Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket in the middle of the ongoing Test series against England, calling it quits from the big stage after a distinguished 16-year career. The 35-year-old leaves as New Zealand’s all-time leading run-scorer in international cricket with 19,346 runs at an average of
The United States beat Paraguay 4-1 in their FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match, their biggest tally of goals in a single World Cup game. The USA got off to a quick start when Paraguay’s Damian Bobadilla scored an own goal in the seventh minute to put the Americans ahead 1-0. Folarin Balogun scored
Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina played out a thrilling 1-1 draw in a dramatic FIFA World Cup 2026 Group B opener in Toronto, with co-hosts Canada earning their first-ever point in the history of the tournament after six straight defeats in previous editions. Bosnian forward Jovo Lukic opened the scoring from a corner in the
Afghanistan A pulled off a major upset by registering a four-run win over star-studded India A via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in a rain-hit Tri-Nation Series match in Dambulla on Thursday. Batting first, India A posted a daunting 349 for 9 in a rain-reduced 49-over innings. Prabhsimran Singh was the star with a blistering 84
Towhid Hridoy scored an unbeaten 40 as Bangladesh secured their first-ever series win in the 50-over format over Australia with a five-wicket victory in the second one-day international on Thursday. In a rain-hit match, Bangladesh chased a DLS revised victory target of 192 in 41 overs to ease home with 36 balls to spare in
In-Beom Hwang and Hyeon-Gyu Oh netted a goal each as South Korea overturned a deficit to beat Czechia 2-1 in a Group A fixture of the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Guadalajara. Czechia took the lead in the 59th minute with a header from captain Ladislav Krejci after a long throw-in, but South Korea drew
