Cricket legends locked horns with each other on Thursday, only this time, the match is not being played on a regular pitch but on the snowy peaks of the Swiss Alps. Shahid Afridi-led Royals face off against Virender Sehwag-led Diamonds in the unique two-day event where two matches are set to be played on ice. Royals won the match by ...

SYDNEY:- Chelsea will play Perth Glory in July in the English giant s only Australian pre-season friendly this year, the A-League club said Thursday. The Premier League champions are returning to the Western Australia city for the first time since 1974, with the game taking place at the new Optus stadium, which has a capacity of more than 60,000. “We ...

  DHAKA: – Sri Lanka hit back with four wickets after being bowled out for 222 as bowlers led by Bangladesh spinner Abdur Razzak dominated day one of the second Test in Dhaka on Thursday. Razzak, making a Test return after four years, and fellow left-arm spinner Taijul Islam claimed four wickets each to wrap up the Sri Lankan innings ...

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board has today issued a Notice of Charge to Cricketer, Nasir Jamshaid, wherein he has been charged with multiple violations of Articles 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4 and 2.4.4 of the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Code for Participants (“the Code”). Nasir Jamshaid now has fourteen (14) days to respond to the Notice of Charge. Nasir Jamshaid is already facing ...

Cricket legends lock horns with each other today, only this time it’s not any regular pitch but the snowy peaks of the Swiss Alps. Shahid Afridi-led Royals will face off against Virender Sehwag-led Diamonds in a unique two-day event where two matches are set to be played not on ground, but on ice. The event, dubbed ‘St Moritz Ice Cricket ...

LONDON: Incidents of racism and homophobia in English football are on the rise, according to pressure group Kick It Out. According to its mid-season report, Kick It Out said it had received more than 300 reports relating to 282 cases of discriminatory abuse by the end of 2017, a 59 percent increase from last season, when there were 177 incidents. ...

Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali welcomed his newest bundle of joy – a baby boy – in his hometown of Lahore. The Test opener took to Twitter to share a picture of his third son, named Azlan. “Alhamdulillah Allah has blessed us with a baby boy meet new member of our family, Azlan Azhar,” he posted, inviting a stream of congratulatory ...

England 155-9 (20 overs): Malan 50, Maxwell 3-10 Australia 161-5 (18.3 overs): Maxwell 103*, Willey 3-28 Australia won by five wickets Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten 103, after taking 3-10, to give Australia a five-wicket win in England’s opening game of the T20 tri-series. Set 156 to win in Hobart after Dawid Malan made 50, the hosts fell to 4-2 ...

Virat Kohli played his ODI career’s longest ODI innings, 159 balls, in the third ODI in Cape Town. The previous longest being 148 balls in his 183 against Pakistan at the 2012 Asia Cup in Dhaka. His innings is also the longest among Indian non-opening batsmen. Kohli’s innings was quite special in many ways. But one of the most significant and rare occurrence, was that ...

London:British Olympic boxer Muhammad Ali has been banned for two years after failing a drugs test. The 21-year-old flyweight tested positive for the anabolic steroid Trenbolone during the World Series of Boxing in Morocco in April last year. Ali argued he may have eaten contaminated meat in Morocco, or had the steroid in his system after having a drink intended ...