‘She chopped her hair off’: Pakistani women’s struggle to play cricket
Bisma Amjad plays cricket. She aspires to play internationally and was picked for Pakistan’s under-19 World Cup squad. But when the pandemic came, because she
Virat Kohli departs as India’s Test captain but his legacy will live on | Anand Vasu
Virat Kohli has left the building. India’s most vocal captain, on and off the field, signed off from his Test leadership position via social media.
Virat Kohli steps down as India Test captain after losing South Africa series
India’s Virat Kohli has stepped down as captain of the Test side following their 2-1 series defeat by South Africa. In a statement on Twitter,
83 review – cricket crowdpleaser puts a new spin on the underdog movie
Previously a fashioner of star vehicles for Salman Khan, director Kabir Khan anchors this nimble and big-hearted biopic of the India cricket team’s improbable 1983
Afghan women to be banned from playing sport, Taliban say
Afghan women, including the country’s national women’s cricket team, will be banned from playing sport under the new Taliban government, according to an official in
Indonesia’s daily Covid infections higher than India and Brazil
Indonesia has reported more daily Covid-19 infections than India and Brazil as the Delta strain sweeps across south-east Asia, placing intense pressure on health systems.
Tensions remain high as hopes dashed for breakthrough in China and India stalemate
It was described as a dialogue, the first high-level meeting in months between the Indian and Chinese foreign ministers to address the ongoing border aggressions
Toofaan review – Mumbai boxing drama is more Rocky than Raging Bull
Partly set in the Mumbai underworld, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s boxing drama aims at Raging Bull grit but has an unfortunately irresistible drift towards late-Rocky melodrama.
High in the Himalayas, villagers hit by Covid are left to fend for themselves
Phalguni Devi has spent a fortnight living in a cattle shed. Looking out on a rainy afternoon in early June, she worries that if the