Veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi has backtracked from the recent statement against head coach Misbah-ul-Haq regarding his performance in the semi-final of the 2011 International Cricket Council World Cup. Afridi was leading the side during the much-awaited encounter on March 30, 2011, against the arch-rivals India in Mohali where the Men in Green suffered a 29-run […]
MADRID: Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid will all be hoping to build on their first wins of the season as La Liga heads into its fourth round of games this week. Here are the five talking points ahead of the midweek fixtures. For the first time in a long time. Barcelona can enjoy some […]
Butt urges the country’s leader to provide funds for national sport Pakistan hockey team’s vice-captain Ammad Shakeel Butt has requested the Prime Minister Imran Khan to do ‘justice’ with the national sport. The 24-year-old made those remarks while interacting with the media on Monday. “We couldn’t conduct our training sessions due to the funding issues,” […]
A legal battle has emerged between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Pakistan Super League (PSL) over the financial model of the cash-rich 20-over tournament. According to ESPNcricinfo, the teams, Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi, Multan Sultans, Quetta Gladiators, and Lahore Qalandars, filed a collective petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) in […]
New Zealand‘s government has approved quarantine arrangements that might allow the Pakistan and West Indies teams to tour in coming months, the country’s cricket board said on Friday. New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said the tours would help the game through the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s an enormous boost for us, it’s our financial […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suspended the head coach of the Balochistan First XI team for the upcoming National T20 Cup. The PCB, in a statement on its website, mentioned that the decision was taken because the 38-year-old has an unresolved matter with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which is his parent organization. “The PCB […]
Dean Jones, the former Australia batsman, has died on Thursday after a heart attack in Mumbai. He was 59. Jones, who was is in India as a commentator for the IPL, is understood to have suffered a massive heart attack around noon IST. “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the […]
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has received a green light from the government for their proposed tour of Pakistan. The team from Africa is set to arrive in the South Asian country in October where the three-match ODI and T20I series will be played behind the closed doors. The news was announced by the ZC on their […]
Hampshire 141 for 9 (Wallawawita 3-19) beat Middlesex 121 (Simpson 48, Shaheen Afridi 6-19) by 20 runs Shaheen Shah Afridi took four wickets in four balls as his six-wicket haul made sure Hampshire ended their horror Vitality Blast campaign with victory over Middlesex. The Pakistan fast bowler demolished John Simpson, Steven Finn, Thilan Walallawita, and […]
Paris: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning brace to take him to 101 international goals for Portugal in a 2-0 victory over 10-man Sweden in the Nations League, while France won a repeat of the 2018 World Cup final 4-2 over Croatia. Ronaldo broke the mythical 100-goal mark on the stroke of half-time, the 35-year-old Juventus […]
