Dazzling Ronchi helps Islamabad crush Lahore by six wicketsDUBAI: Luke Ronchi through his dazzling batting helped Islamabad United crush Lahore Qalandars by six wickets in the 18th fixture of the Pakistan Super League III at the Dubai International Cricket St...
Quetta Gladiators down Multan Sultans by two wickets in thrillerDUBAI: Quetta Gladiators registered a hard-fought two-wicket win over Multan Sultans in the 17th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL)’s third edition in Dubai on Wednesday night. After being put i...
Captains meet to curb bad blood as second Test begins todayPORT ELIZABETH: Captains Faf du Plessis and Steve Smith met on Thursday ahead of the second Test between South Africa and Australia in an effort to put the focus back on cricket following controversia...
Markram, Ngidi awarded Cricket South Africa central contractsCAPE TOWN: South Africa have awarded national contracts to Aiden Markram and Lungi Ngidi for the 2018-19 season, while dropping Farhaan Behardien, Stephen Cook, Wayne Parnell and Aaron Phangiso. Morne...
Dhawan’s fluent fifty leads India to win over BangladeshCOLOMBO: Opener Shikhar Dhawan struck his second successive fifty to guide India to a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the Twenty20 Tri-Series match in Colombo on Thursday. The left-hander made 5...
JA Zaman Open Golf Championship Iqbal first in senior pro event, Javed emerges top senior amateurLAHORE: The first round of the four rounds JA Zaman Memorial Open Golf Championship, backed by the Zaman family, was inaugurated by Hamid Zaman at the Lahore Gymkhana Club Golf Course by hitting the f...
Malik becomes first Pakistan cricketer to play 300 T20 matchesDUBAI: Veteran batsman and Multan Sultans skipper Shoaib Malik has become the first Pakistan player to appear in 300 Twenty20 matches. Malik reached the feat when he stepped into the field for his tea...
Ronchi announces to visit Pakistan if Islamabad qualifyDUBAI: Islamabad United opener Luke Ronchi has said he will come to Pakistan if his team qualifies for the playoffs. The last two playoffs of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) third edition are schedule...
Higuain, Dybala stun Spurs to send wily Juventus throughLONDON: There is simply no substitute for experience in the highest tier of European football as Juventus proved by coming back from the abyss to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 and reach the Champions Lea...
Osaka too strong for Sharapova in CaliforniaINDIAN WELLS: Former world number one Maria Sharapova lost her second consecutive first round match with a 6-4 6-4 defeat to Japan’s Naomi Osaka at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Wednesday. Sha...
Men and women to compete togetherEDINBURGH: Men and women will compete together in this year’s inaugural European Golf Team Championships after their respective tours announced on Thursday that they had agreed on a format and qualifi...
Indonesia confident on Asian Games 2018 preparations, traffic concerns remainJAKARTA: Indonesia is confident over its readiness to host this year’s Asian Games, though ensuring athletes and fans can get to venues through Jakarta’s traffic-clogged streets remains a challenge, t...
North, South Korea won’t march together at Paralympics amid flag rowSEOUL: South and North Korea will not march together at the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics, as they did at the Olympics last month, because they cannot agree on a united flag that erases i...
Manchester City ease through despite rare home loss to BaselMANCHESTER: Manchester City advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals despite suffering their first home loss in over a year, going through 5-2 on aggregate after a 2-1 defeat by Swiss champions...
Argentina’s Grillo grabs early lead at Indian Open golfNEW DELHI: Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo set the early pace with a course-record equalling seven-under-par 65 before darkness fell on day one of the Indian Open on Thursday. Grillo, 25, posted eight bir...
LPGA’s Evian moves to summer to avoid being watered downDAYTONA BEACH: The much-maligned Evian Golf Championship in France will move to a July date from September starting in 2019 and become the world’s second richest women’s tournament, the LPGA said on T...
Arnold to return as Australia football coach after World CupSYDNEY: Graham Arnold will succeed Dutchman Bert van Marwijk as Australia coach after the World Cup in Russia and look to guide the Socceroos to a fifth successive appearance at the 2022 global showpi...
Fans and players say goodbye to Fiorentina captain AstoriFLORENCE: Thousands of fans and dozens of players turned out on Thursday to say goodbye to Fiorentina captain and Italy international Davide Astori, who died suddenly at the age of 31 on Sunday. Astor...
Football: Zaha back in training ahead of Chelsea tripLONDON: Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has returned to training after recovering from a knee injury that he sustained last month, manager Roy Hodgson said ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash...