LAHORE: Pakistan will be missing one of their batting mainstays in the penultimate Twenty20 Intern¬ational against New Zealand but the other, captain Babar Azam, was hopeful that his side will bounce back from their dispiriting loss in the last game by winning the five-match series. The series is level at 1-1 after depleted New Zealand, […]
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan skipper Sana Mir and eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt have been named as the ambassadors of women’s and men’s ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024. Sana Mir represented Pakistan in 226 international games, 137 of them as skipper. Sana will keep a keen eye on the tournament which will see […]
NEW DELHI: Former Zimbabwe cricketer Guy Whittall has managed to cheat death once again, this time he and his dog fought off a leopard, which left him bloodied and in need of emergency surgery. In September 2013, Whittall had gone to sleep and woken up with an admirably well-behaved eight-foot-long crocodile sleeping under his bed […]
Reveals he played game while drunk, peed his pants once NEW DELHI: Magnus Carlsen, arguably the world’s greatest chess player, recently took on a new challenge: answering questions about his chess career and his personal life while being strapped to a lie-detector. Asking Carlsen questions and playing chess against him simultaneously was chess commentator GM […]
Becomes only from J&K to achieve feat, inspires local footballers BANDIPORA: In an inspiring display of determination and skill, Hilal Sultan from Hajin town of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district has made history by qualifying for the prestigious national referee exam in football on Tuesday. He became the only candidate from the Union Territory of Jammu […]
DHAKA: Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistan’s legendary former spinner and Bangladesh’s newly appointed spin-bowling coach, has joined the national camp at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Mushtaq joined the camp along with the rest of the coaching panel, including head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, who joined the Tigers’ camp following the Eid holidays. According to reports in the […]
NEW DELHI: After hitting runs all over the ground throughout a two-decade glorious career filled up with many centuries and fifties, legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, widely regarded as the greatest batter after Sir Don Bradman, turned 51 on Wednesday. Tendulkar, known as ‘Master Blaster’ for his ability to blast his way through any bowling […]
PARIS: No fencers from Russia or Belarus will take part in the Paris Olympics after those eligible under a neutral banner did not enter for European qualifiers, acco¬r¬ding to the European Fencing Confederation. “There are unfortunately no Russian or Belarusian athletes,” EFC president Giorgio Scarso told reporters on Tuesday. “The date for enrolment has passed. […]
NEW DELHI: Sourav Ganguly, the former India skipper currently serving as director of cricket at Delhi Capitals, thinks that captain Rohit Sharma and talismanic batter Virat Kohli should open the batting in the Men’s T20 World Cup, to be held from June 1 in West Indies and USA. Rohit had been declared as India’s captain […]
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s batting order is far from settled with the T20 World Cup less than two months away and according to their head coach Azhar Mahmood, more shuffling is expected. Azhar, appointed in the role solely for the ongoing five-match Twenty20 International series against New Zealand, realised this when Pakistan failed to score big enough […]