Category: Sports

Pakistan cricket has never been about openers. The number one and two barely ever stick. Hark back all the way to 1952 — when Pakistan played its first Test – and you’d find a select few opening batsmen who were reliable enough to make their name. Hanif Mohammad and Saeed Anwar — but who else? […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday said it was disappointed with Shoaib Akhtar’s “poor choice of words” regarding the sports body’s legal department and its legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi. Akhtar, while commenting on PCB’s decision to ban Umar Akmal from all forms of cricket for three years, had dished criticism on the cricket board’s legal […]

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board’s Chief Executive Wasim Khan, while talking on Friday, said the PCB can handle financial challenges for the next couple of years, but if need be, he will himself take the lead in accepting a salary cut. “We are lucky to complete most of our season at home and at the moment […]

MUMBAI: Australian Darren Cahill, the coach of two-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep, has backed the idea of merging the men’s and women’s tours, saying it would make tennis simpler for both players and fans. Roger Federer called for a merger between the two governing bodies on Wednesday on social media with the men’s ATP […]

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik on Sunday apologised to the nation over match-fixing after long 19 years and said he was ready to reveal all the secrets linked to match-fixing due to which he was banned for life. “I am very sorry for what I had done 19 years ago. I am ready to […]

MADRID: Spain’s health minister said on Sunday that Spaniards should not expect to see professional football restart before the summer. Spain has been without football since March 12, two days before the nation went into a strict lockdown under a state of emergency to battle its savage coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 22,000 […]

LAHORE: Eight former great Pakistani cricketers including Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram will hold online sessions with the current and emerging Pakistani cricketers to help them keep focus on their game and make best use of the time they have amid the lockdown due to Covid-19. The sessions will continue from Monday to Friday of […]

PARIS: UEFA are keener on leagues adopting new formats to determine final league places for European qualification if suspended domestic competitions cannot be completed due to government restrictions or financial concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The statement on Thur­sday opens the door to lea­gues temporarily adopting playoff formats so qualification for the Champions Lea­gue […]

MUMBAI: From shining the ball to celebrating a dismissal — certain things may never be the same again when cricket restarts after the novel coronavirus pandemic, Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar said on Thursday. Cricketers use the age-old method of shining one side of the cricket ball with a combination of saliva and sweat, ostensibly […]

ISLAMABAD: Former captain Ramiz Raja believes that it will be difficult for cricket boards to survive for long without resuming the sport and proposed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to hold talks with other boards to find a way to stage matches behind closed doors. Covid-19 has halted the cricket activities and holding of T20 […]