SYDNEY: Steve Smith and David Warner completed their return from the wilderness Tuesday when Australia recalled them to a 14-man T20 squad to play Sri Lanka and Pakistan with a firm eye on next year’s World Cup. The star batsmen were both banned for a year for their roles in a ball-tampering scandal but have returned to Australia’s Test, one-day ...

Saudi Arabia is to stage its first-ever international tennis tournament in a “watershed moment for the Kingdom”, the country´s top sports official said on Tuesday. Swiss three-time Grand Slam winner Stanislas Wawrinka and rising star Daniil Medvedev are two big names already signed up to appear in the eight-player December 12-14 hardcourt event. “Hosting world class international tennis in Saudi ...

Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s youth continue to display their extraordinary football talent in the Ufone Football Tournament, organized within the KPK province. Match winners from 6 out of 21 cities have already been announced while the remaining matches continue as per schedule. The first match was played in Lakki Marwat’s Kabir Khan Park where Carvaan FC and Registan FC faced each ...

Lahore Lions vs Bahawalpur Deers (Abbasiya Sports Complex, Rahim Yar Khan) Bahawalpur batting first posted a mamoth total of 208 runs in allotted 20 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. Rashid played another gem of an innings and remained unbeaten on 83* runs. Haroon scored brisk 60 off 35 balls. Muhammad Akram took 2 wickets. Lahore required 209 runs ...

Karachi: All-rounders, Bilawal Bhatti and Aamer Yamin shared seven second innings wickets to lead Southern Punjab to an emphatic innings and 129 runs win over Sindh on day four of the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy round four match at the UBL Sports Complex on Tuesday. Sindh resuming on 58 for three and needing another 204 runs to avoid an innings defeat were ...

Rawalpindi: Balochistan batsmen survived on the fourth and final day to earn a draw for their team in the first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match against Northern at the KRL Stadium on Tuesday. Needing 299 runs to win in a possible 76 overs, Balochistan finished on 183 for seven in 67 overs. Yasir Shah (14 not out) and Khurram Shahzad (zero not out) ...

Karachi: Central Punjab comfortably negotiated 50 overs in their second innings to ensure a draw against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the fourth and final day of the four day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy round four, first-class match at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Set a 319-run target, Central Punjab reached 129 for one in 50 overs when match was declared a draw at ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revealed the shortlist for September’s Allianz Athlete of the Month, and the public can now vote for the winner on www.paralympic.org. The nominations are: ALICE TAI, GBR, SWIMMING Tai the most successful athlete at the World Championships in London, Great Britain, winning all seven of her events, including one world record in the women’s ...

Lahore: Zain Abbas and Ahsan Ali hit centuries, while Sajid Khan and Suleman Shafqat took seven and five wicket hauls respectively on the first day of fifth round of three-day non-first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament on Tuesday. At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi, Sindh were bowled out for 355 runs in 78.2 overs in their first innings against Central Punjab. Opener Ahsan Ali ...

Lahore: For the first time in history, Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium will turn pink as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) joins hands with Pink Ribbon to create awareness about breast cancer. A ceremony will be held before the third T20I between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which will be attended by Pakistan President Dr Arif Alvi and PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani. The President ...