ICC chief executive David Richardson(file photo) LONDON: The International Cricket Council will review its punishment for ball-tampering in light of the Australia cheating scandal, and warned the game is in danger unless decisive action is taken. Cricket Australia has banned captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner from international and domestic cricket for a year while opening batsman Cameron Bancroft ...

JOHANNESBURG: Darren Lehmann, coach of the scandal-tainted Australia cricket team, said Thursday he would quit after the fourth and final Test of a series in South Africa. “This will be my last Test as head coach of the Australian cricket team,” Lehmann told a press conference on the eve of the match. “Saying goodbye to the players was the toughest ...

Islamabad:-Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Executive Board meeting was held at PMDC Office Islamabad on 29th March 2018.  Meeting was chaired by the President PHF Brig. (Retd) Muhammad Khalid S. Khokhar and attended by Secretary PHF, All Provincial Secretaries, Ms. Khushbakht Shujat Chairperson PHF Women’s Wing, Mr. Muhammad Saeed Khan Vice-President PHF, Brig. Ghulam Jilani Director Army Sports Directorate & Technocrats ...

LAHORE: The national hockey camp for the Youth Olympics qualifiers, originally scheduled to be held in Islamabad and Rawalpindi will now be conducted at the Abdul Sattar Edhi hockey stadium in Karachi from 1st of April. “The change has been necessitated due to the traveling distance involved between players’ accommodation in Islamabad and the training venue, Shahnaz Sheikh hockey stadium ...

A record-breaking fifty by Javeria Khan helped Pakistan Women clinch a thrilling win in the first T20 international against Sri Lanka Women in Colombo on Wednesday. Pakistan chased down Sri Lanka’s total of 129 to register their highest chase in the shortest format of the game. Javeria Khan smashed the fastest T20I fifty by a Pakistani woman, scoring 52 off ...

LAHORE: West Indies Cricket Board on Wednesday delayed the announcement of its squad for its tour to Pakistan due to unavailability of its key players. According to reports, all-rounder Jason Holder withdrew his name from the series. As many as five players are expected to debut for the visiting side in the t20I series against Pakistan scheduled from April 1-3 in Karachi. ...

By.Asghar Ali Mubarak): ISLAMABAD, The High Commissioner of Australia to Pakistan H.E.Margaret Adamson while hosting a reception for Pakistan’s contingent heading to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018), said it was the biggest sporting event which had ever staged in Australia this decade. More than 6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 countries and territories would compete in 18 ...

Cape town:Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft will leave South Africa on Wednesday in the wake of their pre-meditated plan to tamper with the ball on the third day of the Cape Town Test against South Africa. Australia have named Matt Renshaw, Glenn Maxwell and Joe Burns as replacements for the fourth Test in Johannesburg. Australia coach Darren Lehmann ...

MADRID: World number two Rafa Nadal has been named in Spain’s squad for their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final against Germany in Valencia next month. The 31-year-old has not played in the competition since helping five-time winners Spain return to the top tier of world tennis with victory in India in 2016. Nadal was named in captain Sergi Bruguera’s team ...

LAHORE: Misbah-ul-Haq, the captain of the two-time Pakistan Super League (PSL) champions Islamabad United, has expressed great pride at Asif Ali’s selection in the national squad for the T20 home series against West Indies. The former Pakistan captain, speaking to reporters at a sports event earlier today, said the national team has long needed power-hitters and that he is confident ...