Category: Sports

DUBAI: Bowlers looking at resuming Test cricket after the novel coronavirus lockdown will require two to three months of preparation to avoid injuring themselves, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said. Cricket, like other global sports, has been suspended since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic but some countries are plotting guidelines for the return […]

BERN: Swiss lawmakers on Wednesday decided to open proceedings that could see the country’s attorney-general dismissed as part of an investigation into FIFA president Gianni Infantino. A Swiss parliamentary commission voted by 13 votes to four to initiate a case against Michael Lauber. It is “due to a well-founded suspicion of serious violation of the […]

TOKYO: Olympics chief Thomas Bach agreed that 2021 was the ‘last option’ for holding the delayed Tokyo Games on Thursday, stressing that postponement cannot go on forever. Bach said he backed Japan’s stance that the Games will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn’t under control by next year. In March, the Tokyo […]

CAPE TOWN: South Africa are optimistic about hosting India for three lucrative Twenty20 Internationals in late August, but are trying to find new dates for their proposed tour to the West Indies. Cricket South Africa (CSA) has already had to postpone a limited overs series in Sri Lanka, but has earmarked the visit by India […]

NEW DELHI: India’s Ravichandran Ashwin says he will need practice to break the habit of applying saliva to shine the ball, an age-old ploy which faces a potential ban when cricket resumes after the coronavirus shutdown. The International Cricket Council’s cricket committee has said players can still use sweat to help shine the ball but […]

LONDON: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hoping for the best and preparing for the worst as it seeks to mitigate financial setbacks stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic, its chief executive, Wasim Khan, has said. On the face of it, the disruption caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak could not have come at a worse […]

India captain Virat Kohli has told how his late father refused to pay a bribe to get him into a Delhi state junior team when he was a teenager. The world’s top ranked one-day batsman did not identify who had demanded the bribe but said he was rejected by the team, a rebuff that left […]

KARACHI: The Karachi Basketball Association and PSWA jointly organised an event to distribute Eid gifts among several players and sports organisers here in Nazimabad on Tuesday. Former Test spinner and head of PCB cricket committee Iqbal Qasim, Sports Medicine’s Dr Parvez Rizvi and former First class player Saleem Swaleh supported the event by contributing a […]

TURIN: Cristiano Ronaldo returned to training with Juventus in Turin on Tuesday after an absence of over two months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 35-year-old drove himself into the Juventus Training Centre in a Jeep with tinted windows. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner will undergo medical and physical tests before joining up with his […]

ISLAMABAD: Off-spin great Saqlain Mushtaq believes Babar Azam possesses all the essential ingredients of leadership but says the batsman will have to sit with the world’s best team leaders to learn the ways of taking along his side. “I think it is very important for him [Babar] to find out how to lead the team […]