Category: Sports

KARACHI: After having played their first Test on Pakistan soil, the national team members cannot wait for the second and final Test against Sri Lanka starting here at the National Stadium on Thursday. Pakistan have enjoyed a phenomenal record in Test cricket at the National Stadium which earned the stadium a nickname of being Pakistan’s […]

Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur says ongoing opponent Pakistan holds a special place in his heart and he’s happy to be back in the country where he coached for three years. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) removed Arthur as national coach after the Cricket World Cup in England in mid-year, and gave former captain Misbah-ul-Haq […]

RAWALPINDI: For a majority among the modern generation of cricket diehards, the name Pindi Club Ground in the heart of Rawalpindi nowadays sounds more like prehistoric paraphernalia. It used to be a private club in the years gone by before being renamed as the Army Cricket Ground. Located approximately six kilometres from the Pindi Cricket […]

TOKYO: Tokyo formally unveiled its 60,000-seater main Olympic Stadium on Sunday, more than seven months before the 2020 Opening Ceremony — with a host of special features to beat the feared heat. Built on the site of the former national stadium used for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, it has five floors above ground and two […]

CHENNAI: Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope hit centuries and combined in a stand of 218 to help West Indies to an eight-wicket victory over India in the opening match of their One-day International series here at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. Hetmyer smashed 139 off 106 balls for his highest ODI score and his […]

PERTH: Australia hammered New Zealand by 296 runs inside four days in the series-opening Test here at the Perth Stadium on Sunday to maintain a perfect record under lights. New Zealand stumbled to 171 all out after being set 467 runs for an unlikely victory on a pitch that was deteriorating rapidly as the temperature […]

This clasico promises to be like none other. Unfortunately, it may not be for the goals scored by Lionel Messi’s Barcelona or Karim Benzema’s Real Madrid. Catalan separatists are planning to gather in large numbers around Camp Nou and possibly carry out actions inside Barcelona’s stadium on Wednesday when Real Madrid comes to play in […]

RAWALPINDI: Although the rainy season here has played havoc with the historic Pakistan vs Sri Lanka match of the ICC World Test Championship, the enthusiasm of cricket fans has been a salient feature, particularly among the youngsters. Despite being Saturday’s fourth day also falling prey to the weather, the spectators — who understandably are very […]

Terence Crawford survived some early jitters to retain his WBO welterweight title on Saturday with a ninth round knockout of former Olympian Egidijus Kavaliauskas at Madison Square Garden. Crawford, who improved to 36-0 with 27 knockouts, survived a scare in the third round before finding his rhythm in the fifth, knocking the Lithuanian down once […]

Tiger Woods’ United States produced a stunning turnaround to deny the Internationals a first Presidents Cup in 21 years on Sunday, dominating the singles on a tense final day that went to the wire at Royal Melbourne. Veteran Matt Kuchar was the hero, with his winning putt on the 17th in the penultimate match enough […]