Minimise mistakes and heed details, Kohli tells India teammatesBRISBANE: India will look to minimise their mistakes and “do the little things right” in Australia, touring captain Virat Kohli said in Brisbane on the eve of the three-match Twenty20 series that mark...
ICC throws out PCB’s $70m claim against BCCILAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday dismissed the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) $70 million compensation claim against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for alle...
Lahore Qalandars clinch de Villiers and HafeezISLAMABAD: Lahore Qalandars were the big winners of the Pakistan Super League players’ draft 2018 as they bagged South African superstar AB de Villiers for the fourth season. The Qalandars are easily...
Australia denies to shorten ban on Smith, Warner, BancroftSYDNEY: Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft will all have to serve their full bans for ball-tampering, Cricket Australia (CA) ruled on Tuesday after reviewing a submission by the players’ u...
Hasan, Yasir and Babar improve rankingsISLAMABAD: England will be ranked second on the ICC Test Team Rankings following the conclusion of their series against Sri Lanka in Colombo next week. England’s 57-run victory in the second Test in P...
DHA Cup International Squash Championship commencesKARACHI: The $23500 DHA Cup International Squash Championship - men’s and women’s - commenced at the DA Creek Club Asif Nawaz Squash Complex here on Tuesday. The men’s event, which carries a purse of...
Finch wants Australia to play aggressively against IndiaSYDNEY: Australia have the ideal opportunity to arrest their slide with some aggressive cricket in the three-match Twenty20 series against India, limited-overs captain Aaron Finch said in Brisbane on...
New Zealand Test defeat the worst of my career, says ArthurDUBAI: Head coach Mickey Arthur on Tuesday described his team’s narrow four-run defeat in the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi as the “worst of his coaching career”. Pakistan, set a modest...
Late goals earn Netherlands spot in Nations League semisGELSENKIRCHEN: Netherlands scored twice in the last five minutes to recover from two goals down and earn a 2-2 draw against relegated Germany in the Nations League on Monday to secure a spot in next y...
Ryder Cup selection led to form return, says GarciaHONG KONG: Former U.S. Masters champion Sergio Garcia has credited Thomas Bjorn’s decision to hand him a Ryder Cup captain’s pick for his resurgence in form in the latter part of the year. Garcia’s in...
Questions aplenty for Enrique after disappointing Spain campaignMADRID: Spain coach Luis Enrique promised evolution rather than revolution when he took charge of the national side following their disastrous World Cup campaign this year when they were eliminated in...
Pacquiao reveals Mayweather rematch after January boutNEW YORK CITY: Filipino veteran Manny Pacquiao revealed Monday he has spoken with Floyd Mayweather about a possible sequel to their 2015 superfight, but said no decision would be taken on a rematch un...
Boyle strikes twice as Australia farewell Cahill with Lebanon winSYDNEY: Australia bid farewell to totemic forward Tim Cahill with a comfortable 3-0 win over Lebanon in their last friendly on home soil before their Asian Cup title defence in the United Arab Emirate...
British sprinter Levine gets four-year doping banLONDON: Britain’s Olympic sprinter Nigel Levine has been banned from the sport for four years after failing a drugs test. Levine was provisionally suspended in February and on Tuesday UK Anti-Doping (...
Dananjaya misses Colombo dead rubber to assess action in BrisbaneCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya will get his bowling action assessed in Australia this week and consequentially miss the third and final Test against England, the country’s cricket board sa...
West Indies name Pothas as interim head coachBARBADOS: Fielding coach Nic Pothas has been named interim head coach of West Indies for the tour of Bangladesh following the departure of Stuart Law, the West Indies cricket board has said. Former Au...
Mo Farah to run 2019 London MarathonLONDON: European record holder Mo Farah is to run next year’s London Marathon for the third time, organisers said on Tuesday. The multi-Olympic, world and European champion over 10,000 and 5,000 metre...
F3 driver Floersch vows to return after injuryMACAU: German Formula Three driver Sophia Floersch, who fractured her spine in an aerial crash at the Macau Grand Prix on Sunday, reassured fans on Tuesday that she was recovering well and vowed to re...