LONDON:Essex won the Bob Willis Trophy after a five-day draw against Somerset ended in their favour thanks to their superior first-inning run total at Lord s. Reigning county champions Essex extended their red-ball dominance after edging the first in what could be a new tradition of first-class season deciders for English counties. Somerset declared early on the final day on ...

Islamabad: President of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Brigadier (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokhar met Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan today. The decision has been taken to install blue turf of hockey in Azad Kashmir. They aimed to bring hockey with full swing in the region too. Meanwhile, PM Azad Kashmir assured full support to Hockey Federation. President PHF ...

paris:Former world number one Victoria Azarenka reached the French Open second round Sunday .The 31-year-old 10th seed eased past Danka Kovinic, the world number 74 from Montenegro, 6-1, 6-2. In anohter match top seed Simona Halep of Romania celebrated her 29th birthday in style with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in the first round of Roland ...

Lahore: The consortium of Tower Sports and SportzWorkz has been awarded production rights for the National T20 Cup, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and the Pakistan-Zimbabwe limited overs series, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced today. The rights were awarded following an RFP process that involved PCB’s pre-qualified production partners. Tower Sports and SportzWorkz produced the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 and now enter ...

Multan: Central Punjab and Sindh will be hoping for change of fortunes when the razzmatazz of the T20 version commences on 30 September in Multan, the City of Saints, with the PKR9million National T20 Cup First XI tournament. Despite carrying star-studded line-ups in the last edition of the tournament, the two teams made early exits from Faisalabad, failing to reach ...

PESHAWAR, Sept. 26 Zubair Ullah of Peshawar grabbed 100m gold medal while Zainab Noor lifted double gold medals 100m and 200m races Men and Women Wheelchair Races in the ongoing 28th National Games of Persons with Different Abilities being continued here at Peshawar Sports Complex on Saturday. Zubair Ullah of Peshawar recorded a stunning run with his wheelchair by crossing ...