File Pic: Chinese women’s cricket team (Getty Images) China’s women’s cricket campaign at the Asian Games ended in agonising fashion on Thursday, without the team even taking the field, as their quarter-final against Bangladesh was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of a wet outfield in Nisshin, Aichi prefecture.The T20 match at Korogi Sports…

Steve Smith (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Steve Smith admitted that memories of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal still return to him at times, but the Australia batter is not worried about facing a hostile reception when he returns to South Africa for a Test series.Smith was one of the central figures in the controversy during…

The shooting of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly’s biopic has landed a Counry club in financial trouble. Leicestershire have been handed a 27-point penalty and fined £5,000 (almost Rs 6.43 lakh) after being found guilty of breaching pitch regulations during their County Championship match against Glamorgan in August. The decision has left the club in…

A person walks near wooden container units built to house athletes, ahead of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan, September 15, 2026. A senior coach travelling with India’s 30-member shooting contingent for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has expressed disappointment over the arrangements in Japan, saying the long travel time between the team’s hotel…

The biggest impact is likely to be on employees whose PF wages fall between Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000 per month. For many employees, provident fund (PF) is a deduction they notice on their salary slip every month but rarely think about until they change jobs, need funds for an emergency or start planning for…