Sri Lanka claim historic triumph over West Indies in final TestBRIDGETOWN: Kusal Perera battled through the considerable discomfort of a painful chest injury in partnership with namesake Dilruwan Perera to guide Sri Lanka to an historic series-levelling four-wick...
Serena seeded 25th for Wimbledon, Federer tops men’s listLONDON: The spectre of seven times Wimbledon champion Serena Williams facing world number one Simona Halep in the Wimbledon first round was removed on Wednesday as the American was named as the 25th s...
OCA to host joint Korea meeting in JakartaLAHORE: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will meet with representatives from the National Olympic Committees of Korea and DPR Korea in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 28, Thursday, (today) to discuss join...
Cricket has more than one billion fans around the globeISLAMABAD: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday unveiled the results of the largest ever market research project into the sport which reveals cricket has over one billion fans (in the sur...
Serena seeded 25th for Wimbledon, Federer tops men’s listLONDON: The spectre of seven times Wimbledon champion Serena Williams facing world number one Simona Halep in the Wimbledon first round was removed on Wednesday as the American was named as the 25th s...
Yasir Shah’s return to benefit team, says SarfrazLAHORE: Pakistan cricket captain Sarfraz Ahmed has said that spinner Yasir Shah’s inclusion in the squad for the upcoming ODI series against Zimbabwe will be beneficial for the team. Speaking to the m...
ECB approves staging of Afghan T20 league in UAE following talks with PCBKARACHI: The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday announced that it had approved the staging of an Afghan T20 league in the United Arab Emirates in October this year. The announcement comes a day...
IAAF, ASA fail to end female classification impasseLONDON: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will not soften its stance on new regulations for female classification and is ready to defend it in the Court of Arbitration for...
Netherlands rout Pakistan 4-0ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faced another defeat in the ongoing FIH Champions Trophy taking place in Breda, Netherlands on Tuesday evening as the hosts thrashed the green shirts 4-0. The win against Pakistan...
Selectors pick 26 for NCA emerging programmeLAHORE: The national selection committee has announced 26 players for the NCA emerging players’ high performance skill and training programme commencing at the National Cricket Academy from July 2 to...
Defending champions Germany crash out as South Korea win 2-0KAZAN: Champions Germany were sent crashing out of the World Cup after suffering a stunning 2-0 defeat by a tenacious South Korea on Wednesday that saw them eliminated in the first round for the first...
Sweden thrash Mexico 3-0 but both qualify for last 16YEKATERINBURG: Sweden and Mexico both qualified for the round of 16 at the World Cup after the Swedes won 3-0 in their Group F match on Wednesday. Having dominated the first half, Sweden went ahead wi...
‘Strange match’ awaits England and BelgiumST PETERSBURG: England and Belgium, already qualified from World Cup Group G, meet on Thursday (today) in what Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini says could be a “strange match”. Depending on the ou...
At wrong end of goal sprees, Panama and Tunisia fight for third place finishSARANSK: Panama and Tunisia have been the fall-guys in the two top-scoring matches of World Cup 2018, but both teams will hope to show they have learnt some lessons from their efforts in Russia before...
Businesslike Croatia take top spot and bury IcelandROSTOV-ON-DON: A revamped but businesslike Croatia topped their World Cup Group D as Ivan Perisic’s last-gasp goal helped them maintain their perfect record with a 2-1 win that also ended valiant Icel...
Argentina strike late to advance to World Cup knockout stagesST PETERSBURG: Argentina and Lionel Messi scraped into the knockout stages of the World Cup by the skin of their teeth on Tuesday after an 86th minute strike from defender Marcos Rojo gave them a bare...
Maradona ‘fine’ after scare, chided for obscene gestureST PETERSBURG: Argentina great Diego Maradona said on Wednesday he was fine after appearing to take ill during the South Americans’ roller-coaster World Cup win over Nigeria on Tuesday, but found hims...
Ethnic kin of Swiss scorers rush to pay their finesPRISTINA: Hundreds of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo - including a government minister - have raised enough money to pay the fines imposed on Swiss goalscorers Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri for their...
Attacking Japan in Pole position to progressSAMARA: A revived Japan go into Thursday’s (today) decisive Group H match against an already-eliminated Poland knowing a draw would be sufficient to advance to the knockout rounds after they beat Colo...
Confident Colombia ready for decisive Senegal clashSAMARA: Colombia come into their decisive Group H clash against Senegal in Samara on Thursday (today) full of confidence following their 3-0 rout of Poland last time out. That win went a long way to m...