Vince, Stoneman half-centuries leave honours even in first Ashes TestBRISBANE: Australia fought back with two late wickets to restrict England to 196 for four and leave the Ashes series-opener in Brisbane delicately poised on Thursday after the tourists’ unheralded bat...
‘Cramped for time’ Kohli wants green pitches before South Africa tourNAGPUR: India’s cricket team captain Virat Kohli on Thursday again raised the issue of a busy schedule, confirming India had demanded fast, green-topped wickets for the Test series against Sri Lanka t...
Lahore Blues thrash Rawalpindi by seven wicketsRAWALPINDI: Lahore Blues soared to the top of the standings with a seven-wicket crushing win over Rawalpindi, who prop up the table with just one win in their seven games, in the National Twenty20 Cup...
Akhtar, Sehwag to resume rivalry in SwitzerlandISLAMABAD: Legendary cricketers and even fiercer rivals, Shoaib Akhtar and Virender Sehwag will reignite memories of the days gone by when they meet once again for a game of cricket in the frozen Swis...
Birthday boy Ahmad Shahzad joins 5000 T20 runs clubRAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s flamboyant and out-of-favour opening batsman Ahmad Shahzad doubled his joy on Thursday by reaching the milestone of 5,000 runs in T20 cricket, the second Pakistan player to achi...
Palestine bypass Israel in FIFA rankings for the first timeLONDON: Palestine’s football team achieved their highest ranking in history on Thursday, rising above Israel in the FIFA world rankings for the first time. The head of the Palestinian Football Associa...
Javed Khan wins senior amateurs titleLAHORE: Javed A Khan of Lahore Gymkhana Club managed to overcome the challenge posed by his seasoned and skillful club mates Shoaib Bokhari and Imran Ahmed with a decent looking first round gross scor...
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy’s top-scorer out to replace YounusKARACHI: A lot is going right in the world for Saad Ali. He is just 24 and is leading the scoring charts in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. It is, therefore, understandable that he is eyeing the vacant middl...
India won’t forfeit points if they don’t play against PakistanKARACHI: Although the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has claimed that refusal to play Pakistan in the 13-team ICC ODI Championship and nine-team Test League will force India to forfeit their points in P...
Barcelona leave Messi on the bench and qualify with 0-0 drawTURIN: Barcelona allowed themselves the luxury of starting with Lionel Messi on the bench and still held out for a 0-0 draw at Juventus to reach the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday. Barce...
Manchester United progress on hold after Basel celebrate 1-0 winBASEL: Manchester United missed a chance to reach the Champions League knockout stages with a match to spare for the first time since 2014 after a late goal condemned them to a 1-0 defeat at Basel in...
Germany brimming with confidence ahead of title defenceBERLIN: World champions Germany expect nothing less than a fifth World Cup triumph in Russia next year, with coach Joachim Loew pointing to an abundance of player choices as his main weapon. The Germa...
International authorities to blame for Sochi Games doping scandal: RussiaMOSCOW: The International Olympic Committee and anti-doping authorities are to blame for a Russian doping scandal that tarnished the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko s...
FA to fund study into possible link between heading and dementiaLONDON: An English study into whether heading a football can cause brain trauma will begin in January, investigating an issue that has been widely debated since the activity was blamed for contributin...
Davis soars, Day lurks as Spieth falters in windSYDNEY: Young local Cameron Davis upstaged Jordan Spieth and Jason Day by shooting an eight-under-par 63 in benign morning conditions for a two-shot lead after the first round of the Australian Open o...
Hamilton mourns end of good-looking era for F1ABU DHABI: Formula One faces an uglier future after Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the ‘halo’ head protection device due to be introduced in 2018, four times world champion Lewis Ham...
Chawrasia grabs Hong Kong lead in windy conditionsHONG KONG: India’s SSP Chawrasia mastered windy conditions to grab the first-round lead at the Hong Kong Open with a superb five-under-par 65 in the co-sanctioned event on Thursday. Starting on the 11...
South Korea considers scrapping exercise with USA for OlympicsSEOUL: South Korea is considering scrapping a regular military exercise with USA forces next year to minimise the risk of an aggressive North Korean reaction during the Winter Olympics in the South, t...
France drop Benneteau, Mahut as Davis Cup final begins todayLILLE: Doubles specialists Nicolas Mahut and Julien Benneteau were omitted from the France team to play Belgium in the Davis Cup final starting on Friday. In Thursday’s draw, captain Yannick Noah name...
Anthony Hudson quits as New Zealand football coachWELLINGTON: New Zealand soccer coach Anthony Hudson has resigned a week after his team’s loss to Peru in an intercontinental World Cup qualifying playoff. Hudson, 36, announced his decision in a state...