Pakistan retain top spot in T20 rankings after tri-series winPakistan on Sunday retained top spot in the T20 rankings after defeating Australia in the final of the tri-series featuring the two countries and Zimbabwe. Moreover, with a win on Sunday, Pakistan imp...
Finch the key against Pakistan’s fearsome attack in tri-series final todayHARARE: Two highly unpredictable sides, both having won a match by a vast margin against the other in the space of the past week. Pakistan and Australia have seen the quality of their play veer from o...
Pakistanis are so passionate they can give their lives for their country: AmirKARACHI: Left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir has stated that Pakistanis won’t dither even if they are asked to give their life for the country. When asked to describe Pakistan ‘jazba’ (passion) in an intervi...
Hsieh stuns Halep at Wimbledon, Nadal keeps top spotLONDON: World number one and French Open champion Simona Halep was knocked out of Wimbledon on Saturday, losing to Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the third round as the All England Club seeds’...
Sahibzada Farhan to make debut in T20I final against AustraliaISLAMABAD: Opener Sahibzada Farhan will make his debut against Australia in the final of the T20I triangular series in Zimbabwe. Speaking in an interview after the Pakistan team’s training session on...
Hales leads England to dramatic win over IndiaCARDIFF: Alex Hales made an unbeaten 58 to lead England to a thrilling five-wicket victory over India on Friday that levelled the Twenty20 series at 1-1. The hosts needed 12 runs off the final over, a...
Emotional Hamilton on pole for home British Grand PrixSILVERSTONE: An emotional Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes on pole position for his home British Grand Prix on Saturday after giving his all to stay ahead of Ferrari’s Formula One championship leader Sebas...
Woods, Mickelson eye $10 million head-to-head showdownNEW YORK: The intrigue around a couple of recent pairings has Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods negotiating a high-stakes exhibition round between the two, according to Golf.com. On Friday, Mickelson tol...
Uncertainty surrounds Ahmad Shahzad’s dope test case proceedingsKARACHI: Silence on the matter of Ahmad Shahzad’s dope test has raised doubts over the transparency of the issue by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Last month, media reports suggested that Shehzad was t...
England move into semi-finals after 2-0 win over SwedenSAMARA: Headers from Harry Maguire and Dele Alli fired an impressive England into the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 28 years after they eased their way to a 2-0 victory over a dogged but...
Belgium hold off Brazil in thriller to reach semisKAZAN: Belgium struck early and then held off a late Brazil fightback to send the five-times champions tumbling out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage with a 2-1 victory in an end-to-end thri...
Hazard not Neymar takes over as tournament’s starST PETERSBURG: When Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were sent packing from the World Cup a week ago, the stage was set for Brazil’s Neymar to take over the role of the tournament’s true star. But i...
Kazan confirmed as World Cup graveyard of championsKAZAN: Kazan’s official participation in the World Cup was coming to an end on Saturday as the Brazil squad made their way to the airport for the long flight home and their fans consoled each other ov...
South Americans make early exit after top players fail to fireMOSCOW: South America will be absent from the World Cup semi-finals for the fifth time in the tournament’s history after the continent’s top players either failed to excel or suffered injuries at key...
At World Cup, foreign fans adopt traditional Russian headdressST PETERSBURG: With soccer on their minds, many fans from around the globe at the World Cup in Russia have tried something new on their heads: a traditional Russian headdress known as “kokoshnik”. Rus...
Sweden evacuate team hotel after false alarmSOCHI: Sweden’s players suffered a rude awakening ahead of their World Cup quarter-final clash with England when the fire alarm went off at their hotel in Samara on Saturday morning, leading it to be...
Brazil’s Tite to face should-I-stay-or-should-I-go decisionSOCHI: Brazil’s exit to Belgium in the World Cup quarter-finals will mean a Should-I-Stay-or-Should-I-go decision for coach Tite but if he decides to have another tilt at the trophy he is well served...
Defeat is saddest moment of my career: NeymarSOCHI: Less than a day after being knocked out the World Cup by Belgium, Brazilian striker Neymar said he will find it hard to return to club football. The Paris St Germain player came to Russia as on...