Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar urged former Pakistan players not to bash their team after their exit from the Champions Trophy 2025. He said, "When snippets are sent with some...former Pakistani cricketers having a go at...current team, you...ask, 'Hello. Did you win every match that you played? You didn't'." Gavaskar said they should lift their team up instead.

Australia and South Africa, who qualified for Champions Trophy semi-finals from Group B, will travel to Dubai tonight. As per ICC, the move will ensure the team playing the Dubai semi-final on March 4 gets maximum preparation time. The team facing India in Dubai will be decided after India’s match against New Zealand tomorrow, with the other returning to Lahore.

South Africa have qualified for Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals after dismissing England for 179 in their last Group B match. With this, they knocked Afghanistan out of the tournament. Afghanistan needed England to win by a margin of around 200 runs for South Africa's NRR to go below theirs. India, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are the four semi-finalists.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is thankful to the United States for its support. "It's crucial for us to have President Donald Trump's support...He wants to end the war...but no one wants peace more than we do," Zelenskyy posted on X, hours after his verbal spat with Trump. He said a ceasefire without security guarantees is dangerous for Ukraine.

After US President Donald Trump and VP JD Vance accused him of not being thankful, Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked several world leaders on X for supporting Ukraine. He used the same "Thank you for your support" text for most leaders. Separately, he thanked US in a long X post, saying, "America's help has been vital in helping us survive."

The verbal fight between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy started after VP JD Vance suggested diplomacy with Russia will help Ukraine in the war. Subsequently, Zelenskyy asked Vance what diplomacy was he talking about when no one stopped Vladimir Putin earlier. Vance then accused Zelenskyy of not being thankful, following which Trump rebuked his Ukrainian counterpart.

England have won only one cricket match in 2025 so far. England Women have lost each of the seven matches they have played in 2025 so far. Meanwhile, England Men have lost nine matches and won one match. England Men will face South Africa in Champions Trophy 2025 today. Notably, the match will be Jos Buttler's last as white-ball captain.

DC beat RCB in Women's Premier League by nine wickets on Saturday, reaching the playoffs for the third time. RCB set a target of 148 runs, which the Meg Lanning-led team chased down in 15.3 overs. DC's Shafali Verma scored 80* runs off 43 deliveries, while Jess Jonassen made 61* runs off 38 deliveries. It was RCB's fourth successive defeat.

India batter Shreyas Iyer surprised a net bowler named Jaskiran by gifting him shoes during India's training in Dubai ahead of their Champions Trophy match against New Zealand. Jaskiran revealed he was fielding at long-off when Shreyas asked him his shoe size and gave him the shoes. "It really means a lot," Jaskiran said.

The father of Shahzadi Khan, a UP woman facing a death sentence in the UAE, approached the Delhi High Court, seeking MEA intervention. He requested the court to direct authorities to issue a bulletin and obtain exact information on his daughter's legal status and well-being. She faces the sentence for the death of a child who was under her care.