The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has rejected the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) offer to host the Women’s T20 World Cup, which was initially scheduled to be held in Bangladesh this year.
“They [ICC] have asked us if we would conduct the World Cup. I have categorically said no,” Secretary BCCI J Shah told Times of India. “We’re in the monsoon and on top of that we will host the Women’s ODI World Cup next year. I don’t want to give any kind of signals that I want to hold consecutive World Cups.”
Meanwhile, the ICC is monitoring the situation in Bangladesh.
A final decision on whether to shift the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup from Bangladesh is expected by August 20.
The Women’s T20 World Cup was originally scheduled to take place in Bangladesh from October 3 to October 20, but amid the current political climate in the country, it is no longer considered suitable to hold the event there.
National javelin champion Yasir Sultan has complained that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif promised him 50 lakh rupees in 2023 after he won a bronze medal at the Asian Athletic Championship, but he has yet to receive the prize.
“Every day, my father asks, and I call, but there’s no response. I am a bronze and silver medalist of Asia,” Yasir said in a heartfelt interview with UrduPoint.
“I am tired of going round and round; I believe I deserve the same reward that Arshad Nadeem received. He has brought fame to the country, and my goal is to achieve the same. Although I am Arshad’s junior, I have not been treated equally. I have offers from Dubai and other countries to compete, but I have not received the necessary support. Respect us; we do not ask for money to run our households,” he expressed his grievances.
He also requested that the government provide the promised prize and necessary facilities.
“My request is to be treated equally and supported. Despite these challenges, I am determined to compete in the next Olympics,” he added.
His father, Muhammad Sultan, also expressed his disappointment, saying, “It’s been over a year, and not a single penny has been given for encouragement. As a driver, I’ve appealed for help, but nothing has been done so far.”
Yasir won a bronze medal in the Asian Athletics Championship in 2023 and the national Javelin championship. He has also won a number of other foreign tournaments.
Star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s brilliant performance in the Saudi Super Cup has led his team, Al-Nasr, to the finals.
In the semi-finals of the Cup, Al-Nasr defeated Al-Taawon Club 2-0 to advance to the final. In the first half of the match, Al-Nasr held a one-goal advantage over Al-Taawon.
In the second half, Taawon Club could not score, while Cristiano Ronaldo added another goal for Al-Nasr, securing his team’s victory.
In the final of the Saudi Super Cup, Al-Nasr will compete against Al-Hilal Club on August 17.
Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya has started dating British singer Jasmine Walia just days after his divorce from his wife, Nataša Stanković, media reports have said.
According to Indian media, Hardik and Jasmine are vacationing together in Greece.
The rumours started when fans noticed that both of them were sharing similar pictures from the same place on social media. Both have also started following each other on Instagram.
Jasmine is an icon in the music industry and is quite famous. She was born in England to parents of Indian origin.
The four- year marriage between Hardik Pandya and Natasa ended in divorce in July last month. Both are parents to a four-year-old son.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has filed a case of cyberbullying against Elon Musk and JK Rowling along with others. The case, filed on Friday, claims Khelif has been targeted with “aggravated cyber-harassment,” described by her lawyer, Nabil Boudi, as a “misogynist, racist, and sexist campaign.”
According to Boudi, both JK Rowling and Elon Musk are included in the campaign. The issue started when American swimmer Riley Gaines posted a picture of Khelif with the caption, “Men don’t belong in women’s sports.” Musk then shared the post, agreeing with it.
Rowling also criticized Khelif’s involvement in the event, saying, “Could any picture sum up our new men’s rights movement better? The smirk of a male who knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head and whose life’s ambition he’s just shattered.”
Khelif became the center of racist attacks when Italy’s Angela Carini withdrew from her Round of 16 fight against Khelif after just 46 seconds, saying she had never been struck this hard.
IOC President Thomas Bach supported the Algerian, saying, “Women should be allowed to compete in women’s events.”
Khelif made history as the first Algerian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. She won the final match against China’s Yang Liu with a score of 5-0. Khelif also had impressive victories over Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng and Hungary’s Luca Anna Hamori.
After winning gold, Khelif sent a message to the International Boxing Association (IBA) saying, “Now the whole world knows who Imane Khelif is.”
Last year IBA disqualified the 25-year-old from the women’s World Boxing Championships because she reportedly didn’t pass an unspecified test. However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed her to continue competing in the Olympics.
One sport will be dropped from the 2028 Olympic Games, and its replacement has already been decided.
The 2024 Paris Olympics ended on August 11, and fans are already looking forward to the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. This will be the second time L.A. hosts the Olympics, 44 years after the 1984 Games. All the classic Olympic sports, such as gymnastics, swimming, and track and field, will be included. However, breakdancing won’t be part of the 2028 Olympics. Breakdancing first appeared at the Olympics on August 9, 2024 and surprisingly, is likely to be dropped in the next Olympic round.
With breakdancing not included, cricket will return in the 2028 Olympics after 128 years. Cricket was only played once at the Olympics, back in 1900.
Fans of breakdancing, though, are hopeful it will return for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, Australia.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz awarded the world champion of the javelin throw, Arshad Nadeem, with huge prizes. She reached the gold medalist’s village, Mian Channu, by helicopter, met the athlete and his family, and congratulated him on his historic achievement.
He also awarded Arshad Nadeem Rs 10 crore and a Honda Civic car for winning the gold medal and promised to pave village roads, build a hospital, and build a university.
After meeting with Arshad Nadeem, she left for Lahore from Mian Channu.
