Category: Sports

MIAMI GARDENS: Ashleigh Barty waited six hours to get her spot in the Miami Open women’s final. Denis Shapovalov needed to pull off yet another comeback to earn his berth into the semi-finals. Roger Federer, meanwhile, made winning seem relatively easy. And Simona Halep’s chance to return to number one in the world fell apart […]

SYDNEY: Steve Smith and David Warner on Friday ended their 12-month ban for their role in Australian cricket’s ball-tampering scandal. But how soon and how warmly they will be welcomed back in an Australian team that has reshaped itself in their absence remains unclear. Former captain Smith and vice-captain Warner are expected to be named […]

John Permal, Pakistan’s fastest man from 1965 to 1974, has passed away in Karachi, his son announced via Twitter on Wednesday evening. According to his son Anthony Permal, who goes by the Twitter handle ‘Tony Khan’, Permal had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June 2018. Permal’s son tweeted the following message to his followers: […]

Indian batsman KL Rahul said he was “scared” to leave home and suffered major self-doubts after being kicked off the tour of Australia with teammate Hardik Pandya over sexist remarks. The pair were sent home in January after a chat show interview was aired in which Pandya bragged about his success with women as Rahul, sitting […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the task force on domestic cricket to make a policy for introducing a six-team first-class format aimed at raising the standard of the game. PM Imran here on Wednesday held a meeting with the task force on bringing improvement in Pakistan cricket. The meeting was attended by Inter-provincial […]

LAHORE: While the World Cup is now just two months away, it appears the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) think-tank has adopted a policy under which the opportunity to select the best team for the mega event has been wasted, as a number of prominent players have been rested from the upcoming Pakistan Cup one-day tournament. […]

ABU DHABI: Skipper Aaron Finch fell 10 short of a record third consecutive hundred but still took Australia to 266-6 in the third One-day International against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The right-handed opener scored 90 off 136 balls with five boundaries and a six to anchor Australia — who won the toss and […]

After two consecutive thumping losses, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has defended giving new players a chance to prove themselves in the one-day international series against Australia currently underway in the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan are trailing the five-match series 0-2 after suffering defeat at the hands of Australia by eight wickets each in the first two […]

The new Formula One season is under way but the action on the track is being overshadowed by concerns over the implications of Brexit, with so many teams calling Britain home. Seven of the 10 F1 teams are based in Britain and there are nine European races this season, making the nation’s impending departure from […]

KARACHI: Former Pakistan cricketers Ramiz Raja and Shoaib Akhtar slammed Shoaib Malik after the Pakistan captain claimed that results against Australia didn’t matter following the team’s second straight loss in the ODI series in the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan lost by eight wickets for a second time in three days in Sharjah on Sunday to […]