SAINT-DENIS: France must wait to claim a place at Euro 2020 after the world champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Turkey in a high-octane qualifying game on Monday. Turkey’s Kaan Ayhan equalised eight minutes from time after France substitute Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 76th as the visitors stayed top of Group H with ...

A delegation of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will be visiting Pakistan in the next few days in order to monitor security arrangements ahead of their women’s and Under-16 teams’ scheduled tours. The BCB delegation, according to a source close to the matter, will monitor security plans in Lahore and Rawalpindi. The BCB had talked about sending its delegation by ...

Faisalabad: Umar Amin’s half-century and a quickfire 44 not out from Asif Ali helped Northern to a comfortable win over Southern Punjab in the third match of the ongoing National T20 Cup at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. Set 136 runs to win, Northern chased down the target in 19 overs at the loss of five wickets. Northern dealt early blows earlier in ...

Faisalabad: An all-round performance from Amad Butt and blistering knocks from Awais Zia and Bismillah Khan helped Balochistan to a 52-run win over Sindh at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium in the fourth match of the National T20 Cup. After being put into bat, Balochistan set a mammoth total of 233 for six in 20 overs. Awais struck five fours and seven sixes ...

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia said on Tuesday it would top up the prize money for the Aussie women’s team for the T20 World Cup next year to ensure parity with the men’s winnings. The International Cricket Council on Monday announced a 320 percent boost in prize money for 2020 women’s competition, with the winners taking home $1 million and the runners ...

DOHA/KARACHI: Pakistan’s champion wrestler Inam Butt added another feather to his cap on Monday when he bagged gold at the World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar. Inam, 30, remained undefeated throughout the day in 90kg weight category of wrestling competition to outclass all his opponents. In the final bout, Inam was once 0-2 down against Georgian Dato Marsagishvili but things ...

Hong Kong: Natixis HKFC saw off the challenge of SCAA First Pacific Causeway Bay on Saturday, 25-7, to claim sole share of fourth place in the Premiership rankings. The top three emerged unscathed after table leaders Societe Generale Valley beat Bloomberg HK Scottish Kukris 52-5, Gai Wu Falcons blanked Transact 24 Tai Po Dragons 44-0, and Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) announces the appointment of former West Indies player, Phil Simmons as the Head Coach of the West Indies Senior Men’s Team for a period of four years, as well as the appointment of three new selection panels. Phil Simmons was confirmed as the Head Coach during a meeting of the CWI Board ...

Lahore: The involvement and participation of Pakistani women in mainstream cricket continues to increase as four women have registered for a three-day ACC Level 1 Women Coaching Course, which will be held in Lahore from 17 to 19 October. Women registered for the first step in future coaching roles include Abbottabad’s Atika Sabir Khan, Lahore’s Fareeha Mahmood, Shehla Bibi from Wah ...