Dubai, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):Scoreboard from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match between Australia and England in Dubai on Saturday: Australia D. Warner c Buttler b Woakes 1 A. Finch c Bairstow b Jordan 44 S. Smith c Woakes b Jordan 1 G. Maxwell lbw […]
Dubai, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):Opening batsman Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 71 as England hammered Australia by eight wickets to register their third successive win in the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. England fast bowlers Chris Jordan and Chris Woakes shared five wickets between them to […]
Milan, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):Italian Serie A results on Saturday: Atalanta 2 (Zapata 45+1, De Roon 90+4) Lazio 2 (Pedro 18, Immobile 74) Verona 2 (Simeone 11, 14) Juventus 1 (McKennie 80) Playing later (all times GMT) Torino v Sampdoria (1945) Sunday (1400 unless stated) Inter […]
Dubai, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):England skipper Eoin Morgan on Saturday lauded Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes as among the “world’s best” after their eight-wicket thrashing of Australia to close in on a semi-final spot at the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. Buttler smashed an unbeaten 71 […]
Dubai, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Dashing batsman Asif Ali said he had been confident he would hit sixes after leading Pakistan to a hard-fought five-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the Twenty20 World Cup in Dubai on Friday. The 30-year-old smashed pacer Karim Janat for four sixes in […]
Dubai, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 standings after Friday’s matches (played, won, lost, no result, points, net run rate) Group 1 England 2 2 0 0 4 3.614 Australia 2 2 0 0 4 0.727 ————————— South Africa 2 1 1 0 2 […]
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho got the call-up from Brazil coach Tite on Friday after a year-long absence for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina. Coutinho, 29, was sidelined by a knee injury, but has recently resumed playing regularly […]
Paris, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Australian Kyle Chalmers broke the 13-year-old men’s 100m freestyle short-course world record on Friday in Kazan, Russia. The Australian, who took silver in the event in the longer Olympic pool in Tokyo, touched in 44.84sec to take 0.10sec off the record set […]
Kabul, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Afghanistan’s new Taliban government was very clear with cricket fans before Friday’s much-anticipated clash with neighbours Pakistan. Celebrate the national team by all means, the interior ministry spokesman said, but: “If you win, you should not shoot in the air. “If you […]
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP):Pakistan Television (PTV) Sports anchorperson Dr Nauman Niaz and Cricket legend Shoaib Akhtar would not be part of any programme of the state owned channel till the completion of the inquiry against them. The decision was taken by the management of Pakistan […]
