Seventeen-year-old Mumbai’s Jemimah Rodrigues has been named in the Indian women’s squad for the three-match ODI series against South Africa in Kimberley (Feb. 5 and 7) and Potchefstroom (Feb. 10). The team will play a warm-up game at Bloemfontein on February 2. This series will be the start of the ICC Women’s Championship (2017-20) for India. Jemimah has been in ...

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan teen cricketer Baheer Shah has achieved an exceptional feat which no other batsman in the history has managed to do. The 18-year-old Shah amassed 1,096 runs from seven matches and 12 innings with whopping average of 121.77, bettering Australian legend Sir Don Bradman’s average of 95.14 in First Class cricket, the highest for cricketers with more than ...

Amir Khan’s British homecoming fight will be live on Sky Sports after he signed a deal with Matchroom Boxing. The 31-year-old former world champion will end an absence of almost two years when he returns to the ring at The Echo Arena, Liverpool, on April 21, with an opponent to be announced. Khan has linked up with promoter Eddie Hearn on ...

India will play two T20Is Ireland in June, on their way to their tour of England. The matches will be in Dublin on June 27 and June 29, the BCCI has confirmed. India last toured Ireland in 2007 when they defeated the hosts in a one-off ODI in Belfast. In the T20I format, though, the two teams have faced each other only ...

With just 24 Test caps to his name, Kagiso Rabada has already achieved “what I always wanted”, in becoming Test cricket’s top-ranked bowler, but he has promised there is much more to come. Rabada leapfrogged James Anderson to No.1 after the first Test between South Africa and India, in which he took five wickets and was part of a famous win. “It’s what I ...

KARACHI: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) may have been suspended by the FIFA and Pakistan failed to qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but the 2018 FIFA World Cup trophy is coming to Pakistan. The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be played in Russia this summer. A total of 32 teams will contest to become the Football’s world ...

Maori perform Haka dance to welcome Pakistan team in Dunedin  The Pakistan cricket team received a warm Maori welcome upon its arrival in Dunedin – the venue for the third one-day international against New Zealand on January 13 (Saturday). The cricketers were pleasantly surprised when the Maori – the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand – lined up at the ...

 LAHORE: Pakistan on Wednesday named its 15-member squad for T20 series against New Zealand. The three-match series will commence from January 22 and conclude on January 28, 2018. “Imad Wasim was yet to recover from his knee injury and was told to continue his rehabilitation at the NCA. Mohammad Nawaz has been named to replace Imad Wasim. Sohaib Maqsood was ...

 President Pakistan Netball Federation Mudassar Arain has informed that the open trails for Pakistan Youth (U-16) Girls Netball team will be held on 13th / 14th January 2018 (4.00 pm) at PSB Coaching Center, Karachi for the preparation of International Youth Girls Netball Series against Singapore from 27th to 29th March 2018 at Singapore. The Coaching & training camp will be ...