Cristiano Ronaldo admitted on Wednesday his long-time rivalry with Lionel Messi has made him “a better player” and that he enjoys a “healthy” rivalry with the Argentine great. However, Portuguese star Ronaldo, whose influence at Real Madrid mirrored that of Messi at Barcelona before he left for Juventus, admitted that the pair have never socialised […]
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MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Wednesday it will earn 58% more per match for the next four years as Paytm retained the title sponsorship rights for international and domestic matches, underlining the game’s undiminished popularity in the country. Cricketers are the highest profile athletes and enjoy rockstar status […]
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WINSTON-SALEM (North Carolina): Top seed Benoit Paire reached the third round of the ATP Winston-Salem Open on Tuesday, beating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3, 7-5. Second seed Canadian Denis Shapovalov also advanced, beating American Tennys Sandgren 6-2, 6-4. France’s Paire, ranked 30th in the world, avenged a loss to India’s Gunneswaran at Indian Wells in March. Paire […]
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced that its new constitution for 2019 has been approved and came into effect on August 19. “The PCB received notification from the Ministry for Inter-Provincial Coordination, confirming the cabinet division’s approval of the new PCB Constitution 2019,” read a press release issued by the board. The new constitution has […]
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced that the men’s cricket team’s five-week-long tour of England next year will run from July 3 to September 2. According to a PCB press release, the series will include three Test matches and three Twenty20 matches. It will be Pakistan’s last World Test Championship (WTC) for the team […]
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday formed a three-member independent panel of experts to review and finalized the six provincial cricket associations’ squads which will feature in the revamped domestic season that starts from Sept 12 with the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. The panel includes former Pakistan captains Misbah-ul-Haq and Rashid Latif along with ex-Test […]
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LEEDS: Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith has been ruled out of the third Ashes Test beginning on Thursday after suffering concussion, Cricket Australia announced on Tuesday. The 30-year-old — who has scored two centuries and 92 in his three innings in the first two Tests — was felled by a Jofra Archer bouncer on Saturday […]
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Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith has been ruled out of the third Ashes Test beginning on Thursday after suffering concussion, Cricket Australia announced on Tuesday. The 30-year-old — who has scored two centuries and 92 in his three innings in the first two Tests — was felled by a Jofra Archer bouncer on Saturday in the first […]
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KARACHI: Former Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood expressed disappointment over Pakistan Cricket Board’s recent decision of not renewing contracts of the team’s coaching staff. Azhar, head coach Mickey Arthur and batting coach Grant Flower were not given extensions after Pakistan ended their World Cup campaign after failing to make it to the semi-finals.Azhar criticised the […]
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LAHORE: Tainted international cricketer Sharjeel Khan, currently suspended from playing cricket in a spot-fixing case, has offered unconditional apology to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), team-mates, fans and family. Sharjeel was suspended from national and international cricket for five years by the PCB in 2017 along with Khalid Latif and Nasir Jamshed in a spot-fixing […]
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