Lanka reeling at 99-5 after bowling out Windies for 204 in third TestBRIDGETOWN: Sri Lanka were 99 for five in reply to the West Indies first innings total of 204 at stumps on a rain-affected day two of the day-night third and final Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados...
ICC announces Women’s World T20 2018 schedule Pakistan take on Australia in their opener on November 9ISLAMABAD: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced the schedule for the Women’s World Twenty20 to be held in the West Indies from November 9 to 24 this year. The 10-team tournament...
Nasir wins Night Golf Tournament at Defence RayaLAHORE: The Defence Raya Monthly Medal Golf Tournament, contested over 18 holes on stroke play basis under floodlights, concluded successfully at the marvelous Defence Raya Golf Course here on Monday....
Rashid urges ICC to recognise disabled cricketKARACHI: President of the Pakistan Disabled cricket Association (PDCA) Rashid Latif has called upon the International Cricket Council (ICC) to recognise and encourage development of disabled cricket a...
PCB seeks explanation from Umar AkmalLAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is seeking an explanation from batsman Umar Akmal after he said in a television interview that he had been approached to fix matches. The PCB’s anti-corruption...
India refuses to grant visas to Pakistan squadISLAMABAD: The Indian High Commission refused to grant visas to Pakistan players and officials scheduled to participate in the World Junior Squash Championship in Chennai next month, an official of th...
Taylor, Cremer and Williams pull out of Zimbabwe squadHARARE: Zimbabwe has named a squad sans Brendan Taylor, Sikandar Raza, Graeme Cremer and Sean Williams for their upcoming T20 triangular series at home against Australia and Pakistan next month. While...
Uruguay punish sluggish Russia to top Group ASAMARA: Uruguay burnished their World Cup credentials with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Russia on Monday, finishing top of Group A with a perfect record while dampening the hopes of the tournament hosts,...
France out to show they’re special against DenmarkMOSCOW: France have yet to shine at the World Cup, but they have good reason to show they have something special when they take on Denmark in their Group C finale on Tuesday (today). Les Bleus have qu...
Saudi Arabia stun Egypt 2-1 in farewell despite Salah strikeVOLGOGRAD: Saudi Arabia managed their first win at the 2018 World Cup by beating Egypt 2-1 with a last-gasp winner that eclipsed Egyptian talisman Mohamed Salah’s 22nd minute goal in Monday’s Group A...
Australia seek more goals in crunch match against PeruKAZAN: With their hopes of reaching the World Cup’s knockout rounds on a knife-edge, Australia head into their must-win match against Peru under pressure to score goals and with fingers crossed that F...
Clinical Colombia send sorry Poland packing with 3-0 victoryKAZAN: Colombia’s World Cup campaign roared back into life with a thumping 3-0 victory over Poland on Sunday which delivered a warning to their rivals and sent the disappointing Poles tumbling out of...
Argentina seek great escape via rejuvenated NigeriaST PETERSBURG: Lying a humiliating last in a group they were expected to win, Argentina must beat Nigeria on Tuesday (today) to have any chance of progressing and keeping alive captain Lionel Messi’s...
South Korea’s task gets harder with Ki to miss Germany gameMOSCOW: South Korea’s faint hopes of reaching the last 16 of the World Cup have faded further with news that captain Ki Sung-yueng will miss their final group game against Germany. The Koreans lost th...
No evidence of doping among Russian soccer players: FIFAMOSCOW: FIFA on Monday rejected a British media report alleging doping cover-ups among Russian national team soccer players, saying it had not found any evidence of doping among Russia’s players as th...
Moscow confectioners build life-size chocolate Messi for his birthdayMOSCOW: When Moscow confectioners found out Lionel Messi would be celebrating his birthday during the World Cup, they decided he needed a gift that measured up - a life-size chocolate sculpture in his...
Win or bust for Iceland against familiar foes CroatiaGELENDZHIK: Nothing less than a win will do for Iceland against Croatia if they are to emulate their Euro 2016 success by making it to the knockout stage at their first World Cup, but it will be a tal...