Category: Sports

ISLAMABAD: While terming Pakistan’s limited-overs skipper Babar Azam a brilliant performer, veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez feels the prolific batsman is yet to reach his full potential. Hafeez advised Babar to work harder on improving his batting, which would take his game to another level. “He [Babar] is a brilliant performer for Pakistan. In his five-year […]

NEW YORK: Charter flights to ferry US Open tennis players and limited entourages from Europe, South America and the Middle East to New York. Negative Covid-19 tests before traveling. Centralised housing. Daily temperature checks. No spectators. Fewer on-court officials. No locker-room access on practice days. All are among the scenarios being considered for the 2020 […]

COLOMBO: A select group of Sri Lanka cricketers, mainly bowlers, will return to training on Monday, amid efforts to restart the game after the coronavirus shutdown, the cricket board said on Sunday. Cricket came to a halt on March 13 when the visiting England team pulled out on the second day of a four-day practice […]

LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board will step up plans to restart the sport behind closed doors after the British government gave the green light to return to action. British government officials have confirmed cricket and other sports will be able to resume from Monday after the publication of health and safety guidelines designed […]

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board is currently working on various options to bring limited overs cricket to Pakistan this year as both World T20 and Asia Cup are unlikely to go ahead this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. learned through reliable sources that the PCB working on a plan to stage limited overs […]

The national team’s bowling coach and former fast bowling legend, Waqar Younis, has called on Shahid Afridi and Gautam Gambhir to end their social media war, and for India and Pakistan to resume playing cricket. After being fierce on-field rivals, Pakistan’s Afridi and former Indian opener Gambhir have become involved in heated social media exchanges […]

MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has said it is continuing preparations for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Australia this year as planned and denied reports on Wednesday that a decision had been taken to postpone the event. Media reports in India said ICC members had come to an understanding that this […]

TOKYO: Just two months after the unprecedented Olympic postponement, organising committee CEO Toshiro Muto was asked on Thursday about progress toward next year’s rescheduled Tokyo Games. “If you ask, are we just around the first corner of the 400-meter race, I cannot answer that question,” said Muto, speaking through an interpreter during an online news […]

NEW DELHI: India is not at risk of losing hosting rights for next year’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup despite its cricket board’s failure to secure a tax exemption for the event, a key BCCI official has said. Tax exemptions for International Cricket Council (ICC) events are listed as a requirement in host agreements and the […]

LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes has opened up on one of the most controversial games of the 2019 World Cup. In his new book On Fire, the all-rounder has expressed that he was startled by India’s approach in chasing 338 against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The lack of intent from their ‘finisher’ M.S. Dhoni combined with […]