Abbas’s triple brings Pakistan closer to win over AustraliaDUBAI: Hard-working fast bowler Mohammad Abbas took three wickets in seven balls to bring Pakistan closer to victory in the first Test against Australia in Dubai on Wednesday. The right-arm medium pac...
Asian champions aspire for top positionsKARACHI: After a lapse of eleven years, International Asian Tour Golf returns to Karachi. Addressing a press conference at Karachi Golf Club here Wednesday, Cho Minn Thant, chief operating officer of...
Pakistan spinner Abdur Rehman hangs up his bootsLAHORE: Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman, who along with teammate Saeed Ajmal famously stunned England during a 3-0 defeat in 2012, announced his retirement from international cricket on...
Former NZ rugby player Dawson calls on POA chief Arif HasanLAHORE: A meeting was held between Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) President Lt Gen (r) Syed Arif Hasan and Ms Susan Margeret Dawson, a former All Blacks rugby player, at Olympic House here on Wedn...
Rain washes out first ODI between England and Sri LankaDAMBULLA: England’s first one-day international against Sri Lanka was abandoned following heavy rains in Dambulla on Wednesday. England managed to score of 92-2 in 15 overs, with Akila Dananjaya and N...
Younus Khan offered coaching role in JapanKARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Younus Khan is all set to coach budding cricketers in Japan. Pakistan-born Japan-based businessman Abid Hussain was quoted as saying Wednesday that the batting legend...
Pakistan’s Uloomi to fight Philippine’s Pacatiw in LahoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s shinning Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) star Uloomi Karim Shaheen on Wednesday spoke about his upcoming fight against Philippine’s Jeremy Pacatiw as the country will host the 17th edit...
Former hockey captain Manzoor urges PM to dissolve PHFLAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Manzoor Junior has suggested that the government either dissolve the incumbent body of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) or release funds for national side’s prepara...
PCB names women’s squad without captainISLAMABAD: The Pakistan women’s team for the World T20 next month has been announced without a captain for now because of the absence of their regular captain Bismah Maroof. Javeria Khan is leading th...
Aaqib Javed says future of Test cricket is bleakISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan fast bowler Aaqib Javed has sent out a stern warning to the cricketing world by stating that someday Test cricket will come to an end bearing in mind the paucity of interest...
Imran bowls South Africa to 34-run victory over ZimbabweEAST LONDON: Leg-spinner Imran Tahir bowled South Africa to a 34-run win in the first Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe at Buffalo Park on Tuesday night. Tahir took five for 23 as South Africa,...
Bolt ready to play for his footballing futureSYDNEY: Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is set to start up front for the Central Coast Mariners in a trial match on Friday and the Jamaican said his future as a soccer player could be on the line....
Koepka named PGA Tour Player of the YearTALLAHASSEE: Brooks Koepka added another accolade to a sensational season on Tuesday when, as had been widely expected, he was named PGA Tour Player of the Year following a 2017-18 campaign highlighte...
Refugee team to take part at Tokyo 2020 Olympics: IOCBUENOS AIRES: Refugees will take part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday said it would form a refugee team for the second consecutive Summer Games. I...
IOC session ratifies three bidders for 2026 Winter OlympicsBUENOS AIRES: The cities of Calgary and Stockholm and an Italian bid involving Cortina D’Ampezzo and Milan officially became candidates for the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday after the International...
ICC to tighten sanctions on leaguesDUBAI: World cricket’s governing body will discuss ways to tighten up how various Twenty20 and T10 leagues are sanctioned in the future when it meets next week, a top official said Wednesday. Since th...
Proteas focus shifts to Shamsi as Tahir gets rest for remaining T20IsCAPE TOWN: Imran Tahir has been released by South Africa for the remainder of their T20 series against Zimbabwe in order for South Africa’s selectors to have a closer look at left-arm wristspinner Tab...
Belgium raids top soccer clubs over fraud, match-fixingBRUSSELS: Belgian police carried out a series of raids at soccer clubs and homes across the country on Wednesday and detained many people for questioning about financial fraud and possible match-fixin...
Federer survives Medvedev scare at Shanghai MastersSHANGHAI: Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer battled past in-form Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4 4-6 6-4 to reach the last-16 at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. Federer, playing his first T...
Wimbledon to take firm line on treatment of ball boys and girlsLONDON: Wimbledon is prepared to take action against players who behave badly towards ball boys and girls and plans to discuss the matter with representatives of men’s and women’s tennis, commercial d...
Wimbledon to take firm line on treatment of ball boys and girlsLONDON: Wimbledon is prepared to take action against players who behave badly towards ball boys and girls and plans to discuss the matter with representatives of men’s and women’s tennis, commercial d...
Saunders denied licence to fight Andrade in BostonBOSTON: British WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, who failed a doping test in August, has been denied a licence by the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission to face American Demetrius An...