Sports Desk

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 […]

In the wake of Chapecoese plane crash, Athletico Nacional has decided to request CONMEBOL – the South American football federation – to award Copa Sudamericana title to the Brazilian club, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The Chapecoense team was on its way to Medellin, Colombia to feature in their maiden Copa Sudamericana final on Wednesday […]

Bismah Maroof-led Pakistan women’s cricket team on Wednesday outplayed their Bangladeshi counterparts with a comprehensive nine wickets victory in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament in Bangkok, Thailand. Made to field first, Pakistan women decimated the Bangladesh batting line-up. Aiman Anwer struck on the 17th ball of the match as opener Nigar Sultana went for a […]

Pakistan recorded yet another bizzare batting collapse during the second of the two-Test series concluded Tuesday in Hamilton. After losing just one wicket in the first two sessions of the fifth day, the AzharAli-led side surrendered their last nine wickets in the evening session giving Kane Williamson his second Test win as the Kiwi skipper. […]

England’s teenage opener Haseeb Hameed will leave England mid-tour due to a broken finger, England captain Alastair Cook revealed during the post-match ceremony of the third of the four-Test series against India at Mohali. England were outclassed by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as he dismissed Cook, Moeen Ali, and Ben Stokes to give India an upper […]