Category: Sports

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is poised to take over as the president of the country’s cricket board as nominations close on Monday for elections to the game’s wealthiest and most powerful body. Ganguly, 47, emerged as the only candidate for the top post after a meeting in Mumbai on Sunday, a Board of Control […]

LAHORE: While Ireland has hinted its team may soon come to Pakistan to play an international series, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) says the current tour of Islamabad and Lahore by its official will help them in sending England team for a series here in 2022. In their Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) podcast, […]

PUNE: Virat Kohli hit a career-best 254 to overtake batting great Don Bradman’s Test tally of 6,996 runs and put India in command of the second Test against South Africa here at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday. Kohli recorded his seventh double century before he declared India’s first innings on 601 for five. […]

SUZUKA: Valtteri Bottas led the second and final practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday, edging team-mate Lewis Hamilton in what could be the starting grid for Sunday’s typhoon-hit Formula One race. Organisers canceled Saturday’s usual qualifying session with Typhoon Hagibis set to hit Japan’s main island on Saturday and Sunday. Plans call […]

LAHORE: The national selection committee, headed by former Olympian Manzoor Junior, has announced a 19-member Pakistan squad for the challenging Olympics-2020 qualifying round, to be played against world hockey giants Holland in Amsterdam on Oct 26 and 27. Rizwan Ahmad Senior has been named as captain. Pakistan is currently placed at a poor 17th spot […]

KARACHI: The smooth and successful organisation of the one-day and Twenty20 internationals’ series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Karachi and Lahore recently has drawn positive, encouraging vibes from the cricketing world regarding the security situation in Pakistan. Besides receiving appreciation from the cricket playing nations, the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA) — an […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India on Friday for a summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a time of tensions over Beijing joining Pakistan in opposing India’s downgrading of occupied Kashmir’s autonomy and the ongoing lockdown in the disputed region. Xi landed at the Chennai airport, where Tamil Nadu state Governor Banwarilal Purohit […]

LAHORE: Sri Lanka’s trouble-free tour of Pakistan amid presidential-level security has paved the way for other cricket teams to play in the country, according to Sri Lanka coach Rumesh Ratnayake. “This [tour] has gone very smoothly and it will encourage so many other countries to come here,” Ratnayake said. “This tour is a message for […]

STUTTGART: Russia’s men clinched their first-ever team title at the gymnastics world championships on Wednesday, edging China in a tight contest in Stuttgart to avenge their 2018 defeat. Last year in Doha, Russia were beaten to the title by China by a slim margin of 0.049 points but there were no mistakes this time as […]

SHANGHAI: World number one Novak Djokovic produced a majestic display in a 7-5, 6-3 victory over American John Isner on Thursday to extend his winning streak in Asia and reach the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals. Djokovic, who arrived in Shanghai after winning the Japan Open in Tokyo over the weekend without losing a set, did not […]