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 ...

Karachi: Pakistan socca football team, which has been placed in Group ‘H’, lost its first game of the 2nd Socca World Cup to Slovenia in Crete, Greece on Monday. According to the information made available here, A. Malivojevic put Slovenia 1-0 up in the 6th minute of the game while J. Kandare doubled the lead in 12th minute to make ...

Karachi: Zeeshan Ashraf’s unbeaten 127 stole the show as Southern Punjab registered a convincing seven wicket win against Northern, while Sindh beat Balochistan by five wickets in the National T20 2nd XI tournament at the National Stadium, Karachi on Monday. Southern Punjab recorded a thumping seven wicket win courtesy Zeeshan’s blazing innings. The left-handed opener smashed nine sixes and 11 fours in ...

PARIS- Roger Federer announced Monday he will compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics in a bid to win the men’s singles gold medal, the only major prize he has yet to obtain. “I’ve been debating with my team for a few weeks now, months actually, what I should do in the summer time (of 2020) after Wimbledon and before the ...

DUBAI- Zimbabwe was readmitted as an International Cricket Council member by cricket chiefs on Monday after a three-month suspension over political interference. An ICC statement said the move was made following a meeting in Dubai involving the Zimbabwe Cricket chairman and sports minister. “I would like to thank the Zimbabwe sports minister for her commitment to the reinstatement of Zimbabwe ...

Daniil Medvedev won his fourth title of a spectacular year with a thumping 6-4, 6-1 victory over Alexander Zverev in the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday. Victory for the 23-year-old Russian, contesting a sixth final in a row, was more evidence that he is the prime contender to join the “Big Three” of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. ...

Teenage prodigy Coco Gauff won her first WTA title on Sunday following a 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 win over Jelena Ostapenko in the final in Linz that saw her hold her first trophy aloft aged 15. Gauff, who only entered the field as a lucky loser after failing to qualify, completed a dream week in Linz in front of a supportive ...

Australian Mitch Marsh was nervously waiting Monday to see how badly he has hurt his bowling hand after punching a dressing room wall in frustration during a weekend Sheffield Shield game. The Western Australia all-rounder, who was recalled to the Test side for the final game of the Ashes against England last month, was on his way to a big ...

Faisalabad: Sindh secured a thrilling win over Central Punjab by chasing down a 189-run target on the penultimate ball in the second fixture of the National T20 Cup at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. With a 42-ball 50, Khurram Manzoor provided a firm start to Sindh’s run-chase. But with the fall of the right-handed batsman’s wicket on the fourth ball of the 12th over, ...

Karachi: Balochistan players Mohammad Junaid and Akhtar Shah have been fined 50 percent of their match fee for level 2 offences relating to personal abuse of a player, player support personnel, umpire or match referee during a match in their team’s National U19 three-day match against Northern at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot The incidents happened last Tuesday, Junaid, captain of the Balochistan side, was ...