Australia five wickets away from winning 2nd Test against IndiaPERTH: Australia need five wickets in the second Test to secure a series-levelling victory as India teetered in their daunting chase on a menacing pitch on Monday. Chasing 287 runs after closing out A...
Latham hits epic 264 as stuttering Sri Lanka face defeat in first TestWELLINGTON: New Zealand opener Tom Latham flayed Sri Lanka’s bowlers with an unbeaten 264 Monday before the tourists’ top order failed again, leaving them on the verge of a heavy first Test defeat in...
IOC Olympic Solidarity Course for Archery Coaches concludesLAHORE: An IOC Olympic Solidarity Course for Archery Coaches concluded at the Conference Hall of Punjab International Swimming Complex here on Sunday. 25 coaches (18 male and 07 female) of the affilia...
Liverpool defeat Manchester United to go topLIVERPOOL: Liverpool regained top spot in the Premier League after an impressive 3-1 victory over old rivals Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday put them a point ahead of title rivals Manchester Ci...
India’s Shaw out for Australia Tests, Agarwal and Pandya get callNEW DELHI: Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw has been ruled out of the remaining two Test matches against Australia due to an ankle injury, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Monday. The 19-year-old op...
Mourinho faces no more action on abusive language charge: FALONDON: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will face no further action on charges of using abusive language following their Premier League win over Newcastle United in October, the English Footba...
PCB to convince Australia to play at least two ODIs in KarachiISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to renew talks with Cricket Australia to convince them to play at least two one-day internationals in Karachi next year. A five-match ODI series...
Cottrell, Hope guide West Indies to crushing T20 winSYLHET: Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell delivered a career best 4-28 before Shai Hope struck a half-century as West Indies crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets in their Twenty20 series opener on Monday...
Messi hat-trick restores Barcelona’s La Liga leadMADRID: Lionel Messi continued his sublime form by netting his 31st La Liga hat-trick as Barcelona thrashed Levante 5-0 on Sunday to regain their three-point lead at the top of the table. The 31-year-...
Bayern Munich to face Liverpool, PSG meet Manchester UnitedNYON: Bayern Munich and Liverpool, both five-times European champions, will meet in one of three England-Germany clashes in the Champions League round of sixteen following the draw made at UEFA headqu...
Idrissa Gueye – the most underrated player in EPLThe BBC African Footballer of the Year award for 2018 was decided this week with Mohamed Salah winning the accolade, but one footballer has seemed to have slipped through the cracks. Everton player Id...
Qatar won’t decide on 48-team World Cup until it’s seen FIFA studyDOHA: Qatar will not take a decision on whether to expand its 2022 World Cup to 48 teams from 32 until it has seen the details of a feasibility study from FIFA, an official from the country’s World Cu...
Anderlecht fires coach Vanhaezebrouck after poor run of resultsBRUSSELS: Belgian soccer club Anderlecht have dismissed coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck after a series of poor results that led to their exit from the Europa League and drop to fourth in the domestic first...
Police look into alleged anti-Semitic chanting after Chelsea matchLONDON: Three men have been spoken to by transport police after reports of anti-Semitic chanting on a train following the Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea on Sunday....
Mexico’s World Cup party goes on as fan opens bar in RussiaYEKATERINBURG: Mexican Carlos Rocka came to Russia months ago to cheer on his team at the soccer World Cup --and he liked it so much he’s now opened a bar there. Rocka, 29, from Cancun, was among the...
Steven Smith captains grade team to T20 titleSYDNEY: Steven Smith led his grade side Sutherland to the New South Wales Premier T20 title at the SCG on Sunday. While the Australia Test team was going head-to-head with India in Perth, Smith made s...
Cyclist Thomas voted BBC Sports Personality of YearLONDON: Cyclist Geraint Thomas was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday, receiving British sport’s premier annual individual accolade in Birmingham as a reward for his remarkable Tour de...