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Jonny Bairstow and Marizanne Kapp claim ICC Player of the Month Awards for June

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the winners of the ICC Player of the Month awards for June 2022 as England’s all-conquering Jonny Bairstow and South Africa’s batting force Marizanne Kapp. Bairstow is crowned following a month of memorable performances in his side’s 3-0 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) series victory against reigning champions New Zealand. Despite a quiet start at Lord’s, Bairstow produced ...

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Blind Archer Tanveer Ahmed Clinched 2nd Medal

Blind Archer Tanveer Ahmed Clinched 2nd Medal of the year by Winning Bronze Medal in Para Archery World ranking event and European Cup 2022. He lost in semi final against Geovanni of Italy by giving tough fight of 7-3 set points. Earlier Tanveer Ahmed scored personal best 346 points in the qualification round. Italian Archers Pirano & Giovanni won Gold ...

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Izan Almansa named TISSOT MVP after helping Spain win historic silver medal

MALAGA (Spain) – Izan Almansa may have come up one step short of his ultimate dream of winning the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 title, but the Spanish big man was named TISSOT Most Valuable Player after helping the host team make history by reaching the Final. Almansa collected 9 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals as he and ...

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USA crowned FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 champions after defeating Spain

MALAGA (Spain) – The USA remains atop the youth basketball world as they defeated Spain 79-67 to capture the title at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 – even though the home side really put up a strong challenge. Jeremy Fears poured in 17 points as the Americans’ leading scorer while Ron Holland scored 13 points and Cooper Flagg added 10 ...

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Shepherd replaces Paul in the West Indies Squad for the CG United ODI Series in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel has named Romario Shepherd in the 13-member squad to face Bangladesh in the three-match CG United One-Day International (ODI) Series. Shepherd was originally a reserve but will now replace Keemo Paul, who tested positive for COVID-19 and is therefore unavailable. Odean Smith has been added as the reserve.   Shepherd bowled well in the recent ...

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Australia and China win FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2022

  SINGAPORE – Australia’s men and China’s women won the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2022, which took place in the footsteps of Singapore’s iconic Marina Bay Sands on July 6-10. Australia completed a three-peat after defeating New Zealand 21-17 in a thriller of a final. Sharpshooter Andrew Steel had ice in his veins to finish with 8 points along with big man Daniel ...

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Peshawar, DI Khan team qualified for 1st inter divisiinal women Tchoukball championship

The Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan (DIK) women Tchoukball team won thier semi final matches of inter divisional championship and qualified for the final. In the first semi final played at Batta Kundi Mansehra Peshawar women team beat Malakand team by 16-12 scores while in second semi final DIK smashed Kohat women team by 16-9 scores.  The grand final match ...

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Bismah confident of a good show in tri-series and Commonwealth Games

Islamabad, 9 July 2022:   Pakistan women’s national cricket team’s training camp for the tri-series in Ireland and the Commonwealth Games finishes today in Islamabad. The Bismah Maroof-led team will fly out for Belfast via Dubai in the wee hours of 12 July (Tuesday). The team will take a two-day Eid-ul-Adha break tomorrow and on Monday while preparing for their ...

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Spain prevail at FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Bordeaux Stop 2022

BORDEAUX (France) – Spain avenged their excruciating Crelan FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2022 quarter-final loss by beating archrivals France in the final of the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Bordeaux Stop (21-15) on July 7, 2022.   This time around, no overtime torture. Last year’s Women’s Series MVP Sandra Ygueravide was on a mission in the final of the Bordeaux Stop. The Spanish sniper scored a ...

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Rosters confirmed ahead of tip-off at FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022

DEBRECEN (Hungary) – The rosters of the 16 participating teams at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 have been confirmed ahead of the curtain being raised in Debrecen.   Click on the countries below to see the rosters: Group A: Mexico, Hungary, Belgium, Japan Group B: Australia, France, Argentina, Slovenia Group C: Egypt, Canada, Spain, Korea Group D: Germany, USA, Mali, New Zealand   In what is the sixth edition of the prestigious tournament, the ...

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