Phil Simmons will step down as Afghanistan coach after the World Cup. The former West Indies opener, who was appointed to the position in December 2017, said the time is right for him to move on as the target he was given – of helping Afghanistan reach the World Cup – has been achieved. Simmons is understood to have communicated ...

LONDON: Manchester City crushed Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final on Saturday to become the first team to win the English treble of league championship and both domestic cups in the most emphatic way imaginable. The victory matched the competition’s record final win — set when Bury beat Derby County 116 years ago — and was the perfect end ...

KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) won the seventh edition of Corporate T20 Cup beating favourites Omar Associates by 41 runs in the final at the DHA Moin Khan Acadamy on Saturday. Trailing at 16/3, SSGC turned things thanks to Ahmed Shahzad and Khushdil Shah after being put into bat first by Omar Associates. Shahzad smashed five sixes and four ...

LEEDS: Chris Woakes took five wickets as England beat Pakistan by 54 runs to win the fifth one-day international (ODI) match at Headingley on Sunday. Victory, in their final match before the World Cup hosts and favourites name their tournament squad on Tuesday, saw England to a 4-0 series win after the first match was washed out. Woakes took three ...

LAHORE: Former sports editor of Pakistan Today, Agha Akbar, passed on Sunday in Lahore after a prolonged illness. He had a liver transplant a few months ago but due to post-operation complications, he never recovered fully. He was associated with The Nation newspaper before joining Pakistan Today where he worked as the editor of the sports and magazine sections. He later ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has scheduled a fresh round of talks with officials from Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board after the World Cup to discuss the resumption of international cricket in the country. The board is also set to officially discuss Sri Lanka’s and Bangladesh’s scheduled visits to the country as per the FTP. The discussions between ...

NOTTINGHAM: Tom Curran played an important knock towards the end of the England innings which secured the team’s win against Pakistan in the fourth ODI. Curran batting at No 8 scored 31 from 30 balls which was part of a 61-run partnership with Ben Stokes at a time when it seemed the match had slipped away from England. Tom Curran, ...

ََLahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced a revised schedule of Pakistan U19 cricket team’s tour to Sri Lanka, which will now comprise five 50-over matches against Sri Lanka U19 in Hambantota from 26 May to 5 June. The tour was originally planned from 6 to 20 May, comprising two four-day matches and three 50-over matches. However, the series was postponed ...