Category: Sports

INDORE: Skipper Virat Kohli struck an unbeaten 30 as India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 International here at the Holkar Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The hosts rode a 71-run opening stand between KL Rahul, who hit 45, and Shikhar Dhawan, who made 32, to chase down their target of 143 […]

SYDNEY: Daniil Medvedev helped Russia to a 3-0 sweep of their pool matches to join Australia, Serbia and Britain in the quarter-finals of the inaugural ATP Cup on Tuesday. Medvedev clinched victory against Norway by beating Casper Ruud 6-3, 7-6(6) in Perth. Karen Khachanov had already routed Victor Durasovic 6-2, 6-1. The fifth-ranked Medvedev will […]

CAPE TOWN: Inspired by a fiery spell from Ben Stokes, England broke South Africa’s resistance in the final session of the second Test on Tuesday to win in Cape Town for the first time in 63 years and level the series 1-1 with two matches to play. England’s prolonged push for victory, which started soon […]

KARACHI: A clear picture on whether Bangladesh will play a two-match Test series in Pakistan later this month is likely to come on Wednesday or Thursday after the chairman of the two cricket boards established direct contact on telephone. According to a reliable source in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), chairman Ehsan Mani has called […]

Haris Rauf on Wednesday became the first Pakistani to take a hat-trick in Australia’s Big Bash League(BBL). Playing for Melbourne Stars, Haris bagged the three-wicket haul against Sydney Thunder, taking the wickets of Matthew Gilkes, Callum Ferguson and Daniel Sams. The Pakistani paceman has regularly been bowling deliveries above 145kph and caused a lot of […]

TOKYO: The official posters are out for this year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The 20 posters have been created by 19 artists in fields ranging from painting, graphic design and photography. Calligraphy and Japanese manga are also represented. Manga is the Japanese art of comics and cartooning, which is very famous in the host country. […]

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmad has said that the national junior strings are capable of winning the upcoming ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa from Jan 17 to Feb 9. While addressing the Pakistan squad members at the National Cricket Academy here on Monday, Sarfraz said: “I have strong feelings that this team […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) late decision to drop teenage pacer Nasim Shah from the Pakistan Junior team, which is set to participate in the Junior World Cup in South Africa later this month, is most likely for the reason to avoid further controversy over his age in the international media, well informed sources […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s promising youngster Mohammad Hamza Khan on Monday outclassed Yusuf Sheikh of England to win the U-15 title at the British Junior Open Squash Championship. Looking in extremely good form, the 14-year-old Hamza tamed Yusuf in just 16 minutes, registering a 11-4, 11-3, 11-7 victory in the final at Birmingham. Overall Pakistani juniors exhibited […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday rejected reports that teenage pacer Naseem Shah was withdrawn from the Pakistan U-19 squad for this month’s ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup due to concerns over his actual age. The PCB, as part of its standard operating procedures, had “rechecked and verified” ages of all potential members of […]