Tennis player Maxime Hamou’s accreditation has been revoked by the organisers of the French Open after he tried to kiss a female reporter repeatedly during a live TV interview. The French player, 21, kissed journalist Maly Thomas while holding her around her neck and shoulders, despite her efforts to duck away. In a statement, the … Read more
Ross Taylor is matter-of-fact when he reviews his career and previews New Zealand’s Champions Trophy hopes: is this the year he adds a world title to his list of credentials? The elder statesman of New Zealand cricket, known for poking out his tongue on reaching a century, has stamped his mark on the game over … Read more
Australia are relishing the prospect of uniting their “big four” pace attack for the first time at the Champions Trophy — and sending a message to England ahead of the Ashes. Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson are all fit and poised to bowl together given conducive conditions at the tournament in … Read more
Roy ‘Gramps’ Morgan, leading member of US-based family reggae group Morgan Heritage, was on Tuesday, May 23, unveiled in Accra as an Ambassador of the 2017 Pan African Historical Theatre Festival, PANAFEST. Gramps Morgan, the keyboardist and lead voice in the five-member family reggae group formed in 1994 by their musician father, Denroy Morgan, ended … Read more
New captain Sarfraz Ahmed will face his stiffest test yet when he leads unfancied Pakistan in the Champion’s Trophy — starting with a highly-charged clash against India. After qualifying by the skin of their teeth, Pakistan will need to overcome serious batting deficiencies to be competitive following their struggles in the one-day format in recent … Read more
With a fiery new bowler named Fizz leading the young guns and all-rounder Mushfiqur Rahim the old guard, Bangladesh are aiming to leave their mark on the Champions Trophy where they are appearing for only the second time. Bangladesh edged ahead of West Indies in the world rankings to get their place at the 50-over … Read more
Sri Lanka have turned to old warhorse Lasith Malinga to put fight into their Champions Trophy campaign and reverse their decline in the one-day game. The islanders have missed Malinga — one of the world’s great fast bowlers — through injury and their performances have suffered. Sri Lanka won a series against Zimbabwe and West … Read more
New Zealand captain Tom Latham is still looking for improvement when the Blackcaps aim for a clean sweep of victories in the final match of the one-day international Tri-Series against Bangladesh in Clontarf on Wednesday. An emphatic 190-run success against hosts Ireland at Malahide on Sunday ensured the Blackcaps will win the trophy but for … Read more
Not content with scoring one century at Lord’s in a match where his portrait was unveiled in the Pavilion, Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara added another for Surrey against county champions Middlesex on Sunday. The veteran left-hander’s 114 had been the cornerstone of the visitors’ first-innings 313. Sangakkara topped that on Sunday with an unbeaten … Read more
Pakistan’s push for an historic series-clinching victory was aided by three wickets in the morning session with the West Indies reduced to 73 for four at lunch on the last day of the third and final Test at Windsor Park in Dominica on Sunday. Set an improbable target of 304 and having already lost the … Read more
Pakistan’s Mohammad Abbas claimed his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket to trigger a West Indies first-innings collapse to 247 all out before lunch on the fourth day of the third and final Test at Windsor Park in Dominica on Saturday. However the tourists lost two early wickets in seeking to build on a first-innings … Read more
Azhar Ali crawled to a second hundred in as many matches as Pakistan reached 227 for three at lunch on the second day of the third and final Test against the West Indies on Thursday. An extended morning session at Windsor Park in Dominica following the rain interruptions of day one saw just 58 runs … Read more
Pakistan negotiated a potentially tricky first session, reaching 70 for one on the first day of the third and final Test against the West Indies at Windsor Park in Dominica on Wednesday. After they were put in to bat, Shan Masood was the tourists’ only casualty of the morning, falling to off-spinner Roston Chase after … Read more
BY: Ivor Agyeman-Duah If Ghana’s 60-year-old post-colonial economy had a human form, it could be on retirement with an ambivalent score. For what is it that blows cold today and hot tomorrow? Ten years ago, in an attempt to better understand it, I assembled a galaxy of 20 economists, development specialists, politicians and diplomats to … Read more
The Pakistan cricket board’s anti-corruption unit on Monday said it had summoned Mohammad Nawaz in connection with a spot-fixing scandal during the country’s Twenty20 league earlier this year. Nawaz, 23, is the sixth player named in the spot-fixing scandal that rocked the Pakistan Super League held in United Arab Emirates (UAE). Fast bowler Mohammad Irfan … Read more
West Indies batsman Lendl Simmons led Mumbai Indians to a 146-run win over hosts Delhi Daredevils as the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament witnessed its biggest-ever victory margin on Saturday. Simmons, who was playing his first game of the IPL season, smashed a 43-ball 66 to help Mumbai post a mammoth 212-3 before his team … Read more
Voting for the next president of France has begun in some overseas territories. As the polls opened Brigitte Trogneux, the wife of French presidential election candidate for the En Marche! movement Emmanuel Macron, greeted supporters outside her home in Le Touquet. The first French territories to vote were Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, an archipelago located near Newfoundland, French … Read more
Shannon Gabriel led a West Indies fast bowling assault that decimated Pakistan’s top-order batting and reduced them to 35 for five at lunch on the final day of the second Test. Pakistan had been set a victory target of 188 at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday. Yasir Shah claimed the final wicket of the … Read more
West Indies lost two more wickets as they worked themselves into the lead at 112 for three at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test against Pakistan at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday. Trailing on first innings by 81 runs, the home side will continue in the afternoon session ahead by 31 … Read more
Azhar Ali crawled to within six runs of a hundred as Pakistan reached 226 for three at lunch on the third day of the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Tuesday. Misbah ul Haq was also at his most obdurate as a tedious morning’s play saw the tourists progress by 54 runs off … Read more