Pakistan look for another dominating show as fourth Zimbabwe ODI todayBULAWAYO: You might as well bring out all the clichés. If this was a boxing match, the referee would indeed have stopped it by now. If it was a tennis match, the chair umpire would have called “game,...
After Zimbabwe rout, all-rounder Ashraf eyes success in Asia CupKARACHI: Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf is focused on the team’s upcoming challenges after securing a relatively comfortable series win against Zimbabwe. Ashraf’s five-wicket haul in the third ODI...
IPL official accused of asking for sexual favours, prostitutes from playersKARACHI: Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla’s executive assistant Mohammed Akram Saifi has been accused of asking for sexual favours as a prerequisite for selection in the local state...
Saha out for at least two months with shoulder injuryNEW DELHI: Wriddhiman Saha, India’s first-choice Test wicketkeeper, will be out of action for at least two months with a shoulder injury. His injured shoulder will soon be assessed to see if it requir...
Second Sri Lanka Test begins in Colombo today Another trial by spin awaits South AfricaCOLOMBO: Soon, Sri Lankans might be making jokes about how the captain, the coach and the manager should be banned more often. Dinesh Chandimal, Chandika Hathurusingha and Asanka Gurusinha will miss f...
Pakistan to compete in Asian Rugby SevensISLAMABAD: Pakistan will compete at the Asian Rugby Sevens Championship in Singapore next month. The national team are set to leave on August 3, while the two-day competition will be held on August 4...
Pakistan wrestlers off to India for Junior Asian ChampionshipLAHORE: After a gap of three years, Pakistan wrestlers will once again compete for medals in India as the country’s six-member wrestling team crossed the Wagah border on Thursday afternoon to take par...
England to host Pakistan for ODI, T20I series before World Cup 2019LAHORE: Pakistan will play five one-day internationals and a lone T20I against England in England before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. According to the schedule announced by England and Wales Cricke...
Edgbaston to host 2019 Ashes series openerLONDON: England’s bid to regain the Ashes next year will begin with first Test against Australia at Edgbaston, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday. Edgbaston, where England...
American Kevis Kisner early leader in benign British Open conditionsCARNOUSTIE: American Kevin Kisner put a mediocre links record behind him to surge to the clubhouse lead with a five-under-par 66 in the first round at the British Open on Thursday. An early eagle foll...
Thomas extends lead amid unsavoury scenes on l’Alpe d’HuezL’ALPE D’HUEZ: Geraint Thomas became the first man to win up l’Alpe d’Huez with the yellow jersey on his shoulders on Thursday as he extended his Tour de France overall lead amid unsavoury scenes whil...
F1 champion Hamilton staying with Mercedes to 2020HOCKENHEIM: Four-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton ended months of speculation about his future on Thursday by signing a new two-year deal keeping him at his Mercedes team until the end...
Seven new disciplines at 2022 Winter Olympic Games to boost women’s participation, says IOCLAUSANNE: Seven new events have been added to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics programme, which paves the way for the highest representation of female athletes at the event, the International Olympic...
NFL Cowboys stay atop Forbes list of world’s richest sport teamsNEW YORK: With a 14 percent leap in value to $4.8 billion (4.12 billion euros), the NFL Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday topped the annual Forbes magazine list of the world´s highest valued sports teams fo...
Softball to give Tokyo Olympics 2020 symbolic startTOKYO: A softball game in Fukushima prefecture will give the Tokyo 2020 Olympics a symbolic start after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board approved the Games’ session schedule a...
Manchester United defender Dalot ruled out until SeptemberMANCHESTER: Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot will miss the start of the Premier League season due to a knee injury, manager Jose Mourinho has said. The 19-year-old, who joined United on a five-y...
Alisson has medical ahead of Liverpool move, says MonchiLIVERPOOL: AS Roma’s goalkeeper Alisson is undergoing a medical at Liverpool after the Italian club received a “significant offer”, sporting director Monchi said on Thursday. British media reported th...
Miami delays decision on Formula One raceMIAMI: Miami city authorities have delayed a decision on hosting a Formula One race in the face of local opposition. The Miami Herald reported that a discussion on a race contract had been scheduled f...
Gianfranco Zola returns to Chelsea as Sarri’s assistantLONDON: Former Chelsea striker Gianfranco Zola has returned to the club as assistant to new manager Maurizio Sarri, the Premier League side said on Wednesday. Zola spent seven years at Stamford Bridge...
Kazakhstan’s Olympic medallist skater Denis Ten stabbed to deathALMATY: Denis Ten, an Olympic bronze medallist figure skater, was stabbed to death on Thursday in his native Kazakhstan. Police in Almaty said Ten, 25, was knifed during a struggle with two men he had...