Author: Wasim Sarwar

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma’s wife Ritika Sajdeh has shared the viral post ‘All eyes on Rafah’ to express solidarity with Gaza. The simple act has led to attacks from extremist and bigoted Indians, who filled her comment section with hate.

Many Indian artists have also shared the post and expressed their solidarity with Palestine.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel not to attack Rafah, describing the humanitarian situation as disastrous, while Israel continues its genocide.

The viral post (All Eyes on Rafah) on social media against Israeli atrocities refers to the genocide of Palestinians in the Rafah region of Gaza, where more than 1.4 million Palestinians are seeking asylum.

Dallas cricket stadium which was to host the opening match of T20 World Cup has been damaged by stormy weather on Tuesday. According to reports, a scoreboard screen, recently installed in the stadium, was uprooted.

A warm-up match between USA and Bangladesh was canceled due to stormy weather in Dallas. Several parts of the USA have been hit by thunderstorms and tornadoes in the last week, resulting in the deaths of at least 23 people.

Pakistani anchor and marathon runner Mona Khan has been arrested in Athens, Greece, for waving the Pakistan flag while hiking.

Ber coach Muhammad Yusuf said, “Mona Khan arrived in Athens 2 days ago to participate in a hiking event. I have appealed for help from the Pakistani Embassy in Greece for her release.’

On the other hand, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said, “The Pakistani embassy has taken up the matter with the Greek authorities and has asked the Greek authorities for consular access to Mona Khan. Pakistani embassy in Greece is investigating the reasons behind the arrest.”

The Pakistani embassy is also in touch with Mona Khan’s coach. She has been shifted to jail and will be produced in court on Monday.

Indian media has confirmed that the vice-captain of the cricket team Hardik Pandya and his wife and Serbian actress Natasa Stankovic have divorced.

According to Indian media websites ‘Cricket One’ and ‘Film Mantra Media’, Hardik and his wife have divorced, as a result of which 70 percent of the cricketer’s property will now be transferred to Natasa.

Cricket One has claimed that fresh reports about the couple have revealed that Pandya and his Serbian wife have officially separated after divorcing each other.

On the other hand, ‘Odisha TV.in’ claims that Hardik made the decision to pursue divorce.

During the last week, there were several rumors about the separation between Pandya and Natasa.

The rumors of separation between the pair were sparked when Natasa removed Hardik’s name from her Instagram account bio.

Hardik Pandya and Natasha Stankovic got married on May 31, 2020 and have an almost 4-year-old son.

A funny video of rising player Azam Khan and captain Babar Azam has gone viral on social media.

In the video, it can be inferred that the cricketers are joking with each other over dollars. Babar, who is not visible in the video, jokingly asks Azam what happened?

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Azam Khan wipes his face and forehead with foreign currency and says that it is very hot Wasim Bhai. All the cricketers laugh loudly at this.

The video has become an instant fan favourite.

Pakistani PUBG mobile teams AsAgonxi8, 52 eSports, Team R3CIDIGE eSports and Team Guts and Glory which is currently playing under Mongolian eSports Organization WAWO eSports, reached Nepal to play in the Pubg Mobile Super League (PSML) 2024.

PMSL is a LAN (Local Area Network) event which is scheduled in Kathmandu, Nepal.

PMSL is a two phase event including league stage and final stage. The league stage is a three weeks battle with total 30 matches, staring from May 22. Each week will consists of five match-days with six matches per day.

Here is the list of teams participating in the event:

ASagi8 Esports
WAOW Esports
52 Esports
R3GICIDE
DRS Gaming
Horaa Esports
KS AXE
A1 TMT Esports
IHC Esports
Stalwart Esports
4Merical Vibes
MadBulls
Everest Gaming
Stronger Esports
Falcons Force
Major Pride
Team Lakers
RUKH eSports
HardBass Team
De Muerte

A total of 20 team from Pakistan, South Asia and Central Asia will compete in this event. Top 16 teams from league stage will advance to three days final stage starting from June 13 to June 15.

The total prize pool of the event is $200,000. The matches will be live streamed on official YouTube channel of PUBG MOBILE eSports South Asia.

A napkin inscribed with the first contract of Argentina’s famous footballer Lionel Messi has been auctioned for a whopping $965,000 (approximate 26 crore and 70 lakh rupees), with bidding starting at $326,835 approximate 9 crore and 5 lakh).

Messi signed his first contract with Barcelona on December 14, 2000 when he was just 13 years old.

The napkin, inscribed in blue ink, is also signed by then-Barcelona director Carles Rexach, the club’s transfer adviser Josef Manguela and Messi’s first agent Oracho Guijoli.

The napkin was put up for online auction by London-based auction house Bonmus. Messi made his first team debut at the age of 16 and scored a record 672 goals in 778 games for the Barcelona club.

Proud agent Guijoli said in an interview, “when I was invited by Barcelona director Carles Rexach to sign the contract, due to lack of time, instead of signing a contract formally, we hurriedly wrote the contract on a napkin signed by all parties.”

Messi holds the record of scoring most goals ever in La Liga (474), the UEFA Super Cup (3) and Supercopa de España (14). He also holds the record for the most assists in football history (372).

Star bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has surprised fans by revealing that his father was bombed two or three times.

Talking on the PCB podcast, Shaheen revealed, “My father was in the police and gave 25 years to the department. He was bombed two, three times and in one attack he was seriously injured and it was a very difficult time for our family, our house was also targeted.”

The speedster also talked about his childhood and relationship with his brothers said, “I was fond of cricket since childhood. There were matches with other schools. My brother was fond of studies so he would sit in exams in my place while I played cricket.”

He recalled that he was the youngest in the house, so he got used to getting scolded by his elder brothers. “My second-ranked brothers used to scold and could not even say anything in front of the elders, so they used to listen to the scolding silently. My father supported him. I also had the advantage of being younger because whenever my elder brothers scolded me, my parents supported me and stopped them from scolding me.”

Shaheen is the part of national cricket team squad for the England series starting from May 22 and T20 World Cup which is scheduled in America and West Indies from June 1 to June 29.