South Africa down Sri Lanka in third ODI to clinch seriesPALLEKELE: Batsman Reeza Hendricks smashed a century on his one-day international debut to set up South Africa's series-clinching 78-run win over Sri Lanka in the third match in Pallekele on Sunday. H...
Virat Kohli dethrones Steve Smith to become top batsmanISLAMABAD: Virat Kohli has achieved another personal milestone by becoming the seventh India batsman and first since Sachin Tendulkar in June 2011, to top the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, whi...
IOC Olympic Solidarity Seminar on Sports Medicine and Protection of Athletes concludesISLAMABAD: An IOC Olympic Solidarity Seminar on Sports Medicine and Protection of Clean Athletes concluded in federal capital here on Sunday. On the last day of the two-day event, the speakers highlig...
Pakistan cricketer sidelined from Quaid-e-Azam TrophyKARACHI: Hasan Raza - who is the youngest cricketer ever to play a Test match - has not been selected to represent Pakistan Television (PTV) side in the 2018-19 edition of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy due to h...
Afridi challenges Gayle for a six-hitting contestKARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has thrown an open challenge towards West Indies batsman Chris Gayle to six-hitting prowess. Earlier this week, the veteran West Indies batsman had equal...
Matloob lifts 20th Sindh Open Golf Championship titleKARACHI: Matloob Ahmed of Lahore Garrison Golf Club won the 20th Sindh Open Golf Championship which concluded at the Arabian Sea Golf Course here on Sunday. Matloob prevailed over champions like Shabb...
England calls up Pope, Woakes to replace Malan, Stokes for India TestLONDON: England has called up uncapped batsman Ollie Pope to replace out of form David Malan while paceman Chris Woakes comes in for all-rounder Ben Stokes for the second Test against India, which beg...
Bangladesh level T20 series with 12-run win over West IndiesFLORIDA: A fine all-round performance by Shakib al Hasan lifted Bangladesh to a series-levelling 12-run win over the West Indies in the second fixture of a three-match T20 International series at the...
Aussie teen de Minaur sets up final with champion ZverevWASHINGTON: Australian teenager Alex de Minaur prevailed in a three-set thriller against Russia's Andrey Rublev to set up a title clash with defending champion Alexander Zverev at the Citi Open in Was...
Cincinnati teacher completes record trans-Atlantic rowLONDON: Cincinnati schoolteacher Bryce Carlson set a record for the fastest solo unsupported west-east row across the North Atlantic ocean on Saturday and also became the first USA citizen to complete...
Ducati’s Dovizioso wins three-way Czech Grand Prix thrillerBRNO: Italian Andrea Dovizioso won a Czech Grand Prix thriller in a Ducati one-two on Sunday while Honda's Marc Marquez finished third in his 100th MotoGP race to stretch his championship lead to 49 p...
Aguero helps Manchester City stroll past ChelseaLONDON: The English season got off to a familiar start as Manchester City's Sergio Aguero struck twice, including his 200th goal for the club, as they beat Chelsea 2-0 to claim the Community Shield fo...
Sakkari continues dream run to reach Silicon Valley finalSAN JOSE: Unseeded Maria Sakkari of Greece delivered a thrilling encore performance to her previous upset over Venus Williams to beat Danielle Collins and reach her first WTA final at the Silicon Vall...
Asian Games 2018 Dancing in the street: Indonesia’s Joko does the poco-pocoJAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo joined tens of thousands of people doing the poco-poco on the streets of Jakarta on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming 2018 Asian Games and hopefully break a re...
Burnley signs Gibson for joint record fee, moves in on HartBURNLEY: Burnley has signed central defender Ben Gibson from Championship club Middlesbrough for a fee of £15 million ($19.51 million) with the Premier League club making their first move of the trans...
Kenyans dominate women’s 10,000 in African ChampionshipsASABA: Commonwealth Games silver medallist Stacy Ndiwa led a 1-2 Kenyan sweep in the women's 10,000 for her county's fifth gold medal at the African Championships in Asaba, Nigeria, on Saturday. Ndiwa...
Kuznetsova mauls Petkovic to breeze into finalWASHINGTON: Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova dropped just four games to reach her first WTA final in over a year as the Russian defeated Germany's Andrea Petkovic 6-2 6-2 in the semi-finals of the...
Crucial eagle gives Fiji golf title to India’s BhullarSUVA: India's Gaganjeet Bhullar chipped in from off the green to record an eagle on the 17th hole to propel himself to a one-shot victory in the Fiji International over Australia's Anthony Quayle at t...
Englishman Westwood out of PGA Championship with injuryNEW YORK: Lee Westwood has withdrawn from next week's PGA Championship due to an unspecified injury, the PGA of America announced on Saturday. No details of the injury were given. The Englishman has b...