Category: Sports

England crashed back to earth after their World Cup triumphas they were skittled for 85 on a humiliating opening morning of their four-day test against Ireland at Lord’s on Wednesday. Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat under blue skies but the morning belonged to Ireland, and in particular Tim Murtagh who ripped through […]

Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev has died from brain injuries sustained in a fight in Maryland, the Russian boxing federation announced on Tuesday. “Maxim Dadashev has died in the United States following injuries sustained during his fight with Subriel Matias,” the federation said in a statement. The 28-year-old underwent emergency brain surgery in Washington after his […]

LAS VEGAS: Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo will face no charges in Las Vegas in connection with a 10-year-old sexual assault allegation because the case cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, prosecutors said on Monday. Ronaldo, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time and plays for the Italian […]

KARACHI: Ihsanullah struck a brace, both on penalty corners, to steer his team PIA to an emphatic 3-1 victory over Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as 65th retired Air Marshal Nur Khan National Hockey Championship commenced at the Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. Ihsan slammed his goals in a span of 15 minutes (34th, […]

Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ehsan Mani has been appointed as Chairperson of ICC’s Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee (F&CA). The appointment was made last week by ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar during the Annual ICC Conference. According to a PCB press release, the F&CA is one of the ICC’s most important committees, as it “assists […]

Sri Lanka will start looking to replace key wicket-taker Lasith Malinga when the shaggy-haired fast bowler calls it quits after the first one-day international against Bangladesh on Friday. Both teams go into the three-game series nursing a World Cup hangover, with Sri Lanka facing an especially tough rebuilding task with the loss of the instantly […]

Statistics are considered the most reliable indicator of a subject’s performance — and they really are. But if we expect numbers to not lie, it’s also imperative to look at the right ones, and not the ones that can greatly mislead. Take Pakistan opening batsman Fakhar Zaman for instance. Here are some glittering numbers from […]

COLOMBO: Bangladesh were comfortable with the high level of security as they became the first foreign team to visit Sri Lanka since the Easter bombings, skipper Tamim Iqbal said on Monday. Speaking to reporters two days after arriving in Colombo, Tamim said security was not a concern for them although the hosts had arranged tight […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced that Sri Lanka Cricket has sent reassurance that their security team will be visiting Pakistan in August. The development was announced on PCB’s official Twitter account: “The Sri Lanka cricket board has assured PCB of sending a security team. A delegation of the Sri Lankan cricket board […]

LONDON: England paceman Mark Wood has set his sights on recovering from injury in time to play a role in the Ashes against Australia. Wood will be out for up to six weeks after suffering a side strain during last Sunday’s historic World Cup final victory over New Zealand. The 29-year-old won’t play in this […]