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LAHORE: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand, starting at Mount Maunganui, Napier on December 26, due to a fractured thumb. Opening batsman Imamul Haq will also miss the game after fracturing his left thumb during a net session. Both players are yet to return to the […]

LAHORE: E-sports and breakdancing will debut in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, as full medal sports after being approved by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the governing body said on Friday. E-sports first appeared as an official medal sport at the Asian Indoor Games in Macau in 2007. They were also a […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Monday that the women’s national cricket team would tour South Africa for three ODIs and three T20Is, which will be played in Durban and Pietermaritzburg between Jan 20 and Feb 3. The series, according to the PCB, has been organised to help both Pakistan and South Africa […]

LAHORE: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has fractured his right thumb in training on Sunday and has subsequently been ruled out of action for 12 days. That means he will not be available to play the three T20Is that kick off the team’s tour of New Zealand starting December 18. A PCB press release said on […]

LAHORE: South Africa will tour Pakistan next month for the first time in 14 years to play two Tests and three Twenty20 Internationals. The five-day matches form part of the ICC Test Championship and will be staged in Karachi (Jan 26-30) and Rawalpindi (Feb 4-8), before T20I fixtures in Lahore, ending on Feb 14. The […]

LAHORE: One more member of the Pakistan cricket team has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, New Zealand’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday, taking the tally of infections within the touring party to seven. The identity of the squad member is not yet clear. Six players –––- Sarfaraz Ahmed, Rohail Nazir, Naseem Shah, Mohammad […]

LAHORE: England will visit Pakistan for the first time in 16 years when they play two Twenty20 Internationals in October next year before the T20 World Cup 2021 in India, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Wednesday. England will play T20Is in Karachi on October 14 and 15. England will arrive in Karachi on […]

LAHORE: The inaugural National Athletes Forum, organised by the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Athletes Commission, concluded at the WAPDA Sports Complex with a colourful ceremony here on Sunday. The last day of the two-day event started with an informative presentation of ‘Protection from Harassment and Abuse in Sports’. Ms Ada Jafery interacted with the national […]

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test skipper Misbahul Haq, on Wednesday dropped veteran players Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Amir from a 35-member squad named for the upcoming tour of New Zealand. The selectors will pick the national men’s and Shaheens squads from the 35-member outfit. The players, along with 20-member players […]

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday named Babar Azam as national team’s Test captain, putting the batsman in charge of all three formats. Babar replaces Azhar Ali, who led Pakistan to a 1-0 series defeat in England earlier this year. The PCB made the announcement after Babar led the team to Twenty20 and […]