Mohammad Shahzad is back in Afghanistan’s ODI and T20I squads for their series against Zimbabwe in the UAE in February. The wicketkeeper-batsman’s retrospective one-year doping ban ends on January 17. The allrounder Samiullah Shenwari is also back in both squads, having been rested during Afghanistan’s ODI series against Ireland in December. Among the fast bowlers, Hamid Hassan, who last played ...

SYDNEY: Nathan Lyon was spinning Australia toward an emphatic victory in the final Ashes Test as beleaguered England unravelled on a torrid day in Sydney on Sunday. The Australians amassed a massive 303-run innings lead in blistering heat and then reduced the battle-weary tourists to 93 for four at the close with a day to play. Compounding England´s woes was ...

KARACHI: Ahmad Baig, Pakistan’s fast-rising golfer from Lahore, out-shined all his opponents to win the 7th Faldo Challenge Pakistan Golf championship with an impressive score of 11-underpar at Karachi’s DHA Club. 19-year-old Ahmad, now a regular feature in Pakistan’s golf circuit, was competing in the U-21 age group category of the tournament. He proved himself too good for the opponents, ...

LAHORE: The 5th Blind Cricket World Cup got under way with a grand opening ceremony at Al-Hamra Cultural Complex on Sunday. Punjab Minister for Sports Jahangir Khanzada inaugurated the mega event by playing a shot. The traditional performances of all the four provinces were presented in the opening ceremony. Special students also presented beautiful tableau on this occasion. Addressing the ...

Pakistan Wapda clinched double crown in Men and Women team events beating by National Bank of Pakistan in the men event and SNGPL in women event. The results are as under: Team Event Men Final Pakista Wapda beat National Bank by 3-2 Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Rizwan Azam (NBP) by 17-21, 21-16, 21-10 Rizwan & Kashif (NBP) beat Irfan & ...

Bangladesh have made five changes to their ODI squad for the first two matches of the tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, including the addition of Mustafizur Rahman. Taskin Ahmed and Soumya Sarkar have been dropped from the ODI squad that played in South Africa. The other players dropped are Liton Das, Mominul Haque and Shafiul Islam, while those added ...

Dale Steyn could be sidelined for up to six weeks after injuring a heel in the first test between South Africa and India at Newlands on Saturday. Steyn‚ who was playing his first test since November 2016‚ when he fractured a shoulder while bowling at the WACA‚ left the field midway through the last over before tea on the second ...