Category: Sports

Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam has moved up to a career-high 6th place (up from 15th) in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for Test batsmen, it was revealed on Tuesday. This is the first time Azam has managed to enter the prestigious top 10 list in the longest format of the game. Earlier on Sunday, Azam […]

Pakistan on Monday won the two-match Test series 1-0 against Sri Lanka after winning the second Test at Karachi’s National Stadium by 263 runs. The two-match series, which began with a drawn Test in Rawalpindi, marked Pakistan’s first Test matches on home soil since the 2009 militant attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus in Lahore. […]

KARACHI: There is something unmistakable about the unique personality of Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s most successful Test captain, but now enjoying unprecedented powers in the dual role of national side’s head coach and chief selector. Since taking the job in August, the 45-year-old has seldom managed a smile or two in the spate of reversals his team […]

CUTTACK: Skipper Virat Kohli’s masterly 85 set up India’s successful chase as the hosts pipped West Indies by four wickets in the third and final One-day International to complete a 2-1 series win on Sunday. Chasing 316 for victory, India got off to a strong start but lost Kohli at a crucial juncture before eventually […]

Sri Lanka lost the series but signed off satisfied with safety and security measures after Pakistan’s first home test series in 10 years. Captain Dimuth Karunaratne on Monday called the security for the two-test series “200 per cent” safe and promised to return. The series held major significance for a host nation deprived of international […]

DOHA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino is assessing nine offers from companies seeking to buy the commercial and broadcasting rights for a new club competition he hopes will become the most lucrative in world football, usurping Europe’s Champions League. The deadline passed on Thursday for investors to submit tenders for the rebooted Club World Cup, which […]

JOHANNESBURG: England added two bowlers to their squad on Friday after illness struck the camp less than a week before the first Test against hosts South Africa, the England and Wales Cricket Board said. Seamer Craig Overton and off-spinner Dominic Bess will join the squad as cover ahead of the start of the four-Test series, […]

LONDON: Arsenal hired Mikel Arteta as manager on Friday, hoping their former midfielder can turn around the fortunes of the ailing London club after spending more than three years learning the coaching ropes as assistant to Pep Guardiola at English champion Manchester City. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who made 149 appearances for Arsenal between 2011 and […]

Abid Ali and Shan Masood became only the third opening pair for Pakistan to hit centuries in the same innings as Pakistan turned the tables on Sri Lanka in the second and final Test in Karachi on Saturday. Abid, nicknamed “legend” in Pakistan’s dressing room, hit 174 for his second hundred in as many Tests […]

MOSCOW: Russia decided on Thursday to contest its ban from major sporting events over doping violations, as President Vladimir Putin slammed its sidelining as unfair and insisted athletes should be able to compete under the national flag. Russia’s RUSADA anti-doping agency “made a decision not to agree” with the four-year ban by the World Anti-Doping […]