Sports Desk

Pakistan middle-order batsman Sohaib Maqsood made headlines for non-cricketing reasons when he saved a family of four during the Regent Plaza fire escape on Monday early morning. A fire erupted in the four-star hotel located on Karachi’s famous Shahra-e-Faisal which took 11 lives and injured scores. In a video, circulating on social media, Maqsood tells […]

Pakistan Test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq arrived in Australia on Monday ahead of the three-Test series against the Steven Smith-led Kangaroos. The 42-year-old had to leave New Zealand in between the two-Test series, concluded last week, to attend the funeral of his father-in-law. Misbah, who is Pakistan’s most successful longest form captain with 24 wins in 50 […]

Leg-spin legend Shane Warne while supporting Australian team management’s decision to reprimand all-rounder Glenn Maxwell for his statements regarding Matthew Wade said the punishment should have been kept “in-house”, cricket.com.au reported on Monday. Maxwell came under fire last week for his remarks about his Australian teammate and Victoria Bushrangers’ captain, Wade, for keeping him below […]

KARACHI: At least three United Bank Limited (UBL) players were injured Monday in a fire breakout at Regent Plaza located on the metroplis’ famous Shahra-e-Faisal.The team is in Karachi to play the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match against Habib Bank Limited (HBL) at National Bank Sports complex. The team is in Karachi to play the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy […]

Legendary fast-bowler Wasim Akram on Thursday remarked Sri Lanka’s young pacemen need to develop the ability to move the ball laterally in the air. The former Pakistan captain is in Sri Lanka these days on the invitation of the country’s cricket board to groom the young crop of fast bowlers. After spending several hours during […]

Chapecoense do not need to worry about their permutations and combinations for the last league match as their opponents Atletico Mineiro have decided to forfeit their points, Sky Sports reported on Thursday. Chapecoense lost 19 members of their first squad in a plane crash earlier in the week when they were being taken to Medellin, […]

Pakistan’s professional Mix Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, Haider Farman Dubir, is set to combat Filipino Jomar Paac in Bahrain on Friday. Hailing from Hunza, Haider has represented Pakistan in three events, winning two of them. ‘The Giant’ looks to better his record by recording his career’s forth win and simultaneously dent Paac’s unbeaten run. In […]

Left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir was cautioned by team management in regard to his statements about the dropped chances off his bowling, media reported on Tuesday. The 24-year-old has been unlucky since his return in the international cricket. He has seen 11 chances in the longer version alone being put down.  In an interview, during the […]

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson believes the recent dip in Australia’s Test form will not be an issue for his opponents during the three-match One-Day International (ODI) series starting Sunday. Australia were annihilated 1-2 by the Faf du Plessis-led South Africa in the recently concluded Test series. That defeat came on the back of a […]

Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said that he is contemplating retirement but has not marked a particular series to hang his boots. Earlier in the week, local media reported that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shehreyar Khan asked the 42-year-old to prolong his career to 2018. In an interview with a leading cricket website on […]