NELSON: A dramatic England collapse which saw five wickets fall for only 10 runs allowed New Zealand to snatch a 14-run victory in their Twenty20 international in Nelson Tuesday. It also put New Zealand 2-1 ahead in the series with two games to play. England were on track to overhaul New Zealand´s 180 when they reached 139 for two in ...

MUMBAI: India’s Davis Cup tie against Pakistan at Islamabad this month must be played at a neutral venue after the latest advice from the International Tennis Federation’s independent security advisors, the world governing body said on Monday. The Asia/Oceania Group I tie, originally scheduled for September 14-15 in Islamabad, was postponed by the ITF to November 29-30 following a security ...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti inaugurated Lahore School Sports 2019, the biggest school sports event of Lahore’s history, at a grand colourful opening ceremony at Punjab Stadium on Monday night. Vice-Chairman Sports Board Punjab Rao Zahid Qayyum, Secretary Sports Punjab Nadeem Mehboob, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, Director Admin Javed ...

HBL Pakistan Super League Player Draft pick order for the 2020 season was announced today following the first-round pick order reveal on Sunday. Chairman PCB Ehsan Mani, Chief Executive Officer Wasim Khan, owners and representatives of the HBL PSