MUMBAI: Retired batting great Sachin Tendulkar is optimistic about the chances of the under-performing Indian team successfully defending its World Cup crown next year, and wants the fans to lend it a whole-hearted support. “I have no hesitation in saying we are a talented side and there are some special players in the team. I […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez hopes Shahid Afridi will be fit in time for the World Twenty20 after the hard-hitting allrounder delayed his departure to Bangladesh. Afridi played in the Asia Cup final on Saturday with painkillers after he hurt his hamstring with some powerful late hitting during two nail-biting victories against India and Bangladesh […]
MADRID: Argentine and FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi has also turned to Facebook to raise awareness for the suffering of Syrian children after his rival Cristiano Ronaldo took a similar move earlier Wednesday. Messi wrote on his Facebook page: “Don’t let the #childrenofsyria lose another year to bloodshed and suffering.” He urged his fans to […]
MADRID: Real Madrid and Portugal’s football star Cristiano Ronaldo has turned to Facebook to raise awareness of the plight of Syrian children. Ronaldo posted on his Facebook page the photo of a Syrian refugee boy wearing his jersey, writing: “Ahmed, 16, is a Syrian refugee. He dreams of becoming a footballer. Save the Children and […]
MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar is among the three greats to have emerged as the leading contenders for ESPNcricinfo’s Cricketer of the Generation award, even as the Indian’s long-time fierce rival from the West Indies Brian Lara missed out on a place in the final three. Australian spin legend Shane Warne and the recently-retired South African great […]
JAMMU: As a part of its Civic Action Programme, Jammu and Kashmir Police(JKP) is organizing week long Youth Promotional Coaching Camp for boys in the last weak of March here at winter capital in which more than 400 youth, drawn from poor pockets and far-flung areas of the State, would be participating. This was revealed […]
POONCH: Manjit singh volleyball club Wednesday honoured, reputed actor and anchor Pardeep Khanna of Poonch district for his contribution in various fields of life. Speaking on the occasion chairman of the club, Mohammed Tariq Khan said that the contribution of Pardeep Khanna is unparallel as he has contributed a lot for society in areas of […]
NEW DELHI: United Arab Emirates will stage the initial phase of the IPL while Bangladesh was kept on standby for some of the matches by the BCCI, ending weeks of speculation over the venues of the high-profile event which was on Wednesday scheduled from April 16 to June 1. The tournament, which had to be […]
Karachi: Former captain Younis Khan said he has no intentions of taking up a coaching assignment with the Pakistan team as he wants to call time on his international career gracefully. “Coaching is a very difficult job in Pakistan cricket and I don`t want to get involved in any thing which prevents me from retiring […]
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain and legendary paceman Wasim Akram Tuesday tipped Pakistan as one of top three favourites to win the World Twenty20 starting in Bangladesh next week. The fifth edition of the World Twenty20 with 16 teams in competition will be held in from March 16 to April 6. “For me Pakistan, India and […]