Muhammad Ali

The Inter-national Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday suspended Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmad for four matches for violating ICC’s ‘Anti-Racism Code for Participants’ following an incident that occurred during the second one-day international against South Africa in Durban on Tuesday. Sarfraz aimed a comment at South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo, which resulted in the wicketkeeper-batsman being […]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan, in a landmark and historic judgement, while deciding a number of appeals of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), has acknowledged that the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Pakistan is an autonomous and independent body free of Federal, Provincial Governments and Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) control, and that no writ, under Article […]

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Aziz Sethi’s stepping down from his lucrative post after failing to get ‘positive response’ and ‘vote of confidence’ from Prime Minister Imran Khan, the PCB losing its $70 million claim against the Indian cricket board, Fakhar Zaman becoming the first Pakistan batsman to hammer double hundred in ODIs, spin […]

2018 proved to be another dismal year for Pakistan hockey. The biggest shock for the national sport of Pakistan was the pathetic performance at the World Cup in Bhubaneswar, India. The Men-in-Green made an early exit from the World Cup without registering a single win in the tournament. Their only point came when they held […]

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test captain Inzamamul Haq, on Friday recalled fast bowler Mohammad Amir, leg spinner Shadab Khan, batsmen Fakhar Zaman and Shan Masood to a 16-member national squad named for a three-match Test series against South Africa in South Africa later this month. Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed and his men will […]

LAHORE: Pakistan veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez on Tuesday announced his retirement from Test cricket. The ongoing third and final Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi will be his last. The 38 years old Hafeez said in a statement that he had hanged up his Test boots in a bid to focus on his limited-overs […]

LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday dismissed the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) $70 million compensation claim against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for allegedly not honouring bilateral series agreement between the archrivals. “The ruling, passed by a three-member panel of the ICC’s Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC), ‘is binding and […]

LAHORE: Pakistan top order batsman Azhar Ali announced his retirement from one-day international cricket on Thursday, saying he wanted to focus on his Test career. Azhar had mostly been out of Pakistan’s ODI plans in recent months, having last played the format in January 2018 against New Zealand. Azhar never played T20 internationals. The 33-year-old […]

LAHORE: Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani took over the reins of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as its new chairman after he was elected unanimously and unopposed by the PCB Board of Governors (BoG) here on Tuesday. He was the only candidate to submit his nomination papers for the vacant post. Mani, […]

JAKARTA: Japan took the wind out of Pakistan sails when they defeated the former champions 1-0 in Asian Games 2018 hockey tournament at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium here Thursday, disqualifying the country from reaching the finals. With this humiliating defeat against the minnows, all the tall claims made by the incompetent Pakistan Hockey Federation […]