Ton-up Mushfiqur helps Bangladesh thump Sri LankaDUBAI: Senior batsman Mushfiqur Rahim smashed a brilliant career-best hundred to steer Bangladesh to an emphatic 137-run victory over Sri Lanka in the opening Asia Cup match in Dubai on Saturday. The...
Young Hong Kong a banana peel for PakistanDUBAI: If an Associate side wants to celebrate a landmark day, who better than Pakistan to share their (non-alcoholic) champagne with. They have championed the Associates’ cause more regularly and sin...
Ehsan Mani eyes revival of ACCKARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani wants to revive Asian Cricket Council (ACC) as he believes that India has damaged its past status. Mani firmly believes that the Asian block w...
Eight PSL games to be held in Lahore, Karachi in 2019LAHORE: Eight games in the fourth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held in Pakistan as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) released the schedule for the T20 tournament, which will begin...
Egypt’s Soliman and Elarby lift titlesISLAMABAD: Egypt's Youssef Soliman claimed an upset victory against top seed Leo Au of Hong Kong to lift the winning trophy of the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) International Squash Championship while his...
Asian Tour gives thumbs up to UMA-CNS Open Golf arrangementsKARACHI: The final leg of arrangements for the successful hosting of the UMA-CNS Open Golf Championship - Pakistan's first Asian Tour event in 11 years - has received the thumbs up from the Asian body...
Britain’s Yates poised for Vuelta victoryMADRID: Britain’s Simon Yates all but assured himself victory in the Vuelta a Espana by finishing third in Saturday’s 20th and penultimate stage. The Michelton-Scott rider survived an arduous final mo...
Steve Smith marries long time girlfriend Dani WillisSYDNEY: Ex-Australian cricket team captain Steven Smith got married to his long-time girlfriend Dani Willis on Saturday in a ceremony in the Australian Southern Highlands. In February this year, after...
Cricket Australia to probe Moeen ‘Osama’ sledgeSYDNEY: Cricket Australia are to seek clarification from their English counterparts about an incident in which England all-rounder Moeen Ali says he was called “Osama” by an Australian player during a...
Maldives win SAFF Championship titleDHAKA: The Maldives won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship for only the second time in their history with a shock 2-1 victory over India in Saturday’s final in Dhaka. Goals from I...
Relentless Liverpool sweep Spurs aside as Chelsea go topLONDON: Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday to post a fifth consecutive win at the start of the season for the first time since 1990-91 and banish the memory of last year’s Lon...
Champions France back in Davis Cup final with win over SpainLILLE: Veteran pairing Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut booked France’s place in another Davis Cup final as they won the doubles to seal the champions’ 3-0 victory over Spain in their World Group se...
Hamilton storms to stunning pole in SingaporeSINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton tightened his grip on securing a fifth Formula One world title by coming from nowhere to claim a stunning pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix in his Mercedes on Saturd...
40-year-old Bryan helps keep US Davis Cup hopes afloatZADAR: Mike Bryan used all his experience as the world No.1 doubles player at the age of 40 to prevail in an epic five-set rubber alongside Ryan Harrison on Saturday and help the United States cling o...
Teenager Garces saves Atletico’s blushes against EibarMADRID: Atletico Madrid averted an embarrassing home defeat to minnows Eibar by drawing 1-1 thanks to a strike from teenage debutant Borja Garces deep in injury time but continued their poor start to...
Barcelona ride luck to sink Real SociedadSAN SEBASTIAN: Barcelona rode their luck to come from behind and win 2-1 at Real Sociedad on Saturday, continuing to banish their awful record in San Sebastian and maintaining their perfect start to t...
PSG dominate Saint-Etienne without Neymar, MbappePARIS: Kylian Mbappe and Neymar watched on from the stands as Paris Saint-Germain prepared for their Champions League trip to Liverpool with an emphatic 4-0 win over Saint-Etienne in Ligue 1 on Friday...
Swiss investigate alleged Russian cyber attack on World Anti-Doping AgencyZURICH: Swiss prosecutors are investigating whether Russian agents tried to hack the World Anti-Doping Agency, the Office of the Attorney General said on Saturday, broadening the scope of alleged espi...
Britain’s Holland wins World Triathlon Series titleGOLD COAST: Britain’s Vicky Holland won the World Triathlon Series women’s season title after finishing a close second to Australian Ashleigh Gentle in the final race at Gold Coast on Saturday. Hollan...
Hamilton likes the look of F1’s future carsSINGAPORE: Formula One showed off a vision of its car of the future on Friday and world champion Lewis Hamilton liked what he saw, even if Ferrari were less excited. Ross Brawn, the former team boss w...
Allegri predicts Ronaldo will break his duck in next gameMILAN: Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has stuck his neck out and predicted that Cristiano Ronaldo will score his first goal for the Turin side in Sunday’s (today) match against Sassuolo. Although...