Sri Lanka crush Netherlands by 128 runs in World Cup Qualifier final

HARARE: Sri Lanka’s tremendous form in one-day format continued as they crushed the Netherlands by a huge 128 runs in the finals to emerge as winners of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier here on Sunday. This was Sri Lanka’s 10th consecutive ODI win. While the two teams had already qualified for the 50-over World […]

J&K Wushu team finalized for junior national championship

SRINAGAR: The three-day selection trial for finalizing the Junior J&K Wushu team for the 22nd National Wushu championship concluded on Saturday at Sheri Kashmir Indoor Sports Complex Srinagar here. The team shall participate in the national championship being held in Patna from 6th to 11th August, next month. More than 300 players drawn from sixteen […]

Pak PM forms high-level committee to decide on national team’s participation in ODI World Cup

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has formed a high-level committee, headed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto, to decide on the national cricket team’s participation in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India. The committee will explore and discuss all aspects of Pakistan and India relations, the government’s policy of keeping sports and policy […]

IPL version of Impact Player rule in SMAT, Asian Games participation approved

MUMBAI: The IPL version of the much-talked about Impact Player Rule will be used in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy (SMAT) beginning October 16, the BCCI Apex Council approved on Friday. The Impact Player was introduced in SMAT last season but it had to be brought before the end of the 14th over and […]

Wrestlers’ sexual harassment case: Delhi court summons Brij Bhushan on July 18

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday summoned BJP MP and outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers and said there was sufficient evidence to proceed against the accused. Taking cognisance of the chargesheet, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal directed Brij Bhushan […]

Snooker Championship-2023 at MA Stadium from July 9

JAMMU: The 28th Jammu District Billiards and Snooker Championship 2023, is going to be held in the MA Stadium Jammu from July 09 followed by competitions for Women, Sub Junior, Junior & Senior categories. It is notified for the information of all concerned that 28th Jammu District Billiards and Snooker Championship 2023, is going to […]

Tamim Iqbal’s retirement U-turn after intervention from Bangladesh PM

DHAKA: Tamim Iqbal reversed his decision to retire after intervention from Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who he met on Friday afternoon, according to a report by EspnCricinfo. The Bangladesh player met with the prime minister at her residence with his wife, his former captain Mashrafe Mortaza and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan, […]

Sindhu, Sen enter quarterfinals of Canada Open

CALGARY: Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles competitions respectively at the Canada Open Super 500 tournament here. While Sindhu advanced to the last eight after her opponent Natsuki Nidaira of Japan gave a her a walkover, Sen notched up a 21-15 21-11 win […]

Secy Sports Council convenes meeting in Kashmir to review plan, preparations of activities

Says special activities for third gender shall be held across J&K SRINAGAR: The Secretary Sports Council, Nuzhat Gull convened a meeting of all managers and incharges in her office chamber at Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar here on Thursday to review the plan and preparations of various sports activities under My Youth My Pride for the remaining […]

We don’t focus on what is happening in PCB, we just focus on cricket: Babar

KARACHI: The rumblings in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will not have any bearing on the national team’s performance in the ICC World Cup, or in the assignments prior to that, asserted skipper Babar Azam on Thursday. While addressing a press conference, Babar, one of the world’s top batters at the moment, also said his […]