Zaheer urges PCB to assign coaching roles to patriotic ex-cricketers

ISLAMABAD: Observing that former national cricketers are truly patriotic and can deliver their best to the players, ex-batting legend Zaheer Abbas on Tuesday urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to go for all-local coaching staff for the national team. Former Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq on Monday threw his name in the race for next head […]

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PCB to name committee to choose head coach, support staff

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has started the process to form a five-member committee to analyse applications and select a head coach for the national team. The committee will also choose the batting and bowling coach as well as the strength and conditioning trainer. The positions were left vacant after the PCB decided not to […]

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Serena routs Sharapova in US Open start, ‘rusty’ Federer wins

Serena Williams overwhelmed Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-1 on Monday to reach the second round of the US Open in search of her 24th Grand Slam title while “rusty” Roger Federer rallied past Indian qualifier Sumit Nagal. Six-time US Open champion Williams crushed the five-time major winner from Russia in only 59 minutes, beating Sharapova for […]

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Choupo-Moting breaks Toulouse resistance with solo goal

PARIS: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored a second-half brace, including a sublime solo goal, as titleholders Paris St Germain thumped brave Toulouse 4-0 in their Ligue 1 match on Sunday. The Cameroon player danced through the Toulouse defence to break the deadlock in the 50th minute and an unlucky own goal by Matthieu Goncalves gifted PSG […]

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Cancer-stricken Mihajlovic on bench but Bologna held by Verona

MILAN: A cap on his head and wearing a Bologna shirt, coach Sinisa Mihajlovic courageously joined his players for their Serie A opener in Hellas Verona on Sunday despite undergoing treatment for leukaemia. It was a personal victory for the Serb, but the match ended 1-1 with Bologna settling for a point despite promoted Verona […]

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Boosting violence survivors’ bank accounts and self-esteem

Erica cried when she realised her ex-husband’s ongoing financial abuse meant she’d have to defer going back to school for a year. But her tears lasted just 45 seconds before she pulled herself together and refocused. “I picked myself back up and said, ‘okay, this is where we’re at right now,’” she said. The mother […]

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Misbahul Haq steps down from PCB cricket committee, applies for head coach position

Former cricket team captain Misbahul Haq has stepped down from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Cricket Committee after deciding to apply for the position of head coach, a press release issued by the cricketing body on Monday revealed. Haq informed PCB Director (International) Zakir Khan of his decision to step down in a meeting earlier today and […]

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ICC bans two Hong Kong cricketers for life

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday banned two Hong Kong players, including one who has already served a 30-month ban, from all cricket for life for breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code in matches played between 2014 and 2016. Irfan Ahmed, who was banned from all cricket for two-and-a-half years in April 2016 after admitting […]

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