Pakistan’s final warm-up match against Leicestershire ends in a drawLONDON: Leicestershire middle-order batsman Ateeq Javid’s half-century took the home side for a draw on the second day of the two-day warm-up match against Pakistan at Grace Road on Sunday. Javid opte...
Nadal downs Zverev to lift Rome title for eighth timeROME: Rafael Nadal survived a stunning fightback from Alexander Zverev to win an eighth Italian Open. Nadal cruised to the first set before defending champion Zverev won nine of the next 12 games to t...
Farah, Dibaba prove champion class with Great Manchester winsMANCHESTER: The star names rose to the occasion in Manchester on Sunday as Mo Farah and Tirunesh Dibaba underlined their class to secure victories in the Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run 10km. Both w...
Fakhar Zaman dreams of Test debut at Lord’sISLAMABAD: Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman, who enjoyed an impressive outing during the first day of the tour match against Leicestershire County where he scored 71 runs and shared a century stand with A...
Yates wins 15th stage for 3rd win, extends Giro d’Italia leadSAPPADA: Simon Yates made it a hat trick of wins in the Giro d’Italia on the 15th stage Sunday and the British rider consolidated his overall lead as the race heads into its final week. After unsucces...
Former captain Miandad endorses ICC’s proposal to abolish tossKARACHI: While legendary batsman Javed Miandad has endorsed International Cricket Council’s (ICC) proposal to abolish toss from the game, another former Test cricketer Salim Altaf says instead of doin...
KKR clinch third playoff spot, RCB bow outHYDERABAD: Kolkata Knight Riders became the third team to make the Indian Premier League play-offs on a day when Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore bowed out of the Twenty20 tournament. Austral...
2022 World Cup aims to change lives of Pakistan school childrenLONDON: The 2022 World Cup in Qatar may be four years and thousands of kilometres away but it is already touching the lives of children in Pakistan. More than 150,000 of the poorest children in the co...
Mosaddek back in Bangladesh T20 squadDHAKA: The Bangladesh selectors have recalled batsman Mosaddek Hossain to their T20 squad for the three-match series against Afghanistan next month. He last played T20 internationals last year in Sri...
Chelsea edge out Manchester United in FA Cup finalLONDON: Eden Hazard’s first-half penalty proved decisive as Chelsea salvaged their season by beating Manchester United 1-0 in the FA Cup final in what is widely expected to be manager Antonio Conte’s...
I’ll never change, FA Cup winner Conte warns ChelseaLONDON: Antonio Conte has warned Chelsea he will never change his demanding ways as the FA Cup winning boss waits to discover if he will be sacked. Conte ended a troubled season on a high note thanks...
Svitolina dominates Halep to defend Italian Open crownROME: Fourth seed Elina Svitolina successfully defended her Italian Open title on Sunday with a dominant 6-0 6-4 victory over an out-of-sorts Simona Halep. World number one Halep came through a tough...
Real throw away lead to draw final league game at VillarrealMADRID: Real Madrid suffered a potential confidence jolt ahead of next week’s Champions League final against Liverpool as they threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Villarreal in their final La Li...
Marquez extends world lead with Le Mans winPARIS: Spaniard Marc Marquez extended his MotoGP world championship lead when he won the French Grand Prix in commanding fashion on Sunday. The Repsol Honda rider took the lead with 18 laps remaining...
Wellington qualify for Club World Cup with Oceania triumphWELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Team Wellington qualified to take on some of the best teams in the world at December’s Club World Cup after winning the Oceania Champions League for the first time on Sunday....
Messi gets rest in Barcelona’s final La Liga gameBARCELONA: Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde plans to leave Lionel Messi out of the starting line-up for the La Liga champions’ last game of the season against Real Sociedad as the Argentine needs rest...
Rebic double as Frankfurt stun Bayern to win German CupBERLIN: Ante Rebic struck twice as Eintracht Frankfurt upset champions Bayern Munich 3-1 on Saturday to win the German Cup for the fifth time and deny their opponents the domestic double to mark the r...
Monaco and Lyon clinch Champions League spotsPARIS: Monaco and Olympique Lyonnais secured Champions League spots with victories in the final round of Ligue 1 matches as Olympique de Marseille’s season ended in disappointment on Saturday. Monaco...
Six injured in Juventus title paradeTURIN: Six Juventus fans were injured, two seriously, when a truck they were travelling in during the Italian champions’ victory parade on Saturday night struck the electric cables of the city’s tramw...
Football: Leicester signs Portugal defender PereiraLONDON: Leicester City has signed Portugal full back Ricardo Pereira from Porto on a five-year contract, the Premier League club said on Sunday. The 24-year-old, named in Portugal’s World Cup squad, h...