Pakistan humble Scotland 2-0 in T20 seriesEDINBURGH: Shoaib Malik blasted a quick-fire 49 as Pakistan powered to an 84-run rout of Scotland in the second Twenty20 international on Wednesday. Malik's unbeaten innings took just 22 balls and con...
Pakistan to send 397-member contingent to IndonesiaLAHORE: Pakistan will be sending a 397-member (298 athletes and 99 officials) contingent to Indonesia for the Jakarta Asian Games starting there from August 18 to September 2. Gelora Bung Karno Main S...
Rahane insists India won’t take debutants Afghanistan lightlyBANGALORE: Top-ranked India will be “ruthless” and not take Afghanistan lightly when they make their Test debut in Bangalore, skipper Ajinkya Rahane said Wednesday. It will be a historic moment for As...
New Zealand cricket legend Hadlee undergoes cancer surgeryWELLINGTON: New Zealand cricketing great Richard Hadlee has undergone surgery for bowel cancer but is expected to make a full recovery, his wife Dianne said Wednesday. “Last month, Richard had a routi...
Afghanistan not nervous ahead of realising Test dream: StanikzaiBENGALURU: Afghanistan will realise a long-cherished dream when they debut as a test nation on Thursday but captain Asghar Stanikzai ruled out being nervous ahead of the match against their top-ranked...
Pakistan mountaineer Faheem to scale Gasherbrum IIISLAMABAD: Pakistan mountaineer Mohammad Faheem Pasha is all set to scale Gasherbrum II this summer. The 35-year-old climber will start his expedition on June 16 and is a part of a 13-member team of c...
Franchises, PCB decide against full PSL4 in PakistanKARACHI: Hopes of having a full Pakistan Super League (PSL) fourth edition in the country have ended as the franchises and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have decided against the idea in a high-profile...
Windies eye successive win as second Sri Lanka Test begins todayGROS ISLET: Sri Lanka had hoped this would be one of their easier away tours this year. West Indies’ home record was modest; Sri Lanka’s Test side was picking up some momentum. But the Test in Port-of...
Mathews, Gamage out of Sri Lanka’s West Indies tourCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews will miss the rest of their West Indies tour after he left for home due to personal reasons, while fast bowler Lahiru Gamage was ruled out with an injury....
USA, Mexico and Canada to host 2026 FIFA World CupMOSCOW: The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada after FIFA’s Congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to back the tri-nation joint bid to host the tournament, with Mo...
FIFA World Cup explodes into action todayMOSCOW: World Cup fever is finally taking hold in Russia, where wild enthusiasm in provincial centres such as chilly Kazan is filtering through to Moscow ahead of Thursday’s (today) opening match in t...
Russia to win first World Cup match, says clairvoyant catMOSCOW: Russia’s football team has failed to chalk up a single victory in eight months but things could be about to improve - according to a supposedly clairvoyant cat who predicted a win for the side...
Mohamed Salah shrugs off injury to join Egypt trainingGROZNY: Mohamed Salah gave Egypt’s World Cup hopes a huge boost on Wednesday when he joined a squad training session at their Grozny base. The Pharaohs’ superstar was sidelined after suffering a shoul...
Lopetegui fired by Spain, Hierro takes charge as new coachKRASNODAR: Spain coach Julen Lopetegui was sensationally sacked on Wednesday, two days before their opening World Cup match, for failing to tell his federation about his move to Real Madrid after the...
Salah makes World Cup headlines for Chechnya photoGROZNY: Mohamed Salah, a star attraction ahead of football’s 2018 World Cup in Russia, has made headlines for a smiling photo with Ramzan Kadyrov, strongman of Chechnya where his Egypt team have set u...
Song mocking Russian World Cup team goes viral, upsetting someMOSCOW: A Russian comic’s song which mocks the country’s World Cup team and questions the financial sense of hosting the event has gone viral on the eve of the tournament, angering some fans and polit...
USA counterspy warns World Cup travellers’ devices could be hackedWASHINGTON: The top USA counterintelligence official is advising Americans travelling to Russia for football’s World Cup beginning this week that they should not take electronic devices because they a...
FIFA President Infantino to run for re-election in 2019MOSCOW: FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday he will run for re-election as head of soccer’s global governing body. Speaking at the FIFA Congress in Moscow on the eve of the World Cup, th...
Banned Sepp Blatter to attend World Cup in RussiaMOSCOW: Banned former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has received an open invitation from President Vladimir Putin to attend the World Cup in Russia and intends to take it up, Blatter’s spokesman Thomas...
Iran’s Queiroz slams Nike over World Cup bootsMOSCOW: Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has called on Nike to apologise to his team after the USA sportswear firm said it could not supply the players with football boots for the World Cup due to sanctions....
Day before World Cup, Putin thanks FIFA for keeping politics out of sportMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked FIFA on Wednesday for keeping politics out of sport, the day before the start of the soccer World Cup. Russia will host the tournament from June 14 to...