Category: Sports

SHARJAH: Pakistan’s policy of judging their bench-strength yielded good result on Sunday when wicket-keeper/batsman Mohammad Rizwan came up with a maiden century to prove there is enough talent in the backup players. Rizwan, who had been often criticised for lack of productivity with the bat, scored 115 off 126 balls with 11 boundaries to propel […]

MUMBAI: India are a class outfit but they will go into this year’s World Cup with a soft underbelly having failed to settle on a number four, former batsman Sanjay Manjrekar said in an interview on Monday. With the experienced partnership of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan locked in as openers and captain Virat Kohli […]

MIAMI: The new site for the Miami Open suddenly is missing a lot of star power. Serena Williams withdrew on Saturday, blaming a previously undisclosed left knee injury. Less than two hours later, top-ranked Naomi Osaka lost in the third round to tour veteran Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Osaka’s departure matched […]

Aaron Finch struck his second century in as many games to lead Australia to another thumping eight-wicket victory over a hapless Pakistan in the second one-day international in Sharjah on Sunday. The Australia captain smashed a 143-ball 153 not out for his 13th ODI hundred — also his highest score in ODIs — to anchor […]

KARACHI: Seeded trio Babar Masih, Zulfiqar A. Qadir and Mohammad Bilal sneaked into the knockout round of the 44th National Snooker Championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Sunday. As many as 16 spots are up for grabs – top two places from eight groups apiece for the pre quarter-finals– as league matches end on Tuesday. Top […]

LONDON: England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan said switching focus to One-day International (ODI) cricket had helped to raise the bar of the sport in the country with the team looking at the Ashes and World Cup on home soil as equally important. England are the number-one ranked team in ODIs and are hosts for the […]

KARACHI: Quetta Gladiators, the Pakistan Super League champions, are going to Quetta on March 23 with the PSL trophy to celebrate with the fans on Pakistan Day. The Gladiators contingent will be headed by the owner Nadeem Omar while others include captain Sarfraz Ahmed, head coach Moin Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Ahsaan Ali, team […]

MIAMI: Canadian teenage sensation Bianca Andreescu pulled off a Miami Open great escape by fighting back from a set and match point down to beat a dazed Irina-Camelia Begu 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 in the first round on Thursday. The 18-year-old who stunned the tennis world last week by winning her first career title at […]

LAUSANNE: Gafur Rakhimov stepped down as head of the AIBA, world amateur boxing’s governing body, on Friday amid a spat with the International Olympic Committee that could see the sport kicked out of the 2020 Tokyo Games. The Uzbek businessman has been engulfed in controversy since he was elected in November because the US Treasury […]

Aaron Finch’s fine century droveAustralia to a convincing eight-wicket win over a new-look Pakistan in the first one-day international on Friday. The Austraian skipper scored 116 off 135 balls for his 12th one-day international century that helped his team overhaul the 281-run target in 49 overs on a flat Sharjah stadium pitch. The win gives […]