Category: Sports

One-day big hitter Rohit Sharma will stake a claim to become India’s first-choice opening Test batsman when they start a series against South Africa on Wednesday looking for a record-breaking win. Victory in the three-match series would see India break the record of 10 straight home series wins they currently hold with Australia. Much focus […]

KARACHI: After the long-awaited first One-day International in Karachi falling prey to heavy rains, the scene is now set for Pakistan and Sri Lanka to slug it out in the second fixture of the originally scheduled three-match series here at the National Stadium on Monday. The ground painted a contrasting canvas on Sunday with the baking sun […]

KARACHI: Sri Lanka’s interim head coach and former paceman Rumesh Ratnayake has expressed the hope that his country’s top players, who chose to skip the current tour of Pakistan, would make themselves available for the Test series against the hosts later in the year. Test and ODI captain Dimuth Karunaratne along with former skippers Angelo […]

KARACHI: Pakistan’s former cricket coach Mickey Arthur on Friday defended his comments that linked former captains Wasim Akram and Misbah-ul-Haq to his ousting last month. Arthur caused a stir in Pakistani cricket circles earlier this week after he went into detail about his axing in an interview with ESPNcricinfo podcast Stump Mic. Following a disappointing […]

WUHAN: Aryna Saba­lenka moved one step closer to defending her Wuhan Open crown after dispatching world number one Ash Barty in straight sets with a 7-5, 6-4 victory in the semi-final on Friday, setting up a final showdown with Ameri­can Alison Riske, who toppled Petra Kvitova 7-5, 7-5. Barty struggled to compete with a calf […]

LAHORE: The FIFA-appointed Normalisation Committee for the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) got its working space on Friday. The PFF faction led by Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah handed over charge of the PFF House to the Normalisation Committee chairman Humza Khan at a small ceremony, entrusting the committee to work for the growth and betterment of […]

TOKYO: Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics said Friday they have invalidated nearly 7,000 tickets worth $1.6 million after discovering they were purchased with fraudulent identities through an online lottery. “Tokyo 2020 understands that there have been large-scale purchases following the first wave of the Olympic ticket lottery applications from a large number of IDs […]

A top Qatari World Cup official has said that transgender and gay fans would be welcomed to the 2022 tournament but stressed that visitors would have to respect Qatari customs. Homosexual acts are banned in Qatar but the law around transgender people is unclear and the issue is seldom addressed in public life or by […]

The first one-day international match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka that was supposed to take place on Friday was called off due to heavy rain in Karachi. According to officials, the cut-off time for the match (the time till when the match can be delayed as per rules) was 8:30pm, but it was called off […]

KARACHI: The nonseasonal rain showers in the city threatened the groundbreaking One-day International series here as Pakistan prepared to host Sri Lanka in the first of three matches at the National Stadium on Friday. With paramount importance given to the security measures — akin to what head of state and VVIPs normally receive — the […]