Many personalities and organizations, including the federal and provincial governments and actors, have announced awards for Arshad Nadeem. After 40 years in the Paris Olympics, he won a gold medal for Pakistan and set an Olympic record for the highest throw, 92.97 meters.
The Paris 2024 Olympics have been full of unforgettable moments, from Yusuf Dikec’s swag to Arshad Nadeem’s historic Javelin throw. Here are the best moments of the event:
Pakistani javelin star Arshad Nadeem was competing against the world’s top Javelin players, including India’s Neeraj Chopra, who already had a lead of 9-0 against Arshad. It looked like Arshad would win a medal, but bronze or silver. But that was the day of Arshad, and his second throw was 92.97 meters, claiming the gold medal and the record for the highest throw in Olympic history.
This was an epic moment, and the Pakistani nation was cheering on this success because this was Pakistan’s first medal in 32 years after 1992.
Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec became a viral sensation at the Paris Olympics. He won a silver medal in the Mixed 50-meter Pistol event, but his unique style made him stand out. Unlike other shooters who wore ear protectors and special lenses, Dikec only wore his prescription glasses and a t-shirt with pants. He even kept his non-shooting hand in his pocket while aiming and firing. His unusual approach quickly made him famous on social media and turned him into the face of many memes.
Kim Ye-ji, a South Korean Olympic sharpshooter who won a silver medal in the women’s 10-meter air pistol, became an internet sensation on Wednesday. She was recognized as the breakout style star of the Paris Games.
Wearing a black South Korean uniform zipped up to her neck, a baseball hat, and wire-rimmed shooting glasses, the 31-year-old looked very calm in videos showing her and her teammate achieving the top two shooting scores at the Olympics on Sunday.
After her win, a 27-second clip of Kim calmly aiming, shooting, and checking her record-breaking score went viral.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who faced racist attacks about her gender, won the gold medal in the women’s boxing competition. In the final of the 66 kg category, Imane beat China’s Yang Liu 5-0. She had been targeted by racist comments questioning her gender after Italian boxer Angela Carini withdrew from their fight just 46 seconds in.
5- Zhou medal confusion
Zhou Yaqin was confused when she saw her fellow medalists biting and copying their medals. After winning silver in the balance beam final, the 18-year-old Chinese gymnast went viral. At her first ever Games, she saw Italians Alice D’Amato and Manila Esposito biting their gold and bronze medals. Zhou quickly brought her medal to her mouth but didn’t bite it, thinking it was something all medal winners had to do.
Novak Djokovic, a 37-year-old from Serbia, had already achieved a lot in his tennis career: he won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, became the world No. 1, and earned over $180 million in prize money. However, he was deeply emotional when he finally won the only major award missing from his achievements—a gold medal at the Olympics.
Usually calm, Djokovic knelt on the clay at Roland Garros, trembling and shaking. He sat on the bench and cried, his body shaking with emotion.
7-Armand Duplantis winning celebration
Armand Duplantis, also known as Mondo, had already won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the men’s pole vault. Despite this, the crowd of about 75,000 at the Stade de France in St.-Denis wasn’t ready to leave. At 24, Duplantis was now trying to set a world record for the ninth time since 2020.
His success came from his great skill and intelligent choices. Although he grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, he competes for Sweden, his mother’s native country, which picks its team without needing Olympic trials. With a bonus of up to $100,000 for setting a world record, he carefully raises the record by just a centimetre each time. On Monday, he tried to clear a height of 6.25 meters (20 feet 6 inches). He missed twice and fell on his third try, but the bar stayed in place. He had set another record, though it was just a tiny improvement.
8-Rebeca Andrade Queen moment
Jordan Chiles and Simone Biles had a plan. They both wanted to be on the top of the medal stand after the final gymnastics event, the floor exercise. But Biles, the favourite, made a few mistakes, and Chiles made a few more. So, Rebeca Andrade from Brazil ended up winning the gold medal instead.
After Chiles got her bronze medal (which was temporary) and Biles got her silver, Andrade was introduced as the Olympic champion. As she walked to the podium, making history as the first all-Black medalists in Olympic gymnastics, Biles and Chiles kneeled and bowed to her. They later called her a queen.
9- Chinese Badminton Player Receives Wedding Proposal
Chinese Olympian Huang Ya Qiong won a gold medal and got a marriage proposal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 30-year-old badminton player and her partner Zheng Siwei won gold in mixed doubles by beating the South Korean team Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun on August 2. After the medal ceremony, Huang’s teammate Liu Yuchen surprised her with flowers and proposed to her in front of the crowd at La Chapelle Arena.
10-North Korean and South Korean player’s podium selfie
After the mixed doubles table tennis final, athletes from North and South Korea put their differences aside and took a selfie on the podium. North Korea won silver, and South Korea won gold. The viral photo showed how sports can bring people together.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to appoint Naveed Akram Cheema as the manager of the Pakistan Cricket Team.
Cheema was the team manager during the tour of Australia and New Zealand. Before this, Wahab Riaz was the senior manager, and Mansoor Rana was the manager until the T20 World Cup, but they were removed after the team’s poor performance.
The announcement of the Pakistan team management is expected in a couple of days.
Bangladesh cricket team has reached Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Airport to play two Test matches against Pakistan.
They have been taken to a private hotel under tight security; per the schedule, the visiting team will rest today.
The Bangladesh team will have their first training session at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on August 14. After three training days, they will leave for Islamabad on August 17.
The first match of the series will start on August 21 in Rawalpindi, while the second test will begin on August 30 in Karachi.
