DHAKA: Bangladesh will host a tri-nation ODI series involving Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, beginning on January 15. It will be the first tri-nation series hosted by Bangladesh since January 2010. A Zimbabwe XI will take on BCB XI in a one-day warm-up match on January 13 at the BKSP 4 Ground. Bangladesh will then take […]
Manchester City break record, Manchester United edge out Bournemouth
LONDON: Manchester City set a new top-flight record of 15 consecutive wins as their seemingly unstoppable march towards the Premier League title continued with a 4-0 romp at bottom club Swansea City on Wednesday. David Silva struck twice for Pep Guardiola’s side as they went past Arsenal’s 14-match winning sequence, although unlike the London club’s, […]
India’s Rohit has the right stuff for limited-overs game
MUMBAI: Rohit Sharma has been unable to cement his place in India’s test side but the right-handed batsman continues to show he has the right stuff for limited-overs formats. After making his debut in the shorter form of the game in 2007, Rohit was hailed as the biggest thing to come out of Mumbai since […]
Behind the Pakhtun lines
The history of the Pakhtun people is characterised by numerous foreign interventions and intra-ethnic divisions. Lack of written sources has left many details about important historical events murky. The prevailing narrative about the Pakhtun people and their history has been shaped by successive imperial powers and, more recently, the Punjab-dominated civil-military establishment of Pakistan. This […]
Ronaldo, Bale rescue Real Madrid from Al Jazira upset
ABU DHABI: Gareth Bale came off the bench to book Real Madrid’s place in the Club World Cup final as the European champions recovered from the shock of going behind to beat Emirati champions Al Jazira 2-1 on Wednesday. Despite dominating throughout, Madrid trailed at half-time to Romarinho’s opener in a match also marred by […]
The plight of Palestine
The Palestine-Israel conflict came about as a product of another defective Imperial British strategy. As American academic and author Stanley Wolpert allegorise it, Britian’s ‘shameful flight’ has sown the seed of perpetual misfortune, continued conflict, and the legacy of half a century of hatred and obstruction of peace for generations to come. Most recently, Trump’s […]
Prosecutors urge conviction of former soccer officials in FIFA trial
NEW YORK: USA prosecutors urged a New York jury to convict three wealthy South American former soccer officials “on all counts” in the face of “overwhelming” evidence, delivering closing arguments Wednesday at the FIFA corruption trial. “The three defendants thought the payouts would last forever but they won’t,” assistant US attorney Kristin Mace told the […]
Chinese football clubs urged to develop youth or lose licenses
TOKYO: Chinese soccer authorities are set to impose strict new regulations on the country’s clubs, using the threat of losing their professional licenses as a spur to establish a more comprehensive youth development programme. According to Titan Sports, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) will introduce rules in 2019 that force clubs in the top two […]
Grandhomme out of NZ ODI squad due to bereavement
WELLINGTON: Colin de Grandhomme has withdrawn from New Zealand’s ODI squad for the series against West Indies and has returned to Zimbabwe following the death of his father. Doug Bracewell has been picked as a replacement for the series which starts from December 20, with no timeline set for de Grandhomme’s return. “This is obviously […]
Asia Bibi — another lonesome Christmas in prison
Asia Bibi, an internationally known Christian victim of blasphemy confined in prison is facing another lonesome Christmas missing her family, children and the community. In 2016, the entire Christian world including the Pakistani Christian minority was expecting her release but exactly on the day of the hearing, Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman recused himself from the Court […]