Category: Sports

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top-notch pro boxer Muhammad Waseem will be flying to Glasgow this week as part of his plan to begin training for next year’s title bout in the IBF flyweight division. “I’ve obtained a five-year UK visa and will be leaving for Glasgow on Friday to train there,” the Quetta-born Waseem told APP on Tuesday. The […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has submitted its reply to the Lahore High Court (LHC) against a writ petition jointly filed by the six franchises of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL), seeking a new financial model of the league. The LHC will hear the case on Wednesday as both the parties will present […]

MADRID: Sergio Ramos scored a late penalty as Real Madrid came from behind to scrape a 3-2 win against 10-man Real Betis, their first La Liga victory of the season. Betis were ahead at half-time after two goals in two minutes from Aissa Mandi and William Carvalho overturned Fede Valverde’s opener for the reigning champions. […]

PARIS: Roland Garros got underway in the ‘ridiculous’ chill and damp of Paris on Sunday with former world number one Victoria Azarenka walking off court, complaining that it was ‘too cold’ to play. The French Open, which was pushed back from its traditional May-June slot due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, began in steady drizzle […]

LONDON: Another controversial handball decision gave Newcastle United a stoppage-time equaliser by Callum Wilson from the penalty spot and a 1-1 draw at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Sunday. Spurs had led through a 25th-minute Lucas Moura goal and Newcastle had not managed a shot on target but deep into stoppage time Newcastle’s […]

BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund crashed to a 2-0 defeat at Augsburg on Saturday as Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland failed to rescue the visitors on his return to Bavaria, where he wrote Bundesliga history in January. With defending champions Bayern Munich in action at Hoffenheim on Sunday, last season’s runners-up Dortmund blew the chance to build […]

New Zealand’s government has approved quarantine arrangements that would allow the Pakistan and West Indies teams to tour in coming months, the country’s cricket board said on Friday. New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said the tours would help the sport through the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s a huge boost for us, it’s our financial […]

LAHORE: All the six franchises of the HBL Pakistan Super League have moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) after failing to solve the financial issues with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Justice Sajid Mahmood Sethi of the LHC will hear the petition filed by the franchises against the PCB on Friday. It is learnt that […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has withdrawn Balochistan First XI head coach Faisal Iqbal from the National T20 Cup after the former Test batsman confirmed his employers Pakistan International Airlines were looking into a matter, which he hoped would be resolved soon. The PCB said it would be unfair on Faisal as well on […]

TOKYO: Olympic boss Thomas Bach said on Thursday that the Tokyo Games could take place next year even without a coronavirus vaccine, pointing to the success of the Tour de France. Striking an optimistic note at a meeting with Tokyo 2020 organisers, he vowed to make the postponed event a triumph despite the uncertainties of […]