Category: Sports

LONDON: The International Cricket Council (ICC) board meeting on Wednesday could see the global governing body uphold a recommendation to prohibit the use of saliva in order to stop the transmission of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Bowlers traditionally get the ball to move or swing in the air, thereby making it harder for batsmen to hit, […]

When Mohammad Amir bowled a no-ball against England on the opening day of the 2010 Test at Lord’s, no one could have imagined his long stride past the crease marked the first step in a historic fixing scandal. Two days later it was revealed that three no-balls — two by Amir, and one by his […]

NEW DELHI: Cricket chief Anil Kumble hopes a ban on using saliva to shine the ball after the coronavirus shutdown could see a resurgence of spin bowling in Test cricket. The International Cricket Council is expected to order a temporary ban next week on using spit as a shining agent, as part of measures to […]

LAHORE: Three-time Mr. Asia and five-time Mr. Pakistan Olympia Yahya Butt is in a local hospital fighting coronavirus for the last three weeks. Talking to Dawn, the bodybuilder said that although he was currently in ICU, his health was improving. He informed he had been admitted to three hospitals due to his condition and was now […]

BUDAPEST: An investigation into the International Weightlifting Federation has found doping cover-ups and millions of dollars in missing money, lead investigator Richard McLaren said Thursday. McLaren said 40 positive doping tests were hidden in IWF records and that athletes whose cases were delayed or covered up went on to win medals at the world championships […]

TOKYO: The Japanese public is being prepared for the reality of next year’s postponed Olympics, where athletes are likely to face quarantines, spectators will be fewer, and the delay will cost taxpayers billions of dollars. In the last several weeks, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has given selected interviews outside Japan and hinted at […]

MANCHESTER: Veteran England seamer James Anderson believes the extended break afforded to him by cricket’s suspension during the Covid-19 pandemic could prolong his career by up to two years. The cricket season was brought to a halt in March and England’s three-test series against the West Indies was pushed back from its June start. The […]

ISLAMABAD: Former Australian spinner Brad Hogg believes fast bowler Mohammad Abbas would be the leading wicket-taker on Pakistan’s upcoming tour of England which is scheduled for August. Hogg, the slow left-arm chinaman bowler, in a tweet on Tuesday made a bold prediction claiming that right-armer Abbas would be the leading wicket-taker on the said tour […]

ZURICH: World football governing body FIFA has asked competition organisers to use“common sense” with players who show messages of protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed in police custody in the United States. The recognition by FIFA of the “depth of sentiment” over Floyd’s death came in a rare statement, […]

LONDON: Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy has urged cricket’s global governing body and its member nations to speak out against social injustice following the death of an African-American man in US police custody on May 25. The death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, after being pinned beneath a white officer’s knee for […]