Category: Sports

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Wasim Khan dismissed reports that Pakistan had given up its hosting rights of the T20 Asia Cup to Bangladesh in exchange for the latter to send its team for a split-series that got underway on Friday. After the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) agreed to send its team to […]

TOKYO: Fireworks lit up the night sky above Tokyo Bay on Friday and a giant monument of the Olympic rings was unveiled in the shadow of Rainbow Bridge as the Japanese capital marked six months until the start of the Games. After a decade of planning, Tokyo 2020 organisers have entered the final stretch ahead […]

Pakistan clinched the second game of the three-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh on Saturday at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, winning the tournament 2-0. The hosts comfortably chased the 137-run target set by the visiting team, who had won the toss and elected to bat first. The only hiccup in the largely one-sided contest was opener Ahsan […]

MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios reached the Australian Open third round on Thursday after the weather-disrupted tournament faced a new challenge: dirty rain which left courts muddy and unplayable. After a day of clean-up operations and delays, Australia’s Kyrgios fought his way past French­man Gilles Simon in four sets and Wimbledon champion Simona Halep […]

JOHANNESBURG: England captain Joe Root on Thursday was looking forward to the prospect of two of the world’s fastest bowlers operating on a pace-friendly pitch in the fourth and final Test against South Africa, starting at the Wanderers on Friday. Root said Jofra Archer had bowled with ‘good pace’ in practice on Wednesday after recovering […]

LAHORE: If Pakistan are to hold on to top spot in the world Twenty20 rankings, they cannot afford any slip-ups against Bangladesh in the three-match series which gets underway here at the Gaddafi Stadium from Friday. Only a clean sweep of the visitors in the latest series that will show that the country is safe […]

Down to what sure felt like her last chance, Serena Williams came through with a cross-court forehand winner to close a 24-stroke point, then raised her arms, held that celebratory pose and looked over toward her guest box. Finally, on her sixth try, after one hour of action, she had managed to convert a break […]

Pakistan on Friday won the first Twenty20 International against Bangladesh by five wickets in Lahore, courtesy of a superb half-century by veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik. The hosts, who were chasing a target of 142 runs set by Bangladesh, reached their goal with three balls to spare in the first contest of a three-match series. Player […]

ISLAMABAD: Top seed Haris Tahir and unseeded Umer Farooq reached the final of the Jubilee Insurance U-21 National Championship on Wednesday. Haris and Umer, both of Punjab, beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Saad Khan and also Umer Khan — also Punjab’s — respectively. In the first semi-final top seed Haris beat Saad 5-2 (30-62, 80-5, 85-6 (85), […]

HARARE: Angelo Mathews struck his highest Test score with an unbeaten double century on Wednesday as Sri Lanka left Zimbabwe battling to save the series opener going into the final day at Harare. Former skipper Mathews eclipsed his previous Test best of 160 and finished 200 not out after a marathon knock spanning 468 balls, […]