Category: Sports

KARACHI: The winter sun was just about to rise when the stars of world football descended upon Karachi. What happened after the sun went down was downright embarrassing and shameful. In the twilight hours of Saturday, football legends Luis Figo, Kaka, Carles Puyol and Nicolas Anelka touched down at the Jinnah International airport as part […]

England snatched the Twenty20 series against New Zealand in dramatic fashion in Auckland on Sunday, with a super over required to break the deadlock in scenes reminiscent of the World Cup final four months ago. A Chris Jordan boundary on the last ball of the England innings brought the tourists level with New Zealand’s 146 […]

A whirlwind century by Dawid Malan in a record-breaking stand with Eoin Morgan saw England crush New Zealand in the fourth Twenty20 by 76 runs in Napier on Friday to level the series with one game remaining. Malan was unbeaten on 103 at the close of the England innings with Morgan out in the final […]

Ruthless opening pair Aaron Finch and David Warner ran riot as Australia routed Pakistan by 10 wickets in Perth to wrap up their Twenty20 series 2-0 Friday in emphatic fashion. After restricting the visitors to 106 for eight, Finch (52) and Warner (48) whacked five sixes and eight fours between them as they raced to […]

KARACHI: Keeping his unbeaten run intact, second seed and former world champion Mohammad Asif stepped into the final of the IBSF World Snooker Championships in the Turkish city of Antalya on Friday evening. The 37-year-old Asif, who had reached the zenith with an imposing 10-8 victory over Englishman Gary Wilson in the final of the […]

World number one Ashleigh Barty emphatically hauled Australia back into contention in the Fed Cup final on Saturday, crushing Caroline Garcia 6-0, 6-0 after France’s Kristina Mladenovic whipped her teammate Ajla Tomljanovic. Barty, fresh from winning the WTA Finals in China, came on court in Perth under pressure after the nervous Tomljanovic was thrashed 6-1, […]

Let’s be honest. When Pakistan boarded the Australia-bound plane late last month, no one was thinking that they would beat their hosts. The so-called most unpredictable side of world cricket is actually becoming pretty predictable — especially when expected to lose against far stronger oppositions — and so everyone knew that they would lose pretty […]

ISLAMABAD: Disappointed by Pakistan team’s loss in the second Twenty20 International to Australia in Canberra on Tuesday, former speedster Shoaib Akhtar said there is no batsmen in the team who could take responsibility like skipper Babar Azam. “I feel disappointed for Pakistan and especially for Babar who played superbly in both the T20s. There is […]

LUCKNOW: Shai Hope and Roston Chase struck half-centuries to power West Indies to a seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in the first one-day international in smog-hit Lucknow on Wednesday. Chase and Hope put on a key 163-run stand for the third wicket as West Indies reached their target of 195 in 46.3 overs to take a […]

RAJKOT: The Twenty20 International format can be used to groom young talent and prepare them for One-day Internationals and Tests while not distracting players from winning games, stand-in India skipper Rohit Sharma said on Wednesday. Sharma, who is captaining the side in the second T20 International against Bangladesh in Rajkot on Thursday with Virat Kohli […]