Williamson holds up Yasir as New Zealand limp to 229-7ABU DHABI: A half-century from captain Kane Williamson and a patient knock from BJ Watling helped New Zealand prevent Pakistan’s Yasir Shah from slicing through their batting order on day one of the t...
Argentina thrash New Zealand to edge closer to quarter-final berthBHUBANESWAR: Argentina’s almost ensured their spot in the World Cup quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over New Zealand at the Kalinga hockey stadium here on Monday. A win against France (on Thursday), the...
Skipper Cortes hands Spain 1-1 draw against FranceBHUBANESWAR: Skipper and goalkeeper Quico Cortes led from the front with a superb penalty stroke save to help three-time medallist Spain eke out a hard-fought 1-1 draw against lowly France in their se...
WAPDA retain National Women’s Hockey Championship titleLAHORE: WAPDA, the long standing national champions, retained the title at the 30th National Women’s Hockey Championships after beating Punjab Colours 4-0 in the final at the National Hockey Stadium h...
Windies batsman Gayle awarded $220k in damages for defamationSYDNEY: West Indies batsman Chris Gayle was awarded A$300,000 (£172,919) in damages by an Australian court on Monday, more than a year after he won a defamation case against Fairfax Media over an alle...
Tatenda Taibu returns to cricket so son can watch him playZIMBABWE: Former Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu took many by surprise when he announced that he would be returning to professional cricket despite now being 35 years old. The wicketkeeper-batsman, who...
Fast bowler Asif and family injured in car accidentLAHORE: Pakistan fast-bowler Mohammad Asif and his family were injured due to a car accident during the wee hours of Monday. According to information, pacer’s car rammed into a footpath due to over-sp...
Australian batsman hits six sixes in an over at U-19 ChampionshipsADELAIDE: A young Australian batsman has hit six sixes in over during a record-breaking double century at the Cricket Australia Under-19 Male National Championships in Adelaide. Ollie Davies, the New...
Australia could become No.1 ICC Test teamKARACHI: Australia could top the ICC Test Rankings at the end of their Test series against India -- the current No.1 team -- if they manage to attain a 4-0 result. Should they achieve that, India will...
Ridgeon appointed IAAF’s new chief executiveMONACO: Former British hurdles record holder Jon Ridgeon has been appointed the IAAF’s new chief executive officer following approval by global governing body’s council on Monday. The 51-year-old, now...
Australia fret as Kohli’s India eye their chance in Test seriesSYDNEY: With Australian cricket still reeling from the wrecking ball that was the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal, India appear to have been handed a golden opportunity to secure a first Test series...
Portugal take on Switzerland as England face Dutch testDUBLIN: European champions Portugal will take on Switzerland in the semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League following the draw for the finals in Dublin on Monday. World Cup semi-finalists England, who...
Rahm wins World Challenge by four strokes in BahamasBAHAMAS: Two months after beating Tiger Woods at the Ryder Cup, Jon Rahm won his hero’s tournament on Sunday, surging to a four-stroke win at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Rahm started the...
IAAF to vote today on whether to reinstate RussiaMONACO: Russia’s athletics federation will learn on Tuesday whether its ban for widespread doping, in place for the last three years, will be lifted by the International Association of Athletics Feder...
Champions League to use VAR from knockout stagesDUBLIN: UEFA will fast-track the implementation of video assistant referees (VAR) for the Champions League knockout stages this season, its president Aleksander Ceferin said on Monday. European soccer...
Sierra Leone’s disqualification from Nations Cup boosts Kenya, GhanaCAPE TOWN: Sierra Leone have been disqualified from the preliminaries for the 2019 African Nations Cup finals, confirming places for Kenya and Ghana at the continental championship next June-July. Sie...
Spurs fan faces ban for banana skin thrown after Aubameyang goalLONDON: Tottenham Hotspur will ban a supporter who threw a banana skin onto the pitch from the away end after Arsenal’s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in Sunday’s North London derby...
Liverpool’s Klopp charged with misconduct for derby celebrationLONDON: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has been charged with misconduct for his behaviour in Sunday’s 1-0 Merseyside derby victory over Everton in the Premier League, England’s Football Association s...
Former Barcelona president Josep Lluis Nunez diesBARCELONA: Barcelona’s former president Josep Lluis Nunez, who oversaw one of the Spanish club’s most successful periods in its history, died on Monday aged 87. “FC Barcelona are saddened by the death...
Berhalter appointed USA men’s national football coachNEW YORK: Gregg Berhalter will be the first U.S. World Cup player to coach the men’s national team, U.S. Soccer said on Sunday as it announced the 45-year-old’s appointment to the top job. Berhalter,...
Williams signs Canadian Latifi as F1 reserveLONDON: Canadian Nicholas Latifi will be a reserve driver for Williams next season, the Formula One team announced on Monday. The 23-year-old was previously test and reserve driver for Force India, wh...
Football: England named hosts of Women’s Euro 2021LONDON: England will host the women’s European Championship in 2021 with the final set for Wembley Stadium a year after the venue hosts the climax of the men’s edition, European soccer’s governing bod...