Shadab Khan ruled out of series against EnglandWrist spinner Shadab Khan has been ruled out of the series against England after tests revealed a virus that will require treatment and rest for, at least, four weeks. Leg spinner Yasir Shah has been...
Deulofeu double seals Watford win at HuddersfieldGerard Deulofeu scored in each half as Watford beat Huddersfield Town 2-1 to clinch their first Premier League away win in four games at the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday. The visitors opened the s...
Smith replaces Rahane as Rajasthan captain in IPLFormer Australia batsman Steve Smith returned as the captain of the Rajasthan Royals on Saturday and will replace Ajinkya Rahane at the helm for the remainder of the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier...
Pandya, Rahul fined Rs2 million for talk-show commentsIndia all-rounder Hardik Pandya and batsman KL Rahul have been each ordered to pay 2 million rupees (about $29,000) towards charity within a month for their comments about women in a television chat-s...
England batsman Hales takes break for ‘personal reasons’LONDON: England batsman Alex Hales, who was named in their provisional squad for the Cricket World Cup, has taken an indefinite break from the game due to personal reasons, his club Nottinghamshire ha...
Pakistan players say meeting Imran before World Cup has boosted their moraleA day after receiving a pre-World Cup pep talk from Prime Minister Imran Khan, members of the national cricket team gushed about the experience, and vowed to do their best in the big tournament that s...
Battling Brighton secure vital draw at WolvesLONDON: Brighton & Hove Albion rode their luck to secure a scoreless draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, gaining a vital point in their battle to avoid relegation from the Premier League....
Barnes saves Leicester with injury-time strike at West HamLONDON: Leicester City twice came from behind to grab a 2-2 draw with West Ham United at London Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. Jamie Vardy and then Harvey Barnes netted as the visitors ref...
Pakistan cricketers not allowed to take families at World CupThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to not allow the national team’s players to bring their families along on the upcoming 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales starting on May 30....
Suele winner keeps Bayern on track for Bundesliga titleChampions Bayern Munich scored a 1-0 victory over visiting Werder Bremen on Saturday to stay on course for a seventh successive Bundesliga title. Niklas Suele drilled in a 75th-minute winner to lift t...
Nadal blown away by Fognini in Monte Carlo semisRafa Nadal suffered a shock 6-4 6-2 semi-final defeat against flamboyant Italian Fabio Fognini at the Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday, showing rare signs of weakness five weeks before the French Open....
Manchester City edge out Spurs to go top, Brighton scramble key pointPhil Foden’s first Premier League goal ensured Manchester City edged past Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on Saturday to return to the top of the Premier League and avenge their Champions League elimination by...
Zidane already clear on Real Madrid transfer targetsZinedine Zidane said on Saturday he knows exactly what kind of players he wants to sign this summer as he looks to revamp Real Madrid’s squad for next season. Madrid are expected to be busy after a mi...
Barty beats doubles partner Azarenka to level Fed Cup semi-finalWorld number nine Ashleigh Barty kept alive Australia’s hopes of advancing to their first Fed Cup final in 26 years when she beat former world number one Victoria Azarenka in the second singles of the...
Japan race to 2-0 lead in Fed Cup playoffOSAKA: Victories by Misaki Doi and Nao Hibino put Japan firmly in control of their Fed Cup world group two relegation playoff against the Netherlands on Saturday. The hosts made light of the absence o...
Former Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop gets four-year doping banLONDON: Kenya’s former Olympic 1500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop has been handed a four-year ban for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Saturday. The 29-year-old, who also won three wo...
Three Man City players make six-man shortlist for PFA awardLONDON: Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva have made the six-man shortlist for the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Players’ Player of the Year award, the o...
Parma draw stalls AC Milan’s Champions League pushMILAN: Bruno Alves grabbed a point for Parma to pile the pressure on AC Milan’s Champions League ambitions with a 1-1 draw in Emilia-Romagna on Saturday. Samu Castillejo nodded Milan ahead after 69 mi...
Lemar leaves it late to give Atletico win at EibarEIBAR: Atletico Madrid’s record signing Thomas Lemar came off the bench to score late on and snatch a 1-0 win at Eibar on Saturday, provisionally taking Atletico six points behind La Liga leaders Barc...
Premier League, MLS and BundesligaRecently, a large number of professional football leagues have taken to a craze -- FIFA E-competitions on the PlayStation and X-box consoles. To name a few, there is already an E-Premier League, E-MLS...
Newcastle boss Benitez wants to manage until 70LONDON: Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez says he plans to work as a manager until he is 70 and is desperate to have another chance to win the Champions League before he retires. Benitez’s Newcastle future...
Juventus win eighth Serie A title for a remarkable eighth season in a rowJuventus came from behind to beat Fiorentina and create Serie A history, while Cristiano Ronaldo made some history of his own. Cristiano Ronaldo said he was "1,000 percent committed to staying" with J...