Pakistan pile on the agony for EnglandLONDON: Pakistan again showed England how to play in their own conditions as they maintained their position dominant in the first Test at Lord’s. The tourists scored 300 runs in Friday’s play, going f...
Devon Smith returns to West Indies Test squad after three yearsBARBADOS: Devon Smith is back in West Indies’ Test squad after a gap of nearly three years. The selectors have also called up the uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Jahmar Hamilton for the home Test series...
ICC tells Pakistan not to use ‘smart watches’LAHORE: The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption unit (ACU) has told Asad Shafiq and Babar Azam to not wear smart watches during matches as doing so is prohibited under the Player and...
Dhananjaya withdraws from WI tour after father killedCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka batsman Dhananjaya de Silva has withdrawn from the tour of West Indies after his father was killed by an as-yet unidentified gunmen on Thursday night. Sri Lankan Police confirmed th...
Australia’s Steve Smith named among marquee players for Global T20 Canada eventSYDNEY: Disgraced former Australia cricket captain Steve Smith appears poised to return to the game after being named Thursday among the marquee players for the inaugural Global T20 Canada event. Smit...
From flipflops to cars – India’s obsession with IPL pulls in the advertisersMUMBAI: Advertising rates for this season’s Indian Premier League cricket tournament have shot through the roof with a record 125 brands riding on the country’s most lucrative sports competition, far...
International cricket struggles as T20 nomads chase white ball goldNEW DELHI: Asian nations are clamping down on the number of Twenty20 leagues players can compete in as global cricket chiefs struggle to regulate the format’s phenomenal rise. But with stars like West...
Deja vu for French Open as Nadal favourite againPARIS: “Jeu, set et match Rafa Nadal.” The words are likely to be heard seven times at the French Open as the Spanish juggernaut guns for a record-extending 11th title at Roland Garros. Nadal, who has...
Confident Liverpool show no signs of fearing Real MadridKIEV: Real Madrid head into Saturday’s Champions League final as defending champions and seeking their fourth European title in five years but opponents Liverpool give no indication of fearing Zinedin...
Froome roars into Giro lead with stunning stage 19 winROME: Britain’s Chris Froome produced an astonishing lone attack to roar into the overall Giro d’Italia lead on Friday, winning stage 19 with a performance that will go down in cycling folklore. The T...
World No. 1 handed easy path to finalPARIS: Rafa Nadal, who is gunning for a record-extending 11th French Open title, was handed a relatively easy path to the final at Roland Garros when the draw was made on Friday. The 31-year-old Spani...
Swimmer bids to become first to cross Pacific, raising awareness of plastic pollutionYOKOHAMA: When Ben Lecomte stepped onto land for the first time after swimming across the Atlantic Ocean in 1998, he told himself ‘never again’. Yet, 20 years on, Lecomte is attempting an even more da...
Most Brazilians uninterested in upcoming World CupRIO DE JANEIRO: Three weeks to World Cup kick-off and the Brazilians are downbeat, underperforming, and generally hangdog - Brazilian fans, that is. Their team may be hot, steamrolling Latin American...
Tennis player Kicker found guilty of match-fixing offencesLONDON: Argentine tennis player Nicolas Kicker has been found guilty of match-fixing and other offences, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) said in a statement on Thursday. The 25-year-old was found guil...
Cibulkova comes from behind to reach Strasbourg finalSTRASBOURG: Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova battled back from a set and a break down to beat Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu 2-6 7-6(5) 6-1 and secure her place in the Strasbourg International final on Frid...
Ivanka Trump takes shot at WTA over Serena’s non-seedingNEW YORK: United States first daughter Ivanka Trump waded into the debate over Serena Williams’s lack of a seeding at the French Open, tweeting that the women’s tour needed to change its rules for pla...
McIlroy storms into lead at PGA ChampionshipLONDON: Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy blazed a trail to the top of the BMW PGA Championship leaderboard with a scintillating seven-under 65 in his second round at Wentworth on Friday. Starting the d...
Donald Trump pardons late black boxing champion Jack JohnsonWASHINGTON: USA President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion, who was jailed a century ago due to his relationsh...
Boxer Stacey Copeland recognised for contribution to women’s sportLONDON: Soccer player-turned-boxer Stacey Copeland was named Sporting Role Model in the individual category while England’s cricketers took the top prize among teams in UK charity Women’s Sport Trust’...