 | British tennis star Johanna Konta retires follwing recurring knee troubleThe 30-year-old has struggled with persistent knee trouble over the past couple of seasons and has slipped to 113 in the world rankings -- a far cry from her career high of number four. |
 | Best player of our times: Kohli sums up de Villiers' greatnessKohli, who has shared the Royal Challengers Bangalore dressing room with de Villiers since 2011, has always been an ardent admirer of the versatile South African cricketer. |
 | Analysis: Federer sees ''end is near,'' hopes for on-court byeFederer, who turned 40 in August, went on to explain that he never thought he’d still be going at this age, especially after a series of knee operations. |
 | On this day in 2013: Tendulkar bid adieu to international cricketSachin retired from all forms of cricket after his 200th Test match against West Indies at his home ground, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. |
 | Federer unlikely to play Australian Open but retirement not on cards, says coachThe 20-time Grand Slam champion is still determined to return to tournament action at some point. He has been inactive since losing in the Wimbledon quarter-finals in July. |
 | West Indies legend Chris Gayle wants to sign off from cricket in front of home fansA two-time T20 World Cup-winning superstar, Gayle has 1899 runs in 79 T20Is. |
 | Retired Dwayne Bravo to keep playing franchise cricket, 'not sure' about Chris Gayle's plansBravo, 38, played his swansong game as West Indies exited the T20 World Cup following an eight-wicket defeat against Australia. |
 | Telangana High Court refuses to interfere in GO on retirement ageThe First Pay Revision Commission of TS in its report on December 31 last year made a similar recommendation. |
 | Afghanistan all-rounder Sharafudin Ashraf approved as replacement for retired Asghar AfghanHe last featured for the Afghanistan T20I side in March, against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi. |
 | Yuvraj Singh hints at comeback from retirement next yearThe player-of-the-tournament at the 2011 World Cup, the swashbuckling all-rounder had announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in June 2019. |
| ICC congratulates former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan for a fine careerThe 33-year-old finished his career having played 114 ODI matches, scoring 2,424 runs with a century and 12 half-centuries. He also scored 440 runs in six Test matches. |
| 'He had already decided': Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi on Asghar Afghan's retirementAfghanistan gave a befitting farewell to the former captain as they notched up a convincing 62-run over Namibia to keep their semifinal hopes alive in the tournament. |
 | Was hurt too much after defeat against Pakistan, decided to retire, says Asghar AfghanOn Friday, Asif Ali smoked four sixes in an over to help Pakistan make it a hat-trick of Super 12 victories as they handed Afghanistan their first defeat of the tournament in Group 2. |
 | Afghanistan batter Asghar Afghan to retire from all formats after T20 World Cup match vs NamibiaThe Afghanistan Cricket Board announced the 33-year-old former captain and right-handed batsman's retirement on its Twitter handle on Saturday. |
 | 'Well....I still haven't left': CSK skipper MS Dhoni hints at playing IPL 2022The CSK skipper also said if any team deserved to win the IPL 2021 title it was KKR and also pointed out that the break helped the Eoin Morgan side. |
