KARACHI: A magnificent century by Test cricketer Iftekhar Ahmad and a fiery spell by fast bowler Samiullah Niazi has put SNGPL on track to the 4th Quaid-e-Azam Trophy title. Chasing a target of 257, the defending champions WAPDA were 7 down for 108 runs at the end of the fourth day of the final at Karachi’s National Stadium on Sunday. ...

Rafa Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s season-opening exhibition event in Abu Dhabi due to ongoing fitness problems, the world number one has said. The 16-time grand slam champion, who won the French and U.S. Opens earlier this year, withdrew from the ATP Finals in November after struggling with a knee injury during his round-robin defeat by Belgian David Goffin. ...

KARACHI: Chairman PCB Najam Sethi has said that playing a series against India is Pakistan’s right and it is not fair to say that Pakistan is begging to play with India. Talking to media in Karachi, the chairman PCB said that if India didn’t want to play against Pakistan then they shouldn’t have signed the contract with us earlier. “There’s ...

The hastily assembled and inexperienced provincial sides continue to suffer big defeats at the hands of well drilled departmental outfits at the 64th National Hockey Championships in Sukkur Navy scored half a dozen goals against the Punjab without a reply. SCORERS: Mohammad Sabir (2), Asif Ali, Akbar Ali, Ali Sher & Olympian Rashid Mahmood Customs also had a big win ...

LAHORE: The 385-member Punjab contingent has reached Islamabad to participate in the 2nd edition of Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games on Sunday. Punjab players will feature in 19 different games during the mega event being organised at Islamabad from December 25-29, 2017. Prior to their departure, the members of Punjab contingent were upbeat about their performance in the sports extravaganza. Secretary Sports ...

Jonathan Trott (represented South Africa in U19 CWC 2000, moved to England) Gary Ballance (represented Zimbabwe in U19 CWC 2006, moved to England) Grant Elliott (represented South Africa in U19 CWC 1998, moved to New Zealand) Andy Caddick (represented New Zealand in U19 CWC 1988, moved to England) Peter Borren (represented New Zealand in U19 CWC 2002, moved to Netherlands) ...

PORT ELIZABETH: South Africa talisman AB de Villiers has declared himself fit for the challenge of day-night Test ahead of the one-off match against Zimbabwe at St George´s Park from Tuesday. It will be the first Test appearance in almost two years for the 33-year-old, who had taken time off from the longer version of game while continuing to dominate ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s former captain and opening batsman Azhar Ali is hopeful of a good show by the national team in the five-match ODI series against New Zealand next month. Azhar was named in Pakistan’s 15-member team on Saturday after completing rehabilitation work and passing the fitness test. Azhar told media in Karachi that he’s fit and looking forward to performing ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s former captain and senior all rounder Mohammad Hafeez has said on Saturday that he’s confident of Pakistan’s win in upcoming five-match ODI series against New Zealand. Talking to media in Karachi, Hafeez said that Pakistan team is on a winning streak and players will go to New Zealand with high morale. “We have been doing good in limited ...

MELBOURNE: Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Starc was on Sunday ruled out of the fourth Ashes Test with a heel injury and will be replaced by Jackson Bird. Starc, who is Australia´s leading wicket-taker in the series with 19, bruised his heel bowling in Australia´s series-clinching third Test win in Perth last week. There wasn´t enough time for him to recover ...