Category: Sports

KARACHI: Law enforcers on Thursday claimed to have made elaborate security and traffic arrangements for one-day matches between Pakistan and Sri Lanka scheduled to be held on Friday (today), Sept 29 and Oct 2 at National Stadium Karachi. “Around 4,500 policemen would be deployed on routes, hotels and the stadium,” said DIG East Amir Farooqi. […]

Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed on Thursday thanked the Sri Lankan team for visiting Pakistan and urged other foreign boards to also reconsider their approach towards Pakistan. He said that international cricket is incomplete without Pakistan. “Pakistan has delivered a clear message and now it’s time for other boards to reconsider their approach towards playing in […]

KARACHI: Pakistan’s head coach-cum-chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq on Wednesday made a fervent appeal to the world cricketing community to do more for the country in its bid to stage full-time international matches on home soil while forewarning his charges not take the new look Sri Lanka side lightly in the upcoming limited-overs series. Addressing his maiden […]

WUHAN: World number one Ash Barty fended off a late comeback attempt by American Sofia Kenin to reach the Wuhan Open quarter-finals on Wednesday, while second seed Karolina Pliskova was knocked out in straight sets by Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska. After cruising through the first set without any trouble, Barty fought back from a break […]

CAIRO: Egypt’s football association has asked FIFA for clarification after its vote for national icon Mohamed Salah was dropped from the final tally for the world’s best player award. The results are based on the votes of national coaches, team captains and members of the press in selecting their top three players of the year. […]

LAHORE: The Sri Lankan cricket team’s tour to Pakistan will prove to be a boost for the country’s cricket and its prospect to host other international sides in the future, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ehsan Mani has said. The Islanders landed in Karachi on Tuesday and are set to take on the hosts in three […]

KARACHI: Pakistan cricketers on Tuesday urged the local fans to turn up in big numbers for the upcoming ODIs against Sri Lanka to support the two sides and cricket as well as to celebrate the resumption of bilateral 50-over cricket in Karachi. Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed led the call and said: “Leading the Pakistan cricket […]

DHAKA: The final of the tri-nation Twenty20 tournament between Bangladesh and Afghanistan washed out without a ball being bowled at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. Match officials declared the game abandoned at 9:00pm local time (1500 GMT) as the rain showed no sign of stopping — making it impossible to hold even […]

WUHAN: Australia’s Ash Barty kept alive her chances of preserving her world number one status at the end of the week after she fought back to beat France’s Caroline Garcia 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the second round of the Wuhan Open here on Tuesday. Barty and Pliskova are in a race to end the week […]

Lionel Messi won the FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award as beaten rival Cristiano Ronaldo stayed away from the star-studded ceremony in Milan’s iconic La Scala Opera House on Monday. Barcelona striker Messi’s victory was a surprise as he edged out Virgil Van Dijk, who won the UEFA player’s award last month after helping […]