Dhaka, May 26 (AFP/APP): Shakib Al Hasan and Ebadot Hossain claimed nine wickets to bowl out Sri Lanka for a formidable 506 runs at the second Test in Dhaka on Thursday. Angelo Mathews was unbeaten for Sri Lanka on 145 after a 199-run stand with […]
MADRID – May 24 (ONLINE) Karim Benzema admits that records are “there to be broken” as a Real Madrid star of the present seeks to snatch one away from a Blancos icon of the past on a Champions League stage. A Portuguese legend re-wrote the […]
London, May 25 (AFP/APP): The UK government announced Wednesday it had given the green light to Todd Boehly’s proposed takeover of Chelsea football club from the sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries said she had […]
ISLAMABAD – May 24 (ONLINE) Pakistan men’s cricket team’s captain Babar Azam said on Tuesday his team is eying to start new season with a series win over West Indies, as the Windies are set to play ODI series in Pakistan this June. Talking to […]
MELBOURNE – May 24 (ONLINE) Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has been appointed an assistant coach of the Australia men’s team alongside Andre Borovec as head coach Andrew McDonald builds his new team. The duo will take up their roles for the Test series […]
Aprica, Italy, May 24 (AFP/APP):Czech rider Jan Hirt took the 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday to claim his first ever Grand Tour win, while Richard Carapaz held on to his slender overall lead after a brutal mountain stage. The 31-year-old Intermarche rider […]
LAHORE – May 23 (ONLINE) Shadab Khan has returned to the Pakistan ODI squad, and taken back the vice-captaincy, after recovering from injury, while there are call-ups for top-order batter Abdullah Shafique and legspinner Zahid Mahmood for the three-match series at home against West Indies, […]
DHAKA – May 23 (ONLINE) Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batter Kusal Mendis has been hospitalised after complaining of chest pain during the second away Test against Bangladesh on Monday, 23 May. Minutes before lunch on Day 1, the 27-year-old Mendis bent down on the ground to pick […]
NEW DELHI – May 23 (ONLINE) Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara’s red-hot form for Sussex earned him a place in the India squad on Sunday for the one-off test against England in July. India were 2-1 ahead when the final test at Old Trafford in September was […]
Cogne, Italy, May 22 (AFP/APP): Giulio Ciccone won the 15th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Sunday after a solo attack on the final climb of the 177-kilometre run between Rivarolo Canavese and Cogne. Trek-Segafredo rider Ciccone was part of a small breakaway group which […]