Category: Sports

KARACHI: Former Pakistan fast bowler AAaqib Javed on Tueday said he fears for the future of Pakistan cricket and it is the need of the hour that the players for a players association to protect their’ rights, especially keeping in view the uncertain situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic In an exclusive interview in program […]

TOKYO: An open conflict broke out Tuesday between Tokyo Olympic organisers and the International Olympic Committee over who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement. Tokyo spokesman Masa Takaya said the organising committee has asked the Switzerland-based IOC to remove a comment from its website suggesting that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had agreed that Japan […]

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board’s Chief Executive Wasim Khan has termed the upcoming ICC Chief Executives’ Committee meeting as ‘extremely critical’ as a wide-range of topics will be discussed with the other board members on Thursday. “The purpose of the meeting is to gain a full understanding of the members’ priorities during this time and to […]

ISLAMABAD: Former England Skipper Nasser Hussain has picked Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar among the four cricketers whom he would pay to watch. The other three cricketers include India’s Virat Kohli, West Indian Brian Lara and his own countryman David Gower. About Saeed, Nasser said that his strokes on the off-side had lot of grace and elegance. […]

BERLIN: A Swiss prosecutor investigating corruption in football met in secret with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, German and Swiss media alleged Friday, further fuelling allegations of collusion between football’s world governing body and Swiss investigators. Citing unnamed sources, German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and Switzerland’s Luzerner Zeitung suggested that Cedric Remund, 38, was the previously […]

LONDON: European football’s governing body UEFA is mulling to continue the Champions League matches suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic on August 7-8, after the domestic leagues have reached their conclusion. According to a report on Sky Sports Italia, the first of the remaining matches in the Round of 16 will be played on August […]

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 […]