BRISBANE: England captain Joe Root welcomed reports Monday that Darren Gough is set to become director of cricket at Yorkshire and said he would work with him to help the troubled club. British media said ex-England star Gough was on the verge of leaving behind a successful broadcasting career to spearhead Yorkshire’s recovery from a damaging racism … Read more
GLASGOW: Giovanni van Bronckhorst has warned his Rangers squad that any player lacking “hunger” will find themselves working under a “tough manager”. Former Gers midfielder Van Bronckhorst was appointed in succession to Steven Gerrard following the Englishman’s move to Premier League club Aston Villa. Read more: Steven Gerrard ‘hungry’ for first match as Aston Villa … Read more
SYDNEY: Big Bash League club Sydney Thunder plan to stick with Alex Hales despite a photo of the English batsman with his face painted black and claims he called his pet dog ‘Kevin’ as part of a racially derogatory joke. The picture emerged last week in the wake of former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq’s revelations … Read more
LONDON: The cricketer who dubbed Cheteshwar Pujara ‘Steve’ while they played for Yorkshire has been reprimanded by current club Somerset after apologising to the India batsman in the fallout from the Azeem Rafiq case that has sent shockwaves through the English game. Pakistan-born Rafiq told a UK parliamentary committee on Tuesday how racist language was “constantly” … Read more
LONDON: The racism crisis tearing through English cricket took yet another turn late Thursday following the emergence of photographs of Alex Hales in blackface, with the batsman saying it had been a “tribute” to the late US rapper Tupac Shakur. The pictures were published by Britain’s The Sun newspaper hours after former player Azeem Rafiq — whose … Read more
WELLINGTON: By his own admission, Devon Conway was struggling in South Africa before a bold move to New Zealand turned around his cricketing fortunes in spectacular fashion. The left-handed batsman now finds himself a key part of a Black Caps squad intent on continuing their winning ways at the T20 World Cup starting this week after … Read more
As the Pakistani nation is celebrating its 75th Independence Day with enthusiasm today, the ambassador of Poland, Piotr A. Opalinski, has congratulated Pakistanis on the auspicious occasion through a video message. “Pakistan is a beautiful land with rich resources, and on this glorious occasion of 14th August, I on behalf of embassy of Poland convey my … Read more
The world’s first offline translator has been created with headphones that can now translate well into many languages while offline. The Airbud translator is called Time Kettle Two, which has been under research since 2017. Now it can translate from English to Chinese, Japanese, French and Korean without any internet connection. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”whatsapp-steps-to-download-animated-stickers-on-iphone-android”] Similarly, … Read more
