DUBAI:England skipper Eoin Morgan has emphatically said that there will be "no" mental scars when his side takes on defending champions West Indies in their opening ICC T20 World Cup 'Super 12' game here late on Saturday.

SHARJAH: After a historic win over Ireland, Namibia coach Pierre de Bruyn on Friday said that facing teams like India, Pakistan and New Zealand in the ongoing T20 Men's World Cup will be a great experience for his players and they will try to be as competitive as they can on the field.

SHARJAH:  Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie won the toss and opted to bat against Namibia in the 11th match of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, here on Friday.

MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is attracting attention of foreign investors as it gets ready to add two new franchises in the upcoming season.

BARCELONA:  Barcelona clinched their first points of the 2021 Champions League campaign with victory against Dynamo Kiev.

AL AMERAT:  Having lost to Scotland in their opening match, Bangladesh's hopes of making it to the Super 12 round depend on putting together a comprehensive show against Papua New Guinea (PNG) at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground on Thursday.

 NEW DELHI:  As many as seven 'rogue websites' broadcasting ICC Men's T20 World Cup-2021 by infringing the rights of official broadcaster Star India Pvt Ltd have been blocked by the Delhi High Court.

NEW DELHI:  Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac said on Wednesday that having a bunch of Under-23 players, who have also played for the senior national team, will give his side a fighting chance in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers in Dubai.

AL AMERAT: Shakib Al Hasan's all-round performance, Mohammad Naim's fighting fifty, and Mustafizur Rahman's superb bowling effort led Bangladesh to a comprehensive 26-run victory over Oman in the 6th match of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground, here on Tuesday.

ALBANY: Rory McIlroy will play at the 2021 Hero World Challenge (HWC) as 15 of the world's top-20 golfers turn up for the event hosted by Tiger Woods at Albany, Bahamas, from December 2-5.

NEW DELHI:  The International Boxing Association (AIBA) will award the winners of the Men's World Boxing Championships with beautifully designed medals and belts to commemorate their accomplishments.

DUBAI:  A fine half-century by skipper Babar Azam and an unbeaten 46 by Fakhar Zaman helped Pakistan beat defending champions West Indies by 7 wickets with 27 balls to spare in a warm-up match of the T20 World Cup here on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: The Sports Minister Pargat Singh today approved the cash prizes, in limbo since 2 years, to the players and Coaches hailing from State who performed exceedingly well at the State, National and International level. A total of over 3000 players would be given prize money amounting to Rs. 11 crore for the year 2018-19 and 2019-20.

NEW DELHI:  Saurashtra wicketkeeper-batsman Avi Barot passed away, aged 29, after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Ahmedabad. He is survived by his mother and wife.

MUSCAT: Bangladesh will be high on confidence when they take on Scotland in a First Round, Group B match at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium here on Sunday (October 17), having hit top-gear with victories against the two best sides in the world -- New Zealand and Australia -- at home in August-September this year.

DUBAI: Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni praised the Kolkata Knight Riders, the vanquished finalists of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 edition, for their grand comeback in the UAE leg as they reached the summit clash despite a poor first part of the tournament. The former India captain said if any team deserved to win the IPL 2021 title it was Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

DHAKA:  Bangladesh Cricketer Mosharraf Hossain Rubel is battling for his life on Thursday in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital here after his condition deteriorated on Wednesday. Rubel, who played five ODIs for Bangladesh between 2008 and 2016, has been battling with a brain tumor for a long time.

INDIAN WELLS: Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov rallied from a set and a double-break down to shock top seed Daniil Medvedev to reach the quarter-finals at the ATP Tour BNP Paribas Open here.

SHARJAH:  Countering the in-form Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter Rahul Tripathi and finding the motivation after their Qualifier 1 loss to three-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be the two factors that could decide whether Delhi Capitals are able to secure a berth in the IPL 2021 final or not later on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD;  Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that money has become a "big player" in cricket and that countries like New Zealand and England wouldn't have dared to cancel their tours of India because "India controls" the sport.

DUBAI: Prolific Chennai Super Kings run-getter Ruturaj Gaikwad has said that he tries to learn as much as possible from Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the skipper's encouraging talks had kept him going during the current edition of the Indian Premier League here.

BARRANQUILLA: Brazil's perfect 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying record was ended as Colombia held the five-time world champions to a goalless draw here on Monday (IST).

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Hockey Team defeated Malwa Hockey Academy Hanumangarh 7-0 in the National Games in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) to advance to the quarter finals.

DUBAI: Delhi Capitals' final game of the league stage in the IPL against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday offers a chance to keep the good run going without any additional pressure, with the No.1 spot on the table already secured.

NEW DELHI:  India won its 10th gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Championships, being held in Lima (Peru), after Vijayveer Sidhu and Rhythm Sangwan outclassed Thailand's Kanyakom Hirunphoem and Schwakon Triniphakorn 9-1 in the mixed rapid fire event, according to information received here on Friday.

DUBAI:  Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul won the toss and opted to field against Chennai Super Kings in the 53rd match of the IPL 2021 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, here on Thursday.

ABU DHABI:  Though it was an inconsequential match as far as the playoffs position goes, the clash with Sunrisers Hyderabad was still crucial for Royal Challengers Bangalore as victory would have maintained their chances of finishing at the second position in the IPL 2021 points table, giving them a chance to play the Qualifier 1 thus getting another shot at making it to the final.

BUENOS:  Lionel Messi is fully fit and motivated for Argentina's South American World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru, manager Lionel Scaloni has said.

 ABU BHABI: Having secured a berth in the IPL playoffs, the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will look to consolidate their position on the points table when they take on bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here later on Wednesday.

CHENNAI:  Defending champions Tamil Nadu have announced their squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Tournament. Dinesh Karthik, who led the side to title win last time, has been named the captain.

DUBAI: The KL Rahul-led Punjab Kings side can still make it to the top-four in IPL 2021 if they win their final league game -- against Chennai Super Kings on October 7 -- by a big margin and hope the other results go their way.

NEW DELHI:  Fourteen-year-old Namyaa Kapoor of Delhi stunned the field including compatriot Manu Bhaker who won bronze, to be crowned the junior women's 25m pistol world champion at Lima's Las Palmas Shooting Range.

NEW DELHI:  Hockey India on Saturday named the 30-member core probable group for the senior men's national coaching camp to begin at the Sports Authority of India centre at Bengaluru from October 4.

DUBAI:  Punjab Kings bowling coach Damien Wright has said that "death bowling" is an area his side is really strong at and it was demonstrated yet again against Kolkata Knight Riders when Mohammad Shami and Arshdeep Singh bowled two incisive overs, which was the key to winning the crucial contest at the Dubai International Stadium here.

HOBART:  Young Indian cricketer, Richa Ghosh, has been named by Hobart Hurricanes for Women's Big Bash League-7 (WBBL-7), with the 18-year-old middle order batter set to make her debut this year.