Category: Sports

SOUTHAMPTON: Only 19 overs of play was possible but of those, and even though Pakistan had reached 80-2 in the first One-day International on a rain-shortened afternoon at The Oval, four overs proved were the most beneficial for England as everyone saw first hand just what Jofra Archer is capable of. After the game was […]

BRISBANE: Steve Smith scored an unbeaten 91 and hung around after the Cricket World Cup warmup series against New Zealand to sign autographs for supporters, including a kid holding a banner that proclaimed he was the ex-Australia captain’s No 1 fan. Australia won the unofficial practice series 2-1, clinching the third game on the Duckworth-Lewis […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp hopes to have Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson and Jordan Henderson fit for Sunday’s Premier League finale against Wolves as the Reds aim to end a 29-year wait to win the title. Klopp’s men trail Manchester City by one point at the top of the table and need the champions’ 13-game winning […]

The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) suspended a second Sri Lankan coach on Friday for breaching its anti-corruption code. Avishka Gunawardene was charged with breaching two counts relating to the T10 League in the United Arab Emirates in December 2017. The charges against Gunawardene, the coach of Sri Lanka in the league, include failing to disclose […]

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) striker Neymar was banned for three matches on Friday with a further two-match ban suspended for lashing out at a fan following the club’s shock defeat in the French Cup final. Announcing the ban, the French football federation said the sanction would go into effect from May 13 allowing the Brazilian superstar […]

POTCHEFSTROOM: Sana Mir took the 146th wicket of her ODI career to join Anisa Mohammed and Lisa Sthalekar on the top of the most-wickets list for spinners in women’s ODI cricket as South Africa beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the second ICC Women’s Championship match played at the Senwes Park on Thursday. The off-spinner […]

TOKYO: The first tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics went on sale on Thursday, with Japanese residents able to enter a lottery to watch the sport of their choice. Tickets for the 33 sports range from the cheapest general tickets at 2,500 yen ($23) to an eye-watering 300,000 yen ($2,730) for the best seats at […]

Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar on Thursday weighed in on the controversy surrounding Shahid Afridi’s autobiography Game Changer, not only endorsing the former all-rounder’s claims regarding senior players’ “harsh behaviour” but adding that the “reality was much more than that”. “Whatever @SAfridiOfficial has written about harsh behaviour from seniors, reality was much more than that,” Akhtar […]

Former England footballer David Beckham was on Thursday disqualified from driving for six months after using his phone while behind the wheel. The 44-year-old had previously admitted the offence after being spotted by a member of the public as he drove his Bentley in London on November 21. At Bromley Magistrates Court, south of London, […]

Seemingly already down and out of the Champions League back in October, and at risk of missing out on next season’s competition during a recent slump in results, now Mauricio Pochettino and Tottenham Hotspur find themselves, improbably, through to the final. “No pain, no gain” was the phrase an emotional Pochettino used after Wednesday’s stirring […]