Zaman’s career best 61 lift Pakistan to victory against Zimbabwe in tri-nation openerHARARE: Pakistan cruised to a 74-run win on Sunday over their hosts in the opening match of the Zimbabwe T20 Tri-Series. A career best 61 from opening batsman Fakhar Zaman, and a late flurry of bounda...
Verstappen wins Austrian GP as Hamilton fails to finishSPIELBERG: Max Verstappen won Red Bull’s home Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton suffered his first race retirement since 2016 and lost the Formula One championship lead to Ferrari’s S...
No toxic thoughts for reigning champion MuguruzaLONDON: Reigning champion Garbine Muguruza says she has removed ‘toxic’ thoughts from her head in the build-up to Wimbledon. The Spaniard suffered a slump in form after winning the French Open in 2016...
Pakistan finish poor last in FIH Champions TrophyISLAMABAD: Pakistan ended at a poor sixth position in the last edition of the FIH Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament which concluded in Breda, Netherlands on Sunday. In what was their last match of th...
Asian Games co-host cities welcome OCA Fun RunLAHORE: The Olympic Council of Asia’s 18th Asian Games Fun Run Series came “home” to Indonesia on Sunday with events held in co-host cities Jakarta and Palembang. “With 5,000 runners in Jakarta and 2,...
Australia win FIH Champions Trophy with shoot-out win over IndiaISLAMABAD: Current world and Commonwealth champions Australia defeated India 3-1 in a shoot-out in the final of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s Champions Trophy in Breda, Netherlands o...
Abu Dhabi to host six teams in T20 event in October this yearKARACHI: Abu Dhabi Cricket (ADC) is set to put itself on the growing list of boards with T20 tournaments, launching one of its own, which will feature six teams - one each from the domestic circuit of...
India’s Bumrah, Sundar ruled out of England T20I seriesNEW DELHI: Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and batsman Washington Sundar have been ruled out of the three-match Twenty20 international series against England that starts on Tuesday due to injury, th...
Dzumhur upsets Mannarino in final to win third ATP titleANTALYA: World number 30 Damir Dzumhur outclassed top seed Adrian Mannarino 6-1 1-6 6-1 to win his third ATP World Tour title at the Antalya Open final in Turkey on Saturday. Dzumhur made the most of...
Russia defeat Spain 4-3 on penalties to reach quarter-finalsMOSCOW: Russia captain Igor Akinfeev saved two penalties in a dramatic shootout as the World Cup hosts dumped title contenders Spain out in the last 16 following a 1-1 draw. Veteran Russia centre-back...
Brilliant Cavani brace fires Uruguay into last eightSOCHI: Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani scored a stunning brace to lead the South Americans to a 2-1 win over European champions Portugal in the World Cup round of 16 on Saturday and set up a quarter-fi...
Brazil can underestimate buoyant Mexico at own perilSAMARA: There are not many teams in world football who boast an even moderately successful record against five-time World Cup winners Brazil but in recent years Mexico have proved they have what it ta...
Mertens warns Belgium against complacency as they face JapanROSTOV-ON-DON: Dries Mertens has warned Belgium against the perils of complacency as they prepare to face Japan here Monday (today) with one eye on a possible quarter-final showdown with Brazil. The B...
French prodigy Mbappe continues his steady riseROSTOV-ON-DON: At 19, Kylian Mbappe has already achieved something neither Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi have ever managed to do by scoring in a World Cup knockout game, triggering some big compar...
World Cup fever hits Kremlin regiment on Red SquareMOSCOW: The Kremlin’s military regiment surprised World Cup fans in Moscow on Sunday by marching through Red Square with two members showing off their soccer skills. The regiment, which usually marche...