Indian Wells:World number one Roger Federer equalled his best start to a season when he beat South Korea’s Chung Hyeon to reach the Indian Wells Masters semi-final. The defending champion claimed his 16th victory of 2018 with a 7-5 6-1 win over the world number 26 in California. The Swiss has matched the start he made to the 2006 season, ...

  Auckland:Leg-spinner Mason Crane will miss England’s Test tour of New Zealand because of a back injury. The 21-year-old, who made his Test debut in Sydney against Australia in January, has a stress fracture in his lower back and will return to England. He has been replaced in the squad by Somerset left-arm spinner Jack Leach, who took 8-110 for ...

COLOMBO: Mahmudullah Riyad hit an unbeaten 43 to help Bangladesh edge out Sri Lanka by two wickets in a bad-tempered Twenty20 and enter the final of the tri-series in Colombo on Friday. Chasing 160 for victory in a virtual semi-final, Mahmudullah steered the team home with a six on the penultimate ball but not before a heated exchange of words ...

SHARJAH: Karachi Kings qualified to play the Pakistan Super League’s playoff round after smashing down Islamabad United by six wickets on Friday. Islamabad United will play Karachi Kings in Qualifier-1 again on 18th. The winner goes through to the final. The loser will play the winner between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiator. Courtesy a four-wicket haul by Usman Khan Shinwari, ...

  LAHORE: Sports Board Punjab’s 325-member contingent has departed for Peshawar on Friday to take part in 4th Inter-Provincial Games scheduled to start on March 18 in Peshawar. Director Sports Punjab Javed Rasheed Chohan saw off the contingent with best wishes. Deputy Director Hafeez Bhatti, Punjab Olympic Association (PbOA) Secretary Idris Haider Khawaja, DSO Sahiwal Akbar Murad and Assistant Director ...

LAHORE : Lahore is all set to host Pakistan Super League (PSL) knock out stage matches with full fervor and these matches will definitely prove to be good omen for the future of Pakistan cricket, this was stated by Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan in his statement on Friday. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan said Punjab govt made ...

SHARJAH: At least two Big Bash League (BBL) teams have shown interest in signing Lahore Qalandars’ fast bowling sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi for the tournament’s next season, sources informed Geo News on Friday. Afridi won appreciation from fans, fellow cricketers and experts after delivering a fiery spell of five wickets for just four runs in the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) ...

SHARJAH: A brilliant hundred by Kamran Akmal catapulted Peshawar Zalmi into the playoffs of the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL), leaving the fate of Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans hanging in the air. In today’s must-win game against Lahore Qalandars, Player-of-the-Match Kamran Akmal brought up the first century of this season off 59 balls to help his team chase ...

  SHARJAH: Islamabad United and Karachi Kings clash tonight in the last group match of the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Sharjah. With Peshawar Zalmi’s win over Karachi Kings on Thursday, and following victory over Quetta Gladiators last night, Islamabad United have confirmed their place as the top team on the points table, and will be playing ...