EDINBURGH: Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed’s career-best 89 not out helped Pakistan defeat Scotland by 49 runs in the first of the two T20Is in Edinburgh on Tuesday. Pakistan started on an aggressive note after winning the toss and opting to bat against Scotland. Opener Ahmed Shehzad was caught in the deep for 14 off 12 balls, as Pakistan lost first wicket ...

Former world heavyweight champion David Haye has retired from boxing. The 37-year-old lost his last fight in May, a heavyweight rematch against fellow Briton Tony Bellew, after losing the first contest in March 2017. Haye is also a former cruiserweight world champion and ends his career with a record of four defeats in 32 fights. He said he was “ready ...

Marcus Rashford suffered a slight injury in England’s final training session before the squad flew out to Russia and is Gareth Southgate’s only fitness concern before the opening match against Tunisia on Monday. The England manager confirmed the news after the squad arrived in St Petersburg on Tuesday afternoon, describing it as a “slight knock”. The Manchester United forward will ...

Lahore:-A meeting of the Pakistan Super League Governing Council comprising representatives of PCB and all PSL franchises was held here today at the National Cricket Academy.  Chairman PCB Mr. Najam Aziz Sethi presiding over the meeting. A number of matters were discussed during the meeting. The Governing Council expressed its concerns over a newly announced T20 league taking place in ...

FIFA members will decide on Wednesday whether the 2026 World Cup should be played in North America or return to Africa for just the second time, in Morocco. The choice is clear — between a slick bid based on gleaming stadiums in the United States, Mexico and Canada or an ambitious attempt from Morocco based on as-yet largely unbuilt facilities. ...

DHAKA: Bangladesh showered its women cricketers with cash rewards Tuesday for their upset triumph over India in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament. The women´s team defeated six-times champions India by three wickets in Sunday´s final in Kuala Lumpur to claim their maiden title. Bangladesh became the first side ever to beat India in the group phase of the tournament before ...

MOSCOW: Reigning champions Germany are set to arrive in Russia on Tuesday to join the World Cup party as Belgium downplayed an injury scare over star player Eden Hazard in their final warm-up match. Gareth Southgate’s youthful England team are also due to touch down as anticipation mounts ahead of Thursday’s opening fixture in Moscow between host nation Russia and ...

MOSCOW: Moscow authorities are pleading with locals not to drive in the runup to Thursday´s World Cup opening match to avoid causing gridlock in the city. The Russian capital of 12 million people is creaking at the seams as it starts receiving hundreds of thousands visitors for the month-long football final. Fans from the 32 participating nations will almost all ...

Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy is thrilled to have Steve Smith on his team for the inaugural Global T20 Canada league even though the disgraced Australian is banned from playing for his own country following a ball-tampering scandal. Smith´s career was thrown into turmoil in March for his role in the incident that took place in South Africa and ...

Essex captain Ryan ten Doeschate has been suspended for their next two games by the England and Wales Cricket Board after repeated disciplinary breaches. The 37-year-old’s latest incident came in this week’s win over Lancashire. The Netherlands international breached Level 1 of the ECB’s directives. It relates to “wilfully mistreating any part of a cricket ground, equipment or implements used ...