Category: Sports

SHANGHAI: Wuhan Zall, the Chinese Super League team from the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, made an emotional return to their home city after more than three months torn from their families. Zall endured a turbulent 104 days on the road — including being stranded in Spain — because Wuhan was sealed off in January […]

Novak Djokovic faces a dilemma if it becomes compulsory for players to get vaccinated before they can begin competing once the tennis season resumes following the hiatus created by the coronavirus pandemic, the world number one said on Sunday. “Personally I am opposed to vaccination and I wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to […]

ISLAMABAD: Former captain Ramiz Raja continues to bat for young guns, insisting that Pakistan will have to give them chance in limited-overs game to prepare a strong future outfit. The 57-year-old Ramiz has recently been involved in a public spat with the veteran duo of Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik when he urged them to […]

TOKYO: Tokyo Olympic organisers and the Interna­tional Olympic Committee said on Thursday they will cut some of the extras out of next year’s postponed games, an attempt to limit what is expected to be billions of dollars in added expenses. IOC member John Coates, who heads the inspection team for Tokyo, said in a teleconference […]

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in their endeavour to close the bridge between international and domestic cricket is in the midst of revamping the Lahore-based National Cricket Academy (NCA) by renaming the facility as the National High Performance Centre (NHPC). Wasim Khan, the chief executive officer of PCB, while sharing details of the new […]

NEW DELHI: The world’s richest cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL), has been indefinitely suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials confirmed on Thursday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said the Twenty20 competition, already pushed back from its original start date of March 29, “will only commence when it is […]

KARACHI: A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday expressed optimism that the T20 World Cup and Asia Cup will take place as planned, while also saying that the situation about Pakistan’s tour of England was being monitored in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. “As per everywhere else in the world, sport […]

MINSK: Belarus is the only country in Europe still playing soccer amid the coronavirus pandemic but a growing number of fans are boycotting league matches, anxious about catching the disease. In the western city of Grodno, local team FC Neman Grodno drew with FC Belshina Bobruisk on Friday in front of almost empty stands. Just […]

MANCHESTER: Paul Pogba’s stint on the sidelines has made him more determined to succeed on his return from a layoff for a foot injury, the Manchester United midfielder has said. Pogba’s injury restricted him to eight appearances so far this season, but he was primed to return before professional football in England was suspended because […]

LONDON: Former Liverpool player and manager Kenny Dalglish, who tested positive for the coronavirus, has been released from hospital, British media reported on Sunday. Liverpool said on Friday that Dalglish, 69, was admitted to hospital for an infection. He required intravenous antibiotics but was asymptomatic. The former Scotland international is now back home where he […]