Category: Sports

DUBAI: Former Sri Lanka international Dilhara Lokuhettige has been charged with three counts of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s anti-corruption code, the sport’s governing body said on Thursday. The charges against the bowling all-rounder include being party to an effort to fix the result or progress of an international match, and directly soliciting, inducing, […]

Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor hinted he may not be retiring after all on Wednesday after a racially-charged exchange of insults with rival Khabib Nurmagomedov. In a cryptic post on Twitter which came a week after he had vowed to hang up his gloves, the trash-talking Irishman indicated he was not done with fighting. […]

LAHORE: The 72nd Punjab Games were inaugurated in a colourful opening ceremony here at the Punjab Stadium on Wednesday night. Around 3,000 male and female players from all nine divisions of Punjab — Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Sargodha and Sahiwal — are featuring in 21 disciplines at the Games. The […]

KARACHI: Pakistani hockey legends Samiullah Khan, Manzoor Hussain Junior and Hanif Khan have praised the government’s decision to carry out forensic audit of Pakistan Hockey Federation accounts. In a joint statement on Tuesday, the three former captains expressed hope that the on-going audit will fully expose the major financial bungling committed by the current PHF […]

KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) — the title sponsor of the Pakistan Super League — has closed down its most significant sporting identity by scrapping the department’s cricket team. The closure, which had been looming on the horizon for quite a number of years – particularly after it was privatised in 2003 – came about […]

LONDON: Former captain Alastair Cook believes England have an ‘outstanding chance’ to lift the World Cup on home soil, having built a squad full of proven match winners. Eoin Morgan’s top-ranked side enter the tournament as the one of the most consistent teams in the format and their quest for a first 50-overs title begins […]

LAHORE: Pakistan will play 11 competitive matches, including two Twenty20 fixtures, before they start their World Cup campaign against the West Indies on May 31, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Tuesday as it issued the schedule of the team’s tour of England. Ahead of the World Cup in England, Pakistan square off against the […]

New Zealand opted for experience in a 15-man squad named on Wednesday for this year’s cricket World Cup, with rookie Tom Blundell’s inclusion as back-up wicketkeeper the only real surprise. The Blacks Caps hope to shed their tag as valiant losers and claim the title after exiting in the semi-finals six times and suffering a […]

LONDON: The launch for this year’s cricket World Cup in England will take place on The Mall in central London, organisers hoping for a 4,000 sell-out crowd said on Tuesday. The Mall — which links Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square — will host the party on May 29, the eve of the opening game between […]

LONDON: Football Association chairman Greg Clarke called for zero tolerance on racism on Tuesday and said it needed to be easier for referees to stop a game and take players off the pitch if racially abused. Addressing an Equal Game conference organised by European football body UEFA at Wembley Stadium, Clarke said he had rewritten […]