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South Asian tournament organiser Skyesports has partnered with content platform Rooter and chip manufacturer AMD for the upcoming season of the Skyesports Champions Series (SCS). AMD will be the presenting partner for the VALORANT tournament. Moreover, the SCS will be ‘powered by’ Rooter. As a result, Rooter will broadcast the regional language streams for the event in Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Malayalam. RELATED: Skyesports partners with Riot Games for South Asian VALORANT tournament Hindi and English streams will be broadcasted on Rooter and YouTube. AMD will provide CPUs and other componen… Continue reading “Skyesports partners with AMD and Rooter for Skyesports Champions Series”

(Reuters) – England captain Joe Root was disappointed his team could not finish off West Indies on the final day of the first test on Saturday but was hardly going to complain after a winter of discontent. England, under plenty of scrutiny at the best of times, arrived in the Caribbean even more so after a 4-0 Ashes drubbing by Australia. “I’m really proud of the team today, the (whole) week actually,” Root said after the match finished in a draw, England coming up six wickets short of bowling out West Indies in the second innings on the island of Antigua. “From that first hour when we found o… Continue reading “Cricket-After test draw, Root pleased England did not panic against Windies”

(Reuters) -A second career century by opener Zak Crawley and a confident captain’s knock by Joe Root lifted England into a commanding position, 153 runs ahead in their second innings after day four of the first test against West Indies on Friday. Crawley (117) and Root (84) scored freely for an unbeaten 193-run second-wicket partnership, pushing England to 217 for one in North Sound on the island of Antigua, where stumps were drawn early due to a late afternoon tropical downpour. While a draw is still probably the most likely result, the partnership all but eliminated any chance of a West Indi… Continue reading “Cricket-Crawley makes century, England seize control of first test against West Indies”

South Africa Test captain Dean Elgar on Friday called for his star players to put playing for their country ahead of the riches of the Indian Premier League (IPL). South Africa are scheduled to play Bangladesh in three one-day internationals and two Test matches, starting on March 18. The IPL starts on March 26, but players will need to report early for the lucrative tournament in order to comply with a three-day quarantine requirement. Eleven South African players are due to play in the IPL, including the country’s four leading fast bowlers – Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi and Marc… Continue reading “Dean Elgar urges team-mates: Proteas before IPL”