Category: Sports

LAUDERHILL: Rohit Sharma led from the front as India defeated the West Indies in a rain-affected second fixture of the three-match Twenty20 International series at the Central Broward Stadium in Florida on Sunday. Opener Sharma blazed 67 off 51 balls, with three sixes and six fours embellishing his entertaining innings, in pacing India to 167 […]

LAUDERHILL: India cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 70th birthday on July 10. In two years he will mark another milestone, the 50th anniversary of his Test debut against the West Indies in the Caribbean. In 1971, Gavaskar hit four centuries in four Test matches against the West Indies, averaging a whopping 154.80 runs. His […]

LAHORE: Head coach Mickey Arthur is most likely to be retained till the 2020 T20 World Cup as Pakistan Cricket Board’s cricket committee meets here on Friday to discuss the performance of national team and its officials during the last four years. The committee will then forward its recommendations to PCB chairman Ehsan Mani to […]

Steve Smith’s heroic century against England was hailed as one of the all-time great Ashes hundreds on Friday by a gleeful Australian media who declared he had “come in from the cold” after his ball-tampering ban. The former captain, playing his first Test since a year-long suspensionleft him shamed and humiliated, smashed a superb 144 to […]

KARACHI: Once a year, at the curtain-raising news conference of the Sindh Golf Association (SGA) Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, the future of women’s golf in the country comes under discussion. It’s an annual ritual. By the time the women-only tournament gets over, the country’s women golfers lose the spotlight, relegated to playing the undercard at […]

WASHINGTON: Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray moved closer to a singles comeback six months after hip surgery, joining brother Jamie for a doubles victory Wednesday at the ATP Washington Open. The Murrays, partnered for the first time since the 2016 Rio Olympics, downed Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 10-5 to […]

COLOMBO: Angelo Mathews scored 87 runs Wednesday to inspire Sri Lanka to their first One-day International series sweep in more than three years, defeating Bangladesh by 122 runs in the third and final match. Sri Lanka’s last sweep was a 2-0 series win at in Ireland in June 2016. Choosing to bat after winning the […]

BIRMINGHAM: England pace bowler Jofra Archer has been omitted from the side for the first Ashes Test against Australia starting at Edgbaston on Thursday with Chris Woakes keeping his place after his stunning display against Ireland last week. Barbados-born Archer, who made a huge impact in England’s triumphant World Cup campaign, taking 20 wickets, is […]

After Hassan Ali’s marriage rumours went viral, Pakistani cricketer Imad Wasim is all set to exchange wedding vows this month. The all-rounder cricketer is getting hitched to London-based Sania Ashfaq in a ceremony to be held in Islamabad on 26 August. According to our reporter, the lovebirds met in London for the first time and have known […]

BIRMINGHAM: If one English ground was designed to test the backbone of the Australian cricket team it is ‘fortress Edgbaston’ where the visitors will be offered a red-hot welcome on Thursday. Raucous Edgbaston is about as far removed from the refined surrounds of Lord’s as it can get — especially the notorious Eric Hollies stand, […]