Category: Sports

LONDON: The Queen sent her congratulations to England’s World Cup winners after their incredible triumph against New Zealand on Sunday at Lord’s. Celebrating the victory, the Queen wrote: “Prince Philip and I send our warmest congratulations to the England Men’s Cricket team after such a thrilling victory in today’s World Cup final. “I also extend […]

An Australian media group on Tuesday lost an appeal against an Aus$300,000 (US$211,000) defamation payout to West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle after claiming he exposed his genitals to a masseuse. Gayle was accused by former media group Fairfax, which at the time was the publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, of exposing his penis […]

BIRMINGHAM: Jofra Archer says he will have no problems keeping his cool even during a World Cup final that comes just over two months after his England debut. The 24-year-old Barbados-born fast bowler, whose father is English, made his international debut in May after changes to the England and Wales Cricket Board’s residency rules saw […]

England face New Zealand in the World Cup final on Sunday knowing years of planning come down to a single day at Lord’s. When England exited the 2015 edition with an embarrassing defeat by Bangladesh, few were tipping them as potential champions in four years’ time. As England captain Eoin Morgan put it: “If you […]

BIRMINGHAM: Former England director of cricket Andrew Strauss was overcome with emotion after the team he helped build “obliterated” Australia to reach the World Cup final on Thursday. England booked their first World Cup final appearance for 27 years with an eight-wicket rout of holders Australia at Edgbaston. Eoin Morgan’s side will face New Zealand […]

LONDON: New Zealand coach Gary Stead believes sports fans across the rugby-mad country will be pulling an all-nighter in front of their television sets when his side faces tournament hosts England in the World Cup final. Neither side have won the World Cup before, although Sunday’s showpiece match at Lord’s will be New Zealand’s second […]

When the team sheets come out for the Cricket World Cup final, New Zealand’s will be topped, as always, by Martin Guptill. Maybe only his teammates will expect much from him on Sunday at Lord’s. Most will wonder how soon England gets him out. It’s been that bad for Guptill. The top gun of the […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is gearing up to start the revamp of the domestic structure, switching from 16 regional bodies and to six provincial teams and has invited representatives of 11 departments for a meeting in the last week of this month to ask them to sponsor a provincial team instead of fielding […]

Tournament hosts England put up a brilliant performance with bat and ball alike, cruising to an 8-wicket victory against defending champions Australia in the World Cup semi-final showdown between the two sides at Edgbaston on Thursday. Building on the solid groundwork laid by openers Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy, skipper Eoin Morgan and Joe Root […]

LONDON: Serena Williams made it look easy in the Wimbledon semi-finals. What she really cares about, of course, is what comes next. That’s why she puts in all the work. Why she keeps at it with everything she’s already won, everything she’s already accomplished. Serena is once again on the verge of an eighth Wimbledon […]