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 […]
London, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):Football competitions can decide to make the originally temporary five-substitutes rule permanent, the sport’s rule-making body IFAB recommended on Wednesday. “FAP-TAP (football and technical advisory panels) today recommended that competitions should be able to decide on increasing the number of substitutes according […]
Dubai, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 standings after Wednesday’s matches (played, won, lost, no result, points, net run rate) Group 1 England 2 2 0 0 4 3.614 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 2 0.583 ————————— Australia 1 1 0 0 2 […]
SHARJAH, Oct 26 (APP):Asif Ali and Shoaib Malik’s late blitz helped Pakistan to their second win of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 as they beat New Zealand to go top of Group 2. Pakistan won a nervy thriller in Sharjah as they successfully […]
Karachi, Oct 24 (AFP/APP):Jubilant cricket fans poured onto the streets across Pakistan on Sunday to hail their team’s rout of arch-rivals India at the T20 World Cup in Dubai. Pakistan romped to a 10-wicket triumph, a first ever at the World Cup level over their […]
Dubai, Oct 24 (AFP/APP):Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan smashed unbeaten half-centuries as Pakistan crushed India by 10 wickets on Sunday to register a first win over their arch-rivals in a Twenty20 World Cup but defeated captain Virat Kohli warned: “It’s not over yet”. Chasing 152 […]
