Afridi suffers minor injury

LAHORE: Pakistan’s flamboyant all-Rounder Shahid Khan Afridi suffered a minor injury after being hit with the ball on the face during practice match on Thursday. Afridi, who alongwith his teammates, was playing a practice match as part of their preparation for Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh, was hit on a cheek by a […]

SRK to buy soccer team

KOLKATA: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he wants to buy a football team, which will take part in the proposed IPL-style football league, promoted by All India Football Federation (AIFF) and IMG-Reliance. “I am interested in buying stakes in the football league. If the football team happens then it is for Kolkata. We have limited […]

Any team can win Asia Cup: Mohammad Akram

Lahore: Pakistan’s bowling coach Mohammad Akram has said that the upcoming Asia Cup in Bangladesh will be a tough assignment for all teams and not just arch-rivals India but minnows Afghanistan too can pose serious threats on batsman-friendly conditions. Akram, a former Test pacer who has been given a new two-year contract by the Pakistan […]

Injured Dhoni out of Asia Cup

MUMBAI: Under-fire Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was Thursday ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup cricket tournament due to a side-strain injury that he suffered during the second Test in New Zealand, paving the way for Virat Kohli to lead the side. “MS Dhoni has been ruled out of the forthcoming Asia Cup, to […]

‘India will be a potent force in tournament’

Lahore: Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas on Thursday said that India should not be judged on the basis of their poor performances in the recent tours of South Africa and New Zealand as they would be a potent force for the upcoming Asia Cup in Bangladesh. “It would be a mistake to judge the Indian […]

National Alpine Snow Boarding Championship

JAMMU: Minister for Agriculture,Ghulam Hassan Mir has congratulated the J&K team especially Arif Khan and Mehraj-ud-Din Khan who won gold medals in the National Alpine and Snow Boarding Championships at Gulmarg on Wednesday. The brothers hail from Tangmarg and are part of the J&K team. Arif Khan won gold medal in Slalom event while as […]

Time has come to look beyond ‘defensive’ Dhoni: Amarnath

NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Mohinder Amarnath says the time has come to remove Mahendra Singh Dhoni from captaincy as his “defensive approach” has resulted in the country’s prolonged failure on foreign soil. “Dhoni is a defensive captain who allows opposition to make a comeback in the game. His record is good at home pitches […]

Dhoni’s Test captaincy ‘obnoxious’, says Ganguly

New Delhi: Beleaguered skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was put on notice by his predecessors on Wednesday after India suffered yet another away series defeat, with one of them calling his leadership “obnoxious”. The 1-0 loss to New Zealand on Tuesday was India’s fourth consecutive series defeat abroad and followed a 4-0 drubbing for Dhoni’s World […]

McCullum’s epic innings stopped the nation, says Kiwi coach

WELLINGTON: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson on Wednesday said skipper Brendon McCullum’s epic triple hundred in the drawn Test against India brought the whole country to a stop like never before. The Black Caps won the five-match ODI series 4-0 and the two-Test series 1-0, the latter thanks to a superb triple-ton by McCullum, which […]

Asia Cup 2014: Hafeez hopeful for good results

LAHORE: Expressing satisfaction over the team selected for the upcoming Asia Cup, T20 captain Muhammad Hafeez said the national squad was in an excellent shape to achieve good results. Hafeez was speaking to the media in Lahore where a training camp was set up for the national team. Team green will be preparing for the […]