MADRID: Lionel Messi has sustained a strain in his left thigh, Barcelona confirmed on Wednesday. Messi was substituted at half-time of Barca´s 2-1 win over Villarreal on Tuesday in what was the striker´s first start of the season. He had previously been out with a calf injury sustained on August 5 and Barcelona have not indicated when they expect their ...

Pakistani paceman Faheem Ashraf on Wednesday broke into the ICC’s top 10 T20I ranking for bowlers, becoming the third Pakistani bowler to be currently on the list. Faheem Ashraf joined compatriots Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan, who currently stand on second and third position respectively. Simultaneously, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb ur Rahman also made it to the list of T20I bowling elites. ...

The selection committee of Pakistan Blind Cricket Council headed by Muhammad Bilal Satti (Chairman Selection Committee) and comprising Masood Jan and Ibrar Shah (members) selected following 15 players for Pakistan Blind Cricket Team for the series vs England. Pakistan and England will lock horns in U.A.E for a series of six (6) T-20 Internationals to be played during 10th to ...

LAHORE: Captain Bismah Maroof’s unbeaten 72-ball 55 and Syeda Aroob Shah’s six wickets for 41 runs secured a berth in the final for PCB Challengers as they beat PCB Dynamites by six wickets in the final league match of the ongoing National Triangular One-Day Women Cricket Championship 2019 at the Lahore Gymkhana Ground. PCB Challengers, who play PCB Blasters in ...

Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in Karachi on Tuesday evening to play a series of three ODIs and three T20Is against Pakistan. The visitors were welcomed at the airport by Director International Cricket Operations, Zakir Khan, and other officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board.  The visiting players were taken to a state lounge after disembarking the aircraft. Officials of Sri ...

In its bid to bring international cricket back to Pakistan, the PCB has been spending substantially on players and boards over the years. Whenever international or PSL games have been played in the country since 2015, the PCB has spent millions of dollars to make some headway towards changing perceptions of visiting teams. Now, though, the PCB chairman Ehsan Mani ...

Lahore:The President Pakistan Hockey Federation, Brig. (Retd) Muhammad Khalid Sajjad Khokhar has appointed former great Olympian Muhammad Shahnaz Sheikh as official Spokesperson of Pakistan Hockey Federation. Shahnaz Sheikh played between 1969 and 1978. He was capped 68 times and scored 45 goals for the Pakistan National Hockey Team. He won Silver medal in 1972 and Bronze in 1976 Olympics. Shahnaz ...

Lahore:The second phase of training camp of national senior probables preparing for participation in the Olympic Qualifier to be held in Amsterdam on 26th & 27th October 2019 will be established at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore on 25th September 2019. Following probable players are directed to report to Khawaja Muhammad Junaid, Head Coach/Camp Commandant at National Hockey Stadium Lahore on ...

Karachi: The 5thChief of the Naval Staff Open Shooting Championship 2019 commenced today at Pakistan Navy Shooting Range, PNS BAHADUR at Karachi. Almost 400 shooters from all over Pakistan are participating in the week long Championship. During the championship, a total of 24 events will be contested in Pistol, Rifle and Shotgun categories for Men, Women and Youth on different ...

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk missed out on the top prize. It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the world’s best, after wins in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The 32-year-old Argentine helped Barcelona win La Liga ...