Category: Sports

BEIJING: China has chosen its most iconic animal — the panda — to be the official mascot of the Beijing Olympics in 2022, the Winter Games organising committee announced on Tuesday. The mascot, named “Bing Dwen Dwen,” is a chubby giant panda wearing a suit of ice. The black and white bear has a “heart […]

KARACHI: Alexandre Gros stopped short of admitting FIFA should’ve appointed a Normalisation Committee for the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) four years ago. But he did say that with the appointment of a Normalisation Committee led by Humza Khan, the global football body was committed to doing its best for the game in Pakistan. Speaking to […]

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has kept Islamabad as the venue for the rescheduled Davis Cup series between Pakistan and India. Pakistan was due to host India on Saturday and Sunday on grass courts but the ITF last month postponed the Asia/Oceania Group I match. That decision came after tensions between the two countries escalated following India’s […]

KARACHI: The wait is over. And with it, there is genuine hope that Pakistan football’s long-running problems will be over too. Global football body FIFA on Friday announced the Normalisation Committee for the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), naming Humza Khan as its chairman, four years after a controversial election threw football in the country into […]

LONDON: Steve Smith again proved England’s nemesis on Friday, passing 700 runs in the Ashes series as the tourists reached 147-4 at tea on the second day of the fifth and final Test at The Oval. The former captain has been in imperious form during the tour, with a lowest score of 82 in five […]

Sarfaraz Ahmed, the wicket-keeper batsman, has been retained as Pakistan captain while Babar Azam has been named as the vice-captain for the home series against Sri Lanka, a press release by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said. According to the press release, “the announcement was made after the PCB Chairman, Ehsan Mani, confirmed the recommendations made […]

Sarfaraz Ahmed, the wicket-keeper batsman, has been retained as Pakistan captain while Babar Azam has been named as the vice-captain for the home series against Sri Lanka, a press release by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said. According to the press release, “the announcement was made after the PCB Chairman, Ehsan Mani, confirmed the recommendations made […]

Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Amir Bhatti on Friday directed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to submit its response in relation to Misbahul Haq’s appointment as the head coach and chief selector for the men’s cricket team. During the hearing on a petition seeking to declare Misbah’s appointment as illegal, Justice Bhatti remarked that the […]

Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed on Friday lauded the new domestic structure being introduced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), saying it would encourage players to perform better. “Everyone’s target is to improve Pakistan’s cricket. Earlier, it seemed like a few players will have to sit out [from domestic teams] but from the teams that have […]

Former England captain Andrew Strauss is back in the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as cricket committee chairman and will drive the development of the game at all levels as part of his new role. The 42-year-old, who was knighted on Tuesday, stepped down as ECB’s director of cricket last year to support his […]