Shakib not expecting miracles from Bangladesh

Newly-appointed Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan played down his team’s chances at the Asia Cup and said his goal for the tournament is to prepare for the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year.

Injured Chameera ruled out of Asia Cup

Sri Lanka’s right-arm fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out of the Asia Cup 2022 due to a calf injury. Chameera sustained the injury during the team practice session.

BWF Worlds: Lakshya, Srikanth, Prannoy win

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen continued his impressive run, trouncing Danish Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in straight games to progress to the men’s singles second round at BWF World Championships here on Monday.

ODI: India beats Zimbabwe

India beat Zimbabwe by 13 runs in the third ODI to complete a 3-0 series sweep here on Monday. Shubman Gill (130) struck a stroke-filled century to power India to 289 for eight.
In reply, Zimbabwe’s innings ended at 276 in 49.3 overs thanks to Sikandar Raza’s brilliant 95-ball 115.

US intel says Putin fighting cancer, Kremlin denies

Russian President Vladimir Putin is fighting cancer and receiving aggressive treatment as he periodically stops making public appearances and has also possibly survived an assassination attempt, US intelligence experts have opined. But the Kremlin has stoutly denied such reports.

Imran gets protective bail in terrorism case

Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan was granted protective bail till Thursday by the Islamabad High Court in a terrorism case registered against him for threatening police, judiciary and other state institutions during a rally here on Saturday.

Russia detains ISIS terrorist plotting attack against Indians

An Islamic State terrorist from a Central Asian country, who was plotting a suicide attack against a member of India’s leadership elite for the offensive comments on the Prophet, has been detained in Russia, the country’s top intelligence agency said on Monday