Mumbai:-Defending champions Mumbai Indians made heavy weather of the run chase but held their nerves in the end to beat table-toppers Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets and return to winning ways in the Indian Premier League match at the MCA stadium on Saturday night. Languishing at the bottom with only one win from six matches, Mumbai Indians restricted Chennai ...

BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal booked a place in the Barcelona Open final by breezing past David Goffin 6-4 6-0 on Saturday with his 18th successive claycourt win and 400th overall on the surface. World number one Nadal will meet Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s showpiece when he will target a record-extending 11th title in Barcelona a week after claiming the ...

Sarfraz Ahmed shakes hands with Kent captain at the toss. Photo: PCB CANTERBURY: Imam-ul-Haq top scored with 61 as Pakistan were bowled out for 168 on the first day of their tour opener against Kent at Canterbury on Saturday. Left-hander Imam, the 22-year-old nephew of chief selector and former Test batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq, resisted with 61 off 111 balls while Hasan ...

Lahore:- Pakistan Hockey Federation has named Mr Chaudhry Mohammad Riaz as the Chief Election Commissioner to conduct the forthcoming elections of the District Hockey Associations, followed by the elections of the Provincial Hockey Associations and finally that of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. The Chief Election Commissioner has announced the names of Election Commissioners and Members/Coordinators of Election Commission of the ...

By Nawaz Gohar ISLAMABAD: Second day of Chief of the Naval Staff Amateur Golf Cup ended today. On the second day of Golf Cup, 03 categories participated including final round of Senior Amateur, 2nd round of Amateur and Juniors. Second day of the event began with final round of Senior Amateur, 18 holes match for Juniors and 2nd round of ...

Lahore:-In the classification match for 5th-8th places at the Asian hockey qualifiers for the Youth Olympics in Bangkok, Thailand, Pakistan had a big 10-1 win over Hong Kong China. Murtaza Yaqoob: 3, Muhammad Waquas (captain): 3, Mohsin Khan: 2, Hammad Anjum and Zulqarnain  scored for Pakistan Pakistan now plays Japan in the 5th/6th position game on Sunday.

London:- Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur is hopeful that the time of the year will help them overcome the loss of legspinner Yasir Shah for the Tests against Ireland and England. Yasir has taken 89 wickets in the last two years – more than double Pakistan’s next most successful bowler in the period – but was ruled out of this tour ...

Delhi:- Fast bowler Junior Dala has replaced his injured South Africa team-mate Chris Morris at Delhi Daredevils for the rest of IPL 2018. Morris, who was the only overseas player to be retained by Daredevils, for INR 7.1 crore (USD 1 million approx.), has been sidelined with a back injury. Dala had set a base price of INR 20 lakh ...

It is the last over of the 2016 World T20 final. West Indies need an absurd, improbable, 19 runs to win. Carlos Brathwaite is on strike. In his entire T20 international career, he has only scored 25 runs before this innings. “I was numb,” he recalled later. “It was a state that I’ve only reached a couple times since. I ...

  LAHORE: Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for having ‘double standards’ and regretted not being selected for the upcoming Test series against England and Ireland. Speaking to media during the final of an inter-university T10 tournament on Saturday, the fast bowler said PCB has been playing a game of double standard by allowing only one player to ...