PCB continues to play hide and seek on new PSL financial model

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), it seems, is hushing up the affairs of HBL Pakistan Super League, as it continues to avoid responding to media queries over the affairs of the League, the country’s flagship Twenty20 event. Second time in a month’s time, neither the PCB media department nor the marketing department was ready […]

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Australia pick Green for India limited-overs series

MELBOURNE: Highly-touted all-rounder Cameron Green has been selected in Australia’s One-day International and Twenty20 International squads for the upcoming series against India, while Moises Henriques earned a recall. The 21-year-old Green averages 52.23 with the bat and 21.53 with the ball from 17 first-class matches for Western Australia, and former Test captain Greg Chappell has […]

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4 dead, 120 injured in Turkey as strong earthquake hits Aegean Sea

A strong earthquake struck on Friday between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing several buildings in Turkeys western Izmir province and leaving at least four people dead. Dozens more were injured, while some damage to buildings and the road network, and four light injuries were also reported on Samos. Turkey’s Health […]

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Science journal Lancet blasts Trump’s virus ‘disaster’, urges vote for change

The Lancet has become the latest science journal to urge Americans to vote for change in next week’s presidential election, publishing a scathing editorial on Friday that described the United States pandemic response under Donald Trump as “disastrous”. The medical journal did not explicitly back Democratic challenger Joe Biden in its commentary, focusing instead on the issues it […]

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Suspected Nice attacker’s family say he showed no signs of extremism

The Tunisian man suspected of killing three people in the French city of Nice spoke to his family on a video call outside the church hours before the attack, but he had shown no sign that he planned any violence, relatives said on Friday. Brahim Aouissaoui had gone to the Notre-Dame church soon after arriving in Nice […]

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As anger rises, thousands in Muslim-majority countries protest blasphemous sketches

Thousands of protesters in Pakistan poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the French president’s vow not to “give up cartoons” depicting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) continues to roil the Muslim world. An estimated 2,000 worshippers celebrating Eid-i-Miladun Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet (PBUH), took to the streets in […]

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Azhar might not be Pakistan captain on NZ tour, hints Wasim

KARACHI: Azhar Ali might not be Pakistan’s Test captain during next month’s tour of New Zealand after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Wasim Khan stated that the 35-year-old’s leadership will be reviewed. “The PCB will review Azhar’s performance as the Test captain ahead of the New Zealand tour and a final decision will be […]

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Hemp aims at improving Pakistan women team’s ranking

KARACHI: Newly-appointed Pakistan women’s team head coach David Hemp made no big promises on Thursday but expressed hopes of improving the national side’s ranking in international cricket during his tenure. Addressing his maiden media conference here at the National Stadium, the former Bermuda batsman, who famously scored an undefeated half-century — an unbeaten 76 — […]

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