Category: Sports

French security forces are vetting up to a million people before the Paris Olympics, including athletes and people living close to key infrastructure, the Interior Ministry has said. Ahead of the Games on 26 July, all 10,500 athletes selected for the Paris Olympics and 4,400 for the Paralympics are being subjected to background checks, as […]

Nearly $100,000 for Elton John’s monogrammed silver boots and around $2 million for a triptych by street artist Banksy from his collection: the music icon’s personal items brought in almost $8 million at auction Wednesday in New York. Christie’s auction house is running a series of eight sales, both in person and online, through February […]

As one of the co-stars of sci-fi blockbuster “Dune”, Josh Brolin’s career is flourishing — but the US actor said that for 20 years the only work he was known for was “The Goonies”. Ahead of the release of “Dune: Part Two” at the end of this month, Brolin, 56, recalled how his two-decade acting […]

Captain Mitchell Santner vowed Tuesday that his “underdogs” New Zealand will put up a “fight” in their three-match Twenty20 home series against a full-strength Australia. With the World Cup looming in June, the rivals will meet in front of a sell-out crowd in Wellington on Wednesday, followed by games in Auckland on Friday and Sunday. […]

The first day of warm-up fixtures of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup was adversely affected by rain, with three of the four matches abandoned. Despite that, there were still eye-catching contests in the time play was possible. Pakistan got off to a less-than-ideal start after winning the toss and opting to bat first, […]

Quetta Gladiators will attempt to continue winning spree in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 9 when they face Islamabad United here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday evening. The 2019 champions, Quetta, have won both their matches in their effort to regain lost glory. They defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 15 runs after posting 206 […]

Former Pakistan cricket team captain Muhammad Hafeez on Thursday resigned as director of the national team.  Sources said Hafeez’s contract had expired on Dec 15. He applied for extension in contract which was not extended. Consequently, he has resigned from his office as director cricket. According to some reports, he has been informed through board […]

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it will increase investment, introduce a three-tiered competition and adopt a new ownership model as part of efforts to help women’s professional cricket reach its full potential. The plans will see the existing eight women’s regional teams become ‘Tier 1 clubs’, each being under the ownership, governance […]

VISAKHAPATNAM – India will bank on a traditional approach to bounce back in their second home Test against England, the team’s batting coach Vikram Rathour said on Wednesday, despite the tourists finding success with their attacking “Bazball” strategy. England trumped the hosts to lead the five-match series 1-0, with the action shifting to Visakhapatnam starting […]

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, Feb 3 (Reuters) – England were all out for 253 in their reply to India’s first innings total of 396 on day two of the second test in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. Zak Crawley (76) scored the only half-century in their innings, while skipper Ben Stokes made 47. Seamer Jasprit Bumrah (6-45) was pick […]