Mitchell Starc Shuts Down ‘Unfair Advantage’ Champions Trophy Row With Smashing Reply
File photo of Mitchell Starc© BCCI/Sportzpics Did India really have an advantage by playing all of their games in Dubai over the course of the ICC Champions Trophy? Opinions on the topic are divided, with different schools of thoughts fighting against each other. While there’s no denying that India’s campaign was the easiest […]
“Teams Like Bangladesh Whitewash Us”: PCB Reminded Of Dire Condition After CT 2025 Debacle
Champions Trophy 2025: Pakistan lost in the group stage.© AFP Pakistan cricket is currently under intense scrutiny. Their tea, got knocked out of the Champions Trophy in the group stage and even had one of the worst run-rates in the tournament that they were hosting. The Champions Trophy is the latest in a […]
“Almost 74 Per Cent…”: AB De Villiers’ Intriguing Take On Rohit Sharma’s Future
South Africa batting great AB de Villiers hailed Rohit Sharma’s record as a batter and captain after the India skipper lifted the ICC Champions Trophy and put an end to a lot of chatter about his retirement from the ODI format. India registered a four-wicket win over New Zealand in the summit clash […]
A look back at the lessons from the Davos divergence
EURUSD daily Greg Ip this week made a notable point about the divergence between US and global stocks. “Looks like the divergence began right around Davos when everyone (me included) had concluded Europe was hopeless and America was unstoppable.” It feels like ages ago but Davos came two days into Trump’s term and everyone was […]
Andy Beshear hits Newsom for hosting Bannon on his new podcast
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took a swipe Thursday at a fellow leading Democrat, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, for hosting one of the most prominent figures in the MAGA movement on his new podcast. Beshear, whose popularity in a heavily Republican state has turned him into a potential presidential candidate, told reporters that Newsom shouldn’t have […]
Anurag Thakur’s Exclusion From Final Boxing Federation of India Electoral College List Triggers Row
Attempts to include Anurag Thakur in the electoral college for the upcoming Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections were quashed after the former sports minister’s name was not included in the final list approved by the returning officer on Thursday. A 60-member electoral college, issued by president Ajay Singh, on Wednesday said Thakur […]
Shanghai Composite climbs to the highs of the year
Chinese stock markets are a hot spot to start the year and money is flowing back in today after a dip mid-week. Shanghai Composite +1.2% Hang Seng +1.5% CSI300 +1.8% For Shanghai stocks, that’s the best level of the year as some of the domestic money makes its way into broad Chinese markets rather than […]
Australian dollar “increasingly immobilised” — Westpac
AUDUSD daily Westpac writes today that the AUD/USD is caught between opposing forces: Chaotic US policy increasingly hurting USD growth risks versus global market deleveraging pressures. From today’s note: “AUD feels increasingly immobilised, lacking conviction and stuck between competing narratives. On the plus side there’s a plainly more constructive medium term AUD outlook developing in […]
The left seethes at the ‘Schumer surrender’
The Democratic base wants a fight. Chuck Schumer won’t give it to them. The Senate minority leader on Thursday backed away from the shutdown confrontation that many liberal voters and activist leaders had been pushing for — arguing that closing the government would only empower President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk in their […]
Bessent: Hopefully we don't get a recursive Biden-flation
We’re very vigilant about inflation, it could happen again Before we can bring down inflation, we also want to help affordability As we bring down inflation, we want to bring the absolute price level down through deregulation and bringing down interest rates for house payments and car payments Another 10% in the stock market and […]
