matches will be awarded T20 International status on July 1st 2018. All the men’s team matches will be given T20 International status on January 1st 2019,” Richardson said. As of now, the 12 full members of ICC - Australia, England, India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Ireland and Afghanistan - and six other nations - Scotland, Netherlands, Hong Kong, UAE, Oman and Nepal have T20I status....

There have been many Indian players who have caught the eye of the fans through their performances at the U-19 level, but only four of them have gone on to win the man of the series award in the U-19 World Cup. Even the current Indian captain Virat Kohli, who has turned out to be such a brilliant batsman at the senior level, hadn’t won the Man of the Series award when he had featured for India in the U-19 World Cup in 2008....

India and Afghanistan have played each other just twice in the past, in the 2014 Asia Cup and the 2018 Asia Cup. While they have not squared off against each other on the World Cup stage before, they have produced a few entertaining contests, and here, we take a look at the important numbers from the two sides’ past encounters. Head to head: India wins: 1 Afghanistan wins: 0...

Its been a tradition that whenever there is Cricket World Cup, the Indian team sports a new jersey. The 2019 World Cup is set to begin late in May in England. With the World Cup just under 100 days away, the new jersey was launched today for both the men’s and women’s teams. Indian captain Virat Kohli and former Indian captain MS Dhoni officially launched the jersey. The other Indian cricketers included the likes of Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Ajinkya Rahane and Prithvi Shaw....

59 ODIs have been played in Edgbaston till date out of which 11 were World Cup matches. It hosted three league matches in 1975, two league matches in 1979, three league matches in 1983 and two league matches and one semi-final in 1999. On that note, let us now take a look at some of the key stats of all ODIs played in Edgbaston. Batting performances 408/9 by England against New Zealand in 2015 is the highest team total at this ground....

Having been set a decently competitive total of 156, West Indies looked out of the contest after the openers got out cheaply. However, Marlon Samuels constructed a brilliant chase with an unbeaten knock of 85 and the finishing touch was provided by Carlos Brathwaite who smashed four sixes off the first four balls of the last over of the match to complete an enthralling match. Here are the major stats from the game:...

A video posted to Twitter late Wednesday night shows Slash standing in front of a Ukrainian flag. It has been viewed over 167,000 times. “I stand for Ukraine and I stand for freedom,” said the famed guitarist who blew onto the music scene in Guns ‘N Roses. “I feel that the other governments of the world should do whatever they can to support Ukraine and give them whatever they need to be able to beat Putin back....

TV CHANNELS & LIVE STREAM The Star Sports Network have the exclusive broadcasting rights of the I-League. All the matches will be telecast live on Star Sports 2 and 2 HD. TEAM NEWS CHURCHILL BROTHERS POSSIBLE XI (4-4-2): James Kithan; Wayne Vaz, Hussein Eldor, Monday Osagie, Denachandram Meitei; Britto PM, Kalu Ogba, Richard Costa, Uttam Rai; Koffi Mechac, Dawda Ceesay. Injured: Jovel, Suraj Doubtful: None Suspended: None Key Players: Mechac Koffi, Osagie Monday...

In case you didn’t know… Henry Kisseka began his youth footballing career at SC Villa, the most successful club in the Ugandan Premier League. He moved to URA Kampala making his senior debut in the league in 2008 and continued until 2011. Henry moved abroad to Vietnam, playing for V-League 1 club Hoa Phat Ha Noi and featured for six other clubs in the Vietnamese league before coming to India to play for Gokulam Kerala FC....

Churchill Brothers FC Goa dampened Chennai City’s plan of securing their maiden Hero I-League title with a dramatic 3-2 win over the table toppers at the Tilak Maidan in Goa on Friday (March 1, 2019). Current Hero I-League table toppers Chennai City drew the first blood in the 29th minute through Sandro R before Willis Plaza (38’) restored parity for the hosts. The Red Machines took the lead through Christ Remi (50’) once again but it was Pedro Manzi (69’) who did no mistake to convert from the penalty spot....

The league leaders are still unbeaten in the tournament this year. They have five wins and the only time the couldn’t get the full three points was when Churchill Brothers held them to a draw a month ago. From there, the performance graph has only gone upward as they have now opened a 6-point lead at the top of the table. The recent surge of the Chennai team can mostly be attributed to the perfect team bonding of the foreigner and Indian players....

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Solskjaer was brought in initially as an interim replacement for Jose Mourinho in December and enjoyed a stunning impact as they lost just one of his first 17 matches at the helm and reached the Champions League quarter-finals against the odds. Back-to-back defeats to Arsenal and Wolves did not put United off from hiring him full-time at the end of March, but a subsequent run of two wins and four defeats has prompted many to question the club’s decision to hand Solskjaer a contract through to 2022....

James, 22, was on the verge of joining Leeds in January 2019, just months before his switch to Old Trafford. The 10-time Wales international said he had agreed to head to Leeds before the move fell through as the window closed. “I got to Elland Road about 6pm, did all the pictures with my shirt, all the interviews, because they wanted it to go out in the morning, and then it was strange,” James told former Swansea team-mate Kenji Gorre on the Living The Dream podcast....

The Denmark international produced an excellent display at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday, breaking the deadlock early on and then completing the scoring in the second half after Erik Lamela had struck. Though content with his recent showings, Eriksen expressed an eagerness to strive for more as Spurs seek to secure a top-four berth and silverware this season. “I’m in a very good place, but not sure it’s the best I’ve been,” he told BT Sport....

Former Inter defender Daniele Adani took aim at a number of Italian coaches in Europe for what he perceives to be a negative approach to matches. Allegri was among those to be accused of setting out his side in the wrong manner after Juventus crashed out of the Champions League with an aggregate defeat to Ajax in the quarter-finals, losing the second leg 2-1 having taken the lead through a Cristiano Ronaldo goal....

The Reds had a Sadio Mane effort controversially ruled out for offside and Virgil van Dijk also hit the post during the first half. James Milner’s opener arrived after the hour but Arsenal enjoyed plenty of encouragement in the Liverpool half throughout and belatedly got their reward through Alexandre Lacazette’s superb equaliser eight minutes from time – preserving a 14-match unbeaten run in all competitions. By that stage, Unai Emery had introduced forward Danny Welbeck and creative midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Alex Iwobi to supplement an attack of Mesut Ozil and Lacazette, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang having made way....