Category: Sports

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 […]

LONDON: English cricket’s controversial new Hundred competition has been delayed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, cricket chiefs announced on Thursday. The new 100-balls-per-side format, to be played by eight franchises rather than the established 18 first-class counties, had been due to start in July. But with the English season delayed until at least […]

LAHORE: World amateur snooker champion Mohammad Asif has appealed to the Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza for granting him a cash award, as given recently to the medallists of last year’s South Asian Games, for winning the coveted title last year. “Recently, Dr Fehmida Mirza awarded cash prizes to the medal […]

Pakistan on Friday lost its top spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 rankings after more than two years, sliding to the fourth position as Australia rose to number one in both Test matches and T20 internationals. The reshuffle came as the ICC issued an annual update, eliminating results from matches played between 2016 […]

LAHORE: Legendary left-arm pacer Wasim Akram has once again highlighted the importance of Test cricket by saying that it is the most genuine format of the game and if anyone wants to become a great cricketer, he has to excel in Tests to achieve that. Wasim said on Tuesday in a video interaction with Pakistani’s […]

TOKYO: The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn’t brought under control by next year, the organising committee’s president warned on Tuesday while ruling out further delays. The comments, in an interview with a Japanese sports daily published, come as medical experts doubted whether the pandemic can be […]

KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja on Tuesday said criminalising match-fixing can be a “useful deterrent” to fight the menace which, according to him, needs a concerted effort like the one currently on to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Controversial batsman Umar Akmal was handed a three-year ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday […]