Category: Sports

PARIS: French tennis chief Bernard Guidicelli admitted Sunday that Roland Garros, already controversially pushed back four months due to the coronavirus, could be staged behind closed doors. Guidicelli, who said that the French federation (FFT) had “no regrets” over its unilateral decision to move the clay court Grand Slam from May 24-June 7 to Sep […]

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan captain and fast bowling legend Wasim Akram believes budding pacers need to play first-class cricket more as to learn bowling, saying Twenty20 was not ideal for developing a quality fast bowler. “The amount of cricket taking place has changed everything,” Wasim said on a YouTube channel as quoted by scroll.in. “T20 cricket […]

ISLAMABAD: Former Paki­stan captain and batting maestro Inzamam-ul-Haq beli­eves that he would have powered his way to the world’s highest individual Test score by crossing 400-run mark on May 3, 2002 had there been some regular batsman with him at the other end on that day. “It was too hot on that day. New Zealand […]

KARACHI: Former Test opener Aamir Sohail has blamed ex-captain and fast bowling icon Wasim Akram for Pakistan not winning any World Cup after 1992. Aamir said Wasim was made the captain of the national side in the last-minute till the 2003 World Cup and he feels that is a big reason for their failure to […]

KARACHI: World’s top ranked T20I batsman Babar Azam, while holding a teleconference call with 15 international and emerging women batters on Tuesday, revealed that he makes it a point to watch all the top batsmen in the world to understand their batting approach in different circumstances. He also added that watching different batsmen helps him […]

NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan Test fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he is ready to coach pacers from any country — even if an offer from arch-rivals India came his way. In an interview with a social networking platform, the 44-year-old paceman said he wants to help produce aggressive and fast bowlers who can take on […]

ISLAMABAD: Former Australian cricketer Tom Moody believes Pakistan’s talented batsman Babar Azam was a special talent, who would be going to be in top five Test batsmen of the decade. “Babar has emerged over the last year or so into something that is going to be so special. We talked about how Virat Kohli is […]

LAHORE: The sports community of the country, one of the worst hit due to Covid-19, has finally received a good news that Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza has decided to take the four provincial sports boards besides Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan sports officials on board for a session to find […]

LAHORE: Former chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Arif Ali Khan Abbasi has supported ex-national side captain Salim Malik and said he has already paid a huge price for the match-fixing offence and has the right to perform his role in the game of cricket. Talking, Abbasi said Fakharuddin G Ebraheem — one […]

LONDON: The Premier League could face years of legal challenges if this season is not completed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the chairman of Crystal Palace warned on Sunday. Steve Parish offered public support for the league’s Project Restart plans after relegation-threatened Brighton and West Ham United expressed concerns about teams being forced to play […]