South Africa outplay Sri Lanka in Super Over after thrilling T20 tieDavid Miller shone with gloves and bat as South Africa beat Sri Lanka on a Super Over in a dramatic first Twenty20 international (T20I) at Newlands on Tuesday. In the unaccustomed role of wicketkeeper...
Ineos’ takeover of Team Sky raises financial fairness questionsTeam Sky’s takeover by chemical giant Ineos raises questions on financial fair play in cycling as the new outfit is expected to increase its monetary advantage over rival teams. The British team’s bud...
Urooj named as chairperson of new women’s cricket selection committeeThe Pakistan Cricket Board, as part of its strategy to further strengthen the women’s game, has named a new three-person selection committee that will be chaired by former captain Urooj Mumtaz. The im...
Australia’s Zampa still not counting on World Cup spotThe clamour in Australia to include Adam Zampa in the Cricket World Cup squad has reached fever pitch after his strong series in India but the leg-spinner feels his place is far from assured. The 26-y...
Ponting backs Usman to make Australia’s World Cup squadIn-form batsman Usman Khawaja should be part of Australia’s World Cup plans despite the imminent returns of Steve Smith and David Warner, former captain Ricky Ponting has said. Khawaja struck 383 runs...
Afghan FC emerge victorious from Pishin, cruise into Super-8 stageThe city level qualifiers and eliminators of the 3rd Ufone Balochistan Football Cup are underway in Balochistan. The Pishin leg of the competition came to an end on Wednesday when Afghan FC clinched t...
British weightlifter Webster gets additional three-year banLONDON: British weightlifter Sonny Webster was given an additional three-year ban from all sport for coaching three athletes during his period of ineligibility, which was in breach of anti-doping rule...
Cycling looking to ban corticosteroids in 2020: UCIAfter becoming the first sport to ban Tramadol, cycling is looking to use the same “health reasons” justification to prohibit the use of corticosteroids by 2020, International Cycling Union (UCI) pres...
Choi, Immelman and Weir to assist Els at Presidents CupInternational captain Ernie Els has named Korea’s K.J. Choi, South Africa’s Trevor Immelman and Canada’s Mike Weir as his assistants for this year’s Presidents Cup in Australia, the PGA Tour said on T...
Sheffield United Women end Jones’ contract after racist abuse banSheffield United Women’s forward Sophie Jones has had her contract terminated by mutual consent and was handed a five-match ban by the FA on Wednesday for racially abusing Tottenham Hotspur’s Renee He...
La Liga clubs refuse players permission to join Catalonia squadLa Liga clubs Rayo Vallecano and Huesca have joined fellow top division strugglers Valladolid in preventing a number of their players from joining up with the Catalonia national football team. Vallado...
Cherry blossom-themed torch unveiled for Tokyo Olympics 2020TOKYO: The torch design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games was unveiled on Wednesday, exactly a year before the flame is due to arrive in Japan from Greece. The theme of the pink gold tor...