Category: Sports

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 […]

LONDON: Explosive opener Jason Roy is desperate to get back to playing cricket, even if matches have to take place behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Roy, who was part of England’s World-Cup winning team last year, had a taste of playing in an empty stadium for outgoing champions Quetta Gladiators in the […]

LAHORE: Finally demonstrating a sympathetic stance, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced to help the country’s cricketers and technical officials, other than the contractual ones, as they face a financial crisis following a complete halt in sport activities due to the spread of coronavirus pandemic. According to the PCB announcement, it would support […]

LONDON: Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho believes bringing football back, even behind closed doors, would be a much-needed morale boost for fans starved of action during the coronavirus crisis. No Premier League games have been played since March 9 due to the pandemic, which has claimed more than 26,000 British lives. Dutch football chiefs have called […]

WELLINGTON: New Zealand batsman Henry Nicholls will donate the shirt he wore in the heart-stopping final of last year’s World Cup in England to help raise funds for the battle against the Covid-19, media reports said on Thursday. The 28-year-old will donate the half-sleeve shirt, signed by his teammates, to the local chapter of United […]