Category: Sports

LONDON: Mohammad Amir’s decision to retire from Test cricket at the age of 27 might have shocked many but Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur was not in the least surprised, saying that it was on the cards as Amir’s Test career “was taking a strain on his body”. Arthur also revealed that the left-arm pacer had […]

CAPE TOWN: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis believes the new World Test Championship (WTC) will add ‘proper context’ to the five-day game and has backed the introduction of the global league as a step forward for the sport. The championship starts on Thursday when England host Australia in the first Ashes Test in Birmingham […]

BIRMINGHAM: Joe Denly confirmed on Tuesday that he would drop to number four in the batting order for England’s opening Ashes Test against Australia, with captain Joe Root replacing him at number three. Root has previously made clear he prefers batting at four but the Yorkshireman is understood to have approached England coach Trevor Bayliss […]

KARACHI: Almost a month after FIFA announced that it will appoint a Normalisation Committee for the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), the global football body has said that it will be sending a delegation along with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to Pakistan in mid-August to work towards that. In a landmark decision at the end […]

The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is looking for an efficient planner with strong man-management skills to guide the senior national team, a member of the panel entrusted with the task of selecting a new head coach told Reuters on Tuesday. BCCI has invited applications for the position of head coach and support staff for the […]

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board managing director Wasim Khan on Monday said a long-term plan aimed at enhancing the working of the PCB will be introduced in which all departments of the Board will be judged on the basis of their performance. “We have evolved a long-term plan by introducing a performance-based formula to assess the […]

LAHORE: Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur is most likely to be retained on the said post till next year’s Twenty20 World Cup while Azhar Ali may also get back Test captaincy, it is learnt. Arthur has arrived in Lahore to appear before the PCB cricket committee on Aug 2 to give his views on Pakistan’s […]

LONDON: The opening day of the Ashes series between England and Australia at Edgbaston on Thursday also marks the start of the International Cricket Council’s new World Test Championship. The aim is to give individual Test series greater context and spark a worldwide revival of interest in the five-day game. The top nine nations will […]

MONTREAL: Wimbledon champion and world number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next month’s US Open hardcourt tune-up event in Montreal, saying he needs more rest after capturing his 16th Grand Slam singles crown. The 32-year-old Serbian, who outlasted Roger Federer in an epic All-England Club final earlier this month, was joined by Argentina’s 12th-ranked […]

DES MOINES: A humble Allyson Felix returned to track racing for the first time in 13 months on Thursday and made the semi-finals of the 400 metres on a time qualifier at the US National Championships. The 33-year-old multiple Olympic and world champion is on the comeback trail after giving birth to daughter Camryn in […]