Category: Sports

ZURICH: Belgium were crowned FIFA’s Team of the Year for the second straight time after retaining top spot ahead of world champions France in the latest world rankings released on Thursday, football’s world governing body said. Belgium, who finished third in the World Cup in Russia last year, won all 10 of their competitive matches […]

KARACHI: The opening day of the second cricket Test of the ICC World Test Championship between Pakistan and Sri Lanka provided fascinating battle at the National Stadium here on Thursday with honours equally shared by the two teams. The pitch became the talking point early into the game after no less than 13 wickets fell […]

Lanky paceman Shaheen Shah Afridi took a maiden five-wicket haul to lead Pakistan’s fightback after Sri Lanka gained a crucial lead in the second Test in Karachi on Friday. The 19-year-old paceman took 5-77 and was ably supported by new-ball partner Mohammad Abbas (4-55) to keep Sri Lanka down to 271 on a tricky National […]

CAPE TOWN: The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) on Tuesday rejected a move by the embattled board of Cricket South Africa (CSA) to find a solution to an issue which is the subject of ongoing legal action. SACA repeated its call for the board to resign as the rift between players and board showed no […]

MELBOURNE: Pace bowler Peter Siddle has been brought into Australia’s squad in place of the injured Josh Hazlewood for the second Test against New Zealand on what is expected to be a benign Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) pitch. Hazlewood suffered a low-grade hamstring tear in his second over in the opening match of the series […]

LAHORE: Bismah Maroof’s gutsy half-century went in vain as England women beat Pakistan by 29 runs in the first of the three T20 Internationals at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The Pakistan captain scored a 58-ball 60, hitting five fours after they lost both openers in the first five balls of the run chase as the […]

PESHAWAR: In Pakistan’s domestic football, Mohammad Rasool is regarded as one of the most deadliest strikers. On Monday, however, he sent a crowd into raptures after saving, instead of scoring, a goal. Playing in goal during a penalty shootout in the semi-final of the Ufone Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Football Championship, the former Pakistan international saved a […]

LAHORE: After conclusion of the ICC Women’s Championship ODI series, the focus has now shifted to the shorter format of the game with Pakistan and England women locking horns in three T20 Internationals at Kinrara Oval in Malaysia from Tuesday. With the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia just two months away, the […]

LAHORE: Director National Cricket Academy (NCA) and former Test all-rounder Mudassar Nazar on Monday hailed world record maker Abid Ali’s feat in the Rawalpindi Test and said the opener has a lot of talent and should have played for Pakistan a couple of years ago. In an exclusive interview, Mudassar also stressed on the importance […]

NYON: Holders Liverpool will return to the scene of last season’s Champions League triumph after they were drawn against Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the competition on Monday and Manchester City face 13-time winners Real Madrid. Jurgen Klopp’s side will travel to the Wanda Metropo­litano, where Liverpool lifted the trophy in June, for […]