Pakistan pummel Oman 10-0 for their second straight victoryJAKARTA: Pakistan pummelled minnows Oman 10-0 to register their second straight 10-0 victory of the 2018 Asian Games Hockey Tournament at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium here Wednesday. In other matches of...
West Indies to play India in Florida in 2019BARBADOS: West Indies are planning to host India in Florida next July, immediately after the 2019 World Cup, as part of a long-term strategy to play a minimum of two T20Is in North America every year...
India wrap up third Test win to set up close series finaleNOTTINGHAM: India wrapped up victory in the third Test against England on Wednesday picking up the final wicket needed to secure a 203 run victory at Trent Bridge. The victory narrows England’s lead i...
Imran directs Mani to uphold merit in PCBISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has conveyed his desire about upholding merit, which was not there in previous regime, within Pakistan cricket in a meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chair...
Kohli back at the top in ICC Test RankingsISLAMABAD: India captain Virat Kohli moved back to the top of the ICC Test Rankings for Batsmen after his Man of the Match performance in Trent Bridge. He has amassed a career-best 937 rating points a...
We are firm favourites to win 2019 World Cup: Fakhar ZamanLAHORE: The dynamic Pakistani opener Fakhar Zaman firmly believes his team should be considered as the favourites to win the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales. Ever since making his international de...
ICC punishes England’s Broad for Pant send-offNOTTINGHAM: England’s Stuart Broad has been fined and disciplined by the International Cricket Council for his send-off of Rishabh Pant during the ongoing third Test against India at Trent Bridge, the...
Pakistan decimate Kazakhstan 16-0JAKARTA: Pakistan hockey team beat Kazakhstan 16-0 in their third Pool B match of the ongoing Asian Games in Jakarta. Men in Green, who bagged 10-0 win each against Thailand and Oman in their first tw...
Kabaddi team wins first medal for PakistanJAKARTA: Pakistan kabaddi team managed a bronze medal at the Asian Games, country’s first in the 2018 edition, after they lost their semi-final 27-24 to South Korea. Both powerhouses in kabaddi Pakist...
Pakistan rower Ejaz barred for exceeding weight limitJAKARTA: Pakistan’s Asim Ejaz suffered the embarrassment of missing out from competing in the men’s lightweight single sculls at the Asian Games on Friday after he was disqualified for exceeding the m...
Sarfraz says would love to play a ‘Dabangg’ role if given chance in filmsKARACHI: National cricket team captain Sarfraz Ahmed says he would love to play a “Dabangg character” from Bollywood star Salman Khan’s 2010 film should he ever get a chance to be in a movie. Speaking...
Afghanistan thrash Ireland to seal T20 seriesLONDON: Afghanistan took an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-match T20 series against Ireland with a crushing 81-run victory in Bready on Wednesday. After a nail-biting 16-run win for the tourists...
New managers Emery and Pellegrini scrap for first pointLONDON: When Manuel Pellegrini and Unai Emery were appointed within a day of each other in May, neither could have envisaged that when their teams met for the first time three months later West Ham Un...
Serena tops Forbes list of highest paid female athletesNEW YORK CITY: Serena Williams was the highest paid female athlete for a third consecutive year in 2018, according to an annual list here published by Forbes on Tuesday that was dominated by tennis pl...
Vettel tops the times in first Belgian practiceSPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Ferrari’s title contender Sebastian Vettel bounced back from Formula One’s August break with a spring in his step on Friday, lapping fastest in opening practice for the Belgian Gran...
Serena handed tough path to US Open finalNEW YORK CITY: Serena Williams, who is aiming for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title at this year’s US Open, was handed a difficult path to the final after being drawn on Thursday in the same qu...
Joao Moutinho is biggest bargain in Premier League this season, here’s whyHaving won the Euro’s in 2016, it seems bizarre that only two years later, Joao Moutinho has wound up at newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers. For a player of such experience, it seems a 5 million p...
Why Issa Diop is the best long-term investment in Premier League this seasonEvery year, the Premier League has a huge influx of new players, some of which are for current use, while others are for the future. Issa Diop, one of two new centre-back signings made by West Ham Uni...
Tottenham captain Lloris charged with drink drivingLONDON: Tottenham Hotspur and France captain Hugo Lloris has been charged with drink driving, British police said on Friday. Lloris, who won the World Cup with France last month, was stopped by police...
Ex-Brazilian soccer boss gets 4 years in USA prisonNEW YORK: A former president of Brazil’s soccer federation was sentenced on Wednesday by a USA judge to four years in prison after being convicted on corruption charges related to the bribery scandal...
Celtic in command but Rodgers laments poor defendingMARIJAMPOLE: Celtic have one foot in the Europa League group stage after their 1-1 draw with Suduva in Lithuania on Thursday but Rangers manager Steven Gerrard conceded his side had plenty of work to...
Peru captain Guerrero’s doping ban reimposed by Swiss courtZURICH: Peru captain Paolo Guerrero’s doping ban, which was temporarily lifted for the World Cup, has been reimposed by a Swiss court, world soccer’s ruling body FIFA said on Thursday. Guerrero was ba...
Palestinian FA head banned after call to burn Messi shirtsZURICH: The head of the Palestinian Football Association, Jibril Rajoub, was banned from all soccer-related activity for a year by FIFA on Friday on charges of inciting hatred and violence before a fr...