Graeme Smith, South Africa’s former captain, is in line to be their first director of cricket, a position created in the aftermath of their 2019 World Cup exit. Smith confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that he was interviewed by the board this week. Suspended interim director of cricket, Corrie van Zyl, and former national selector Hussein Manack were also interviewed for the ...

JOHANNESBURG: Wonder boy Mostafa Mohamed headed the goal that gave hosts Egypt a 1-0 win over Mali as an eight-nation African contest for three places at the Tokyo Olympics Games kicked off Friday. Later, Ghana snatched a late 1-1 draw with Cameroon in the second match of a Group A double-header at the 75,000-capacity Cairo International Stadium. Franck Evina, who ...

Brazil’s World Cup winning footballer Ricardo Kaka, who is currently in Pakistan for an exhibition tour, has admitted that one-off tours by global stars like himself would create a temporary buzz but won’t create a sustainable football culture where the Beautiful Game could grow. Kaka, who along with Luis Figo, Nicolas Anelka and Carles Puyol, landed in Karachi on Saturday, ...

Pakistan’s Asif wins IBSF World Snooker Championship title in Turkey Pakistan’s Mohammad Asif on Saturday won the IBSF World Snooker Championship (amateur), beating Jefrey Roda of Philippines 8-5 in the final. It was Asif’s second IBSF World title, having triumphed in the same competition in 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf had also won the IBSF World Snooker Championship ...

Pakistan’s top badminton player Mahoor Shehzad has qualified for the final of Pakistan International Series badminton tournament taking place in Islamabad. Mahoor, country’s top ranked shuttler, downed Neela Najeeb of Maldives for 21-18 and 21-11 to qualify for the final of the tournament. She will face Iran’s top seed Soraraya Aghaeihajiagha in the final. The Iranian player defeated Pakistan’s Palwasha ...