Franchise skippers unveil PSL 2018 trophy in DubaiLAHORE: The trophy for the third season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), which starts February 22, was jointly unveiled by the captains of each of the PSL franchises at a ceremony held in Dubai on...
Sammy urges defending champions to be even better in 2018LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi captain Darren Sammy has urged his teammates to raise their game even higher in the 2018 Pakistan Super League (PSL) as he believes their rivals will be out to get them. Zalmi,...
PSL franchises briefed on anti-corruptionLAHORE: Pakistan Super League (PSL) management organised lectures for the six franchises who are participating in the tournament to guide them on anti-corruption methods. The lectures were organised i...
PSL 2018 to be Kevin Pietersen’s last professional stintLAHORE: Former England batsman and Quetta Gladiators’ top-order firepower Kevin Pietersen on Tuesday announced that the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) third edition would be his last stint as a profess...
Pakistan to hire Dutch hockey coach Roelant Oltmans?Staff Report LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is looking forward to celebrated Dutch hockey coach Roelant Oltmans once again take charge of the national team before the Commonwealth Games...
Rashid, Bumrah joint No.1 in ICC ODI RankingsISLAMABAD: Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan and India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah have jointly risen to the top spot in the ICC Rankings for Bowlers in ODIs. Rashid, aged 19 years 153 days, became th...
Son of former Pakistan cricketer commits suicideISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan cricketer Aamer Hanif’s son has committed suicide by hanging himself over ‘non-selection in an Under-19 cricket team.’ Mohammad Zaryab, who was a first-year college student...
India target series-clincher, South Africa look to surviveCENTURION: A ruthless India has only complacency to guard against while a deflated South Africa would be fighting another battle of survival when the two sides clash in the series-deciding second Twen...
Trans-Tasman rivals brace for final reckoning todayAUCKLAND: England’s coach Trevor Bayliss may be of the opinion that there’s no place for T20 internationals in a crowded calendar, but try telling that to the combatants in Wednesday’s final of the in...
Nadir Magsi wins Cholistan Desert RallyKARACHI: The king of motor racing in Pakistan, Mir Nadir Magsi, maintained his traditional ascendancy in the Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally by winning the Prepared ‘A’ Class in the 13th edition of the ch...
Zimbabwe asks for loan from ICC to host PakistanKARACHI: Zimbabwe Cricket Union has approached the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a loan to bail the board out of a financial crisis, which has also put the Pakistan team’s tour to that count...
Manchester City crash out of FA CupMANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola’s quest to win an unprecedented quadruple with Manchester City came to a stunning and controversial end when they fell to a 1-0 defeat at third-tier Wigan in the fifth round...
Canadians earn Olympic gold in ice dancing, USA hockey winsPYEONGCHANG: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were golden in their final Olympic performance. The Canadian couple took the ice one last time and produced a dramatic interpretation of “Moulin Rouge,” flawle...
Pogba out to silence his critics in SevilleLONDON: Manchester United’s Champions League trip to Sevilla on Wednesday night is the type of occasion for which the English giants swallowed their pride to pay £89 million for Paul Pogba, four years...
Brilliant Fourcade claims mixed relay gold for FrancePYEONGCHANG: France’s Martin Fourcade gave another brilliant display of skiing and shooting to erase a big German lead and claim the Olympic gold for his team in the Olympic biathlon mixed relay on Tu...
Rydzek comes from behind to lead German sweepPYEONGCHANG: Johannes Rydzek overcame a time handicap of more than half a minute to storm through and win Germany’s second Nordic Combined gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Tuesday as team mat...
Football club fined 50,000 euros for misbehaving fansBERLIN: Bundesliga basement side FC Cologne have been fined 50,000 euros (£44,244.63) after their fans misbehaved at five different league matches this season, the German Football Federation (DFB) sai...
Stosur’s struggles continue as she subsidesDUBAI: Former US Open champion Samantha Stosur crashed out Tuesday in the first round of the Dubai Championship 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Estonian Anett Kontaveit. After winning the opening set, Stosur lost th...
West Ham charged by FA over anti-doping rule breachLONDON: West Ham United have been charged by the English Football Association (FA) over a breach of anti-doping rules, the governing body said on Tuesday. The FA said in a statement that West Ham were...
Wolfsburg coach Schmidt resigns after five monthsBERLIN: VfL Wolfsburg coach Martin Schmidt resigned on Monday after five months and 22 games in charge and only four days before a key Bundesliga relegation battle against Mainz 05. The club, announci...
Former football coach jailed for 30 years for child sex abuseLONDON: Ex-football coach Barry Bennell was jailed for 30 years on 50 counts of child sexual abuse by a judge on Monday who called him the “devil incarnate.” The 64-year-old Bennell, once a scout for...