Australia 226 for 3 (Lanning 133*, Mooney 54) beat England 133 for 9 (Winfield 33, Schutt 3-25) by 93 runs Not content to have retained the Ashes, Australia captain Meg Lanning ground England into the dirt with a record-breaking knock before her bowlers ensured their opponents stayed down, consigning them to their worst-ever T20 International defeat, with two more matches ...

Wimbledon champion and world number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next month’s US Open hardcourt tuneup event in Montreal, saying he needs more rest after capturing his 16th Grand Slam singles crown. The 32-year-old Serbian, who outlasted Roger Federer in an epic All-England Club final earlier this month, was joined by Argentina’s 12th-ranked Juan Martin Del Potro in pulling ...

England announced the much anticipated 14-man squad for the first Ashes Test against Australia, starting on August 1 at Edgbaston. Joe Root will lead the squad with biggest highlight being the reappointment of Ben Stokes as Test vice-captain. Also, Barbadian-born fast bowler Jofra Archer was named in the Test squad for the first time. Recently, Ben Stokes led England to ...

KARACHI: Aiming to raise voice for Pakistan’s neglected national sport, hockey, renowned film star Mehwish Hayat on Friday evening paid a surprise visit to the Abdul Sattar Hockey Stadium to witness the ongoing matches of the National Hockey Championship. Mehwish arrived at the stadium with her brother, surprising everyone, including players and tournament officials. The ‘Gangster Guriya’ of the film ...

The Indian Tennis Federation (ITF) has taken a positive step forward by agreeing to visit Pakistan for the David Cup tie. The ITF has sent the final list of players who will participate in the matches against Pakistan. ‘Special to play Davis Cup in Pakistan’, says India’s top player The list comprises of 14 individuals which includes former ITF president ...

Shoaib Akhtar says young breed of Pakistani fast-bowlers only want to play Twenty20 cricket, and do not even want to play one-day internationals.—Photo courtesy: Shoaib Akhtar/Youtube Former Pakistan fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar has questioned the retirement of paceman Mohammad Amir from Test cricket, asking if Wahab Riaz and Hasan Ali will also follow soon in his footsteps. In a video posted ...