Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi on Wednesday lauded Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar for his surprise visits to state-run facilities but urged him to visit the lower courts as well to “fix the black sheep” within. In a tweet posted earlier today, the all-rounder commended the CJP for serving humanity and called on him to take out time to visit ...

LONDON: Australia great Ricky Ponting will join the backroom staff of head coach Justin Langer during the team´s tour of England. Former Australia captain Ponting, one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation, was already due to be in Britain to commentate on the five-match one-day international series against 2019 World Cup hosts England that starts on June 13 and ...

PARIS: Garbine Muguruza roared into the French Open semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-1 demolition job of Maria Sharapova on Wednesday. The predicted battle royal between the two former champions never materialised on a muggy Court Philippe Chatrier as Spaniard Muguruza dominated from start to finish. Sharapova looked nervous from the beginning and was never allowed to settle as Muguruza posted ...

Novak Djokovic is out of the French Open after Italy’s Marco Cecchinato beat him to reach the semi-finals in a huge shock in Paris. Djokovic, 31, saved three match points and missed three set points before the world number 72 finally won 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 1-6 7-6 (13-11). Cecchinato, 25, had never won a main-draw match at a Grand Slam ...

Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius, whose two major blunders helped Real Madrid win the Champions League final, suffered a concussion during the match which could have affected his performance, US doctors said on Monday. Karius was blamed for two of the Spanish side’s goals in Real’s 3-1 victory in Kiev on May 26 and Liverpool sent the German to see specialists ...

Scottish superbike rider Adam Lyon was killed in a crash during the Supersport 1 competition at the Isle of Man TT races, organisers said on Monday. The 26-year-old was making his debut in the race and crashed after the 28th mile of the course on the third lap. “ACU Events Ltd wishes to pass on their deepest sympathy to Adam’s ...

LEEDS: England´s Jos Buttler is running the risk of action by world cricket´s governing body as a result of the crude words he writes on the top of every one of his bat handles. Buttler produced a man-of-the-match innings of 80 not out as England beat Pakistan by an innings and 55 runs inside three days at Headingley on Sunday ...

All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has been given a clean chit after his outburst against the ICC’s process of calling suspect bowling actions landed him in hot waters. The veteran cricketer, who was served a show-cause notice by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) last month after he criticised the cricket governing body for its rules related to reporting suspect bowling actions, was ...

Iran will play their first match on 15 June against Morocco at Saint Petersburg Stadium Nine days ahead of the opening match of FIFA World Cup Russia, Iran became the first team to arrive in Russia as they touched down today at 20:26 local time at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport. “Being in Russia is a dream come true for Iranian ...

KARACHI: A brilliant contribution of 37 from  Kashif Iqbal and equally excellent bowling by Yasir Hussain  and Touheed Khan enabled Agha Steel seal a 21-run victory over Soni Associates in the 31st Aga Khan Ramazan T20 Cricket Tournament tie at the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ground here on Monday .  Agha Steel’s second success win in Group ‘C’ with 4 points ...