Pakistan-India rivalry eyes quality cricketDUBAI: Is there a point to hyping up an India-Pakistan contest again after the damp squib on Wednesday? After all, the last four games between these sides have turned out to be an eight-wicket win, a...
Pakistan’s Malik thwarts giantkillers Afghanistan in last-over finishAbu Dhabi: Experienced batsman Shoaib Malik hit a six and a boundary to pull off a sensational last over three-wicket win for Pakistan against a spirited Afghanistan in the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi on Fr...
PCB to review position on global cricket leaguesKARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani said on Saturday his board would review their stance on global leagues and seek assurances from the game’s governing body. The PCB earlier thi...
Pakistan hockey coach Roelant Oltmans steps downLAHORE: Pakistan hockey coach Roelant Oltmans on Saturday, resigned from his position as head coach of the team. In his letter to the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), Oltmans said: “I’m responsible f...
Jadeja, Rohit lead India’s rout of BangladeshDUBAI: Spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets and skipper Rohit Sharma smashed a successive half-century to help India rout Bangladesh by seven wickets in Asia Cup match in Dubai on Friday. Jadeja...
Can Bangladesh pick themselves up against Afghanistan’s spinners?ABU DHABI: Both Bangladesh and Afghanistan come into this crucial Super Four match having lost their previous contests. But it is anyone’s guess which side would be more confident. Bangladesh have had...
Pakistan’s Hasan, Afghanistan’s Asghar and Rashid fined for misconductLAHORE: Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali and Afghanistan’s Asghar Afghan and Rashid Khan were all fined 15 percent of their match fees for violations of the ICC Code of Conduct, the International Cricket Coun...
Liverpool, Manchester City cruise as Manchester United held on Ferguson’s returnLONDON: Liverpool and Manchester City’s shootout for the Premier League title intensified on Saturday with comfortable wins over Southampton and Cardiff, while Manchester United were held 1-1 by Wolve...
Red-hot Osaka powers past Giorgi into finalTOKYO: US Open champion Naomi Osaka stormed past Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-3 on Saturday to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Karolina Pliskova. Osaka’s victory in front o...
Marseille stunned by Eintracht, Sevilla hit five in Europa LeagueLONDON: Olympique de Marseille were the fall guys on a hectic opening night of Europa League group stage action as German club Eintracht Frankfurt returned from the south of France with a surprise 2-1...
Europe lead Laver Cup despite shock defeat for star duoCHICAGO: Team Europe took a commanding 3-1 lead over Team World in the Laver Cup on Friday, despite seeing their high-profile doubles pairing of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic suffer the defending c...
Wang wins second WTA title with Guangzhou triumphGUANGZHOU: China’s Wang Qiang picked up her second career WTA title with a surprisingly straightforward 6-1 6-2 victory over Yulia Putintseva in the final of the Gunagzhou International Women’s Open o...
Former badminton world champ diagnosed with cancerKUALA LUMPUR: Former world number one Lee Chong Wei is receiving treatment after being diagnosed with nose cancer, the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) said in a statement on Saturday. Lee, who...
Murray to end season after playing in Shenzhen, BeijingGLASGOW: Andy Murray will end his season after playing in the Shenzhen and Beijing tournaments over the next two weeks to be “in the best possible shape” for the Australian Open in January,” the Scot...
Aubameyang unhappy as his father named Gabon managerJOHANNESBURG: Gabon captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has criticised the football federation (FEGAFOOT) decision to appoint his father as national team coach and said Pierre Aubame did not want the jo...
Veteran Tabarez signs new deal as Uruguay coachMONTEVIDEO: Oscar Tabarez has signed a new four-year deal as Uruguay coach that will extend his record as the world’s most experienced national manager, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) said o...
Wilder and Fury to fight for world title on December 1NEW YORK: WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will fight Britain’s Tyson Fury on Dec. 1 in the United States with the venue yet to be finalised, the pair announced on Saturday. Wilder and Fu...