Category: Sports

Former Pakistan cricket team captain Muhammad Hafeez on Thursday resigned as director of the national team.  Sources said Hafeez’s contract had expired on Dec 15. He applied for extension in contract which was not extended. Consequently, he has resigned from his office as director cricket. According to some reports, he has been informed through board […]

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it will increase investment, introduce a three-tiered competition and adopt a new ownership model as part of efforts to help women’s professional cricket reach its full potential. The plans will see the existing eight women’s regional teams become ‘Tier 1 clubs’, each being under the ownership, governance […]

VISAKHAPATNAM – India will bank on a traditional approach to bounce back in their second home Test against England, the team’s batting coach Vikram Rathour said on Wednesday, despite the tourists finding success with their attacking “Bazball” strategy. England trumped the hosts to lead the five-match series 1-0, with the action shifting to Visakhapatnam starting […]

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, Feb 3 (Reuters) – England were all out for 253 in their reply to India’s first innings total of 396 on day two of the second test in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. Zak Crawley (76) scored the only half-century in their innings, while skipper Ben Stokes made 47. Seamer Jasprit Bumrah (6-45) was pick […]

KARACHI: Interim Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi is likely to be nominated for the role of the coveted post of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) chairman, as per Geo News. The nomination will be made official after PCB Patron-in-Chief and caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s approval, the news channel reported Monday. After the premier’s nomination, Naqvi […]

Coco Gauff, the United States Open champion, won her way into the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday, but she gave herself a ‘C’ rating for her performance, which she described as error-strewn. The American player, who is currently ranked fourth in the world, had a tough match against Ukraine’s unseeded Marta Kostyuk but […]

KARACHI: Football enthusiasts in Pakistan may miss the opportunity to witness Pakistan’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Jordan on home turf, as the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has confirmed that Islamabad’s Jinnah Stadium falls short of the global governing body’s standards. In a statement released on Monday, the PFF conveyed that it is actively exploring […]

The Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination has urged FIFA to address the delay in elections of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF). In a letter, dated January 11, the Federal Minister Fawad Hasan Fawad was disappointed that the elections “have not been completed even after more than four years of existence of PFF Normalisation Committee”. The […]

Pakistan lost the fourth match of the T20I series against New Zealand by seven wickets on Friday in Christchurch, leading the opponents toward a series white-wash. New Zealand had slipped to 20-3 in the third over of the run-chase but Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell stitched a match-winning partnership of 139 runs in 93 balls […]

In a playful exchange about an upcoming Super Bowl stunt, John Cena expresses doubt about Rob Gronkowski’s ability to make a planned field goal kick, People Magazine reported.  The banter unfolds as part of a FanDuel ad campaign, featuring the wrestler-turned-actor and the retired NFL star in a face-off over Gronkowski’s kicking prowess. Cena, 47, humorously points […]