Category: Sports

With the cricket World Cup less than four weeks away, South Africa’s pace attack is under an injury cloud with fast bowler Kagiso Rabada the latest concern. South African team manager Mohammed Moosajee said in a statement on Friday that he had recalled Rabada from India where he is starring for Delhi Capitals in the […]

Xavi Hernndez will retire from football this season, ending a career in which he became one of the best midfielders to ever play for Barcelona and Spain’s national team. The 39-year-old Xavi quit international football in 2014 and left Barcelona one year later after 17 seasons. He has since played for Qatari club Al-Sadd while […]

LAHORE: Rising Pakis­tan all-rounder Shadab Khan is in doubt for the upcoming ICC World Cup after contracting hepatitis from a dentist’s unsterilised instruments. Blood tests revealed the 20-year-old leg-spinner had contracted the disease, ruling him out of Pakistan’s tour of England. After a checkup with a UK-based doctor, the Pakis­tan Cricket Board issued a statement […]

LEICESTER: Pakistan opener Babar Azam smashed his first Twenty20 hundred to inspire his country’s 58-run win over Leicestershire in their tour match at Grace Road here on Wednesday night. The talented Babar hit two sixes and 13 fours in his 63-ball innings of 101, while putting on an opening stand of 104 with Fakhar Zaman, […]

LAHORE: No discussion could be held on the reference sent by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to its independent adjudicator retired Justice Fazal-e-Miran Chohan, against Nouman Butt, one of the members of the Board of Governors, on a complaint filed by another BoG member Asad Ali Khan, levelling allegation that the former had used objectionable […]

Australia captain Aaron Finch believes David Warner will enter this year’s World Cup desperate to prove himself as the disgraced batsman prepares to rejoin his teammates after a ball-tampering ban. Warner has been in red-hot form in the India Premier League after completing a 12-month suspension for cheating, averaging 69.20 in 12 innings, including a […]

MELBOURNE: Australia’s one-day captain Aaron Finch believes his chances of playing Test cricket again ‘have probably slipped away’, adding he had feared being left out of his nation’s World Cup squad during his recent run of poor form. Finch had a turbulent 2018-19 season, with the high of a maiden Test campaign and being named […]

LAUSANNE: Olympic 800-metres champion Caster Semenya on Wednesday lost her appeal against rules that mean middle distance female athletes with high natural levels of testosterone must take medication to reduce it. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled the regulations were necessary for athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs) to ensure fair competition. […]

Bangladesh has altered its World Cup cricket strip to add a touch of red following uproar over the initial design, which some had likened to rival Pakistan’s kit, the cricket board said on Wednesday. The national flag of Bangladesh is red and green, but the Tigers’ jersey unveiled Monday for the tournament starting later this […]

BARCELONA: Barcelona will be aiming to keep the Champions League in Spanish hands when they host last year’s losing finalists Liverpool in the first leg of their semi-final on Wednesday, a clash that is considered by many to be the equivalent of a final for this season as both teams are the most in-form squads […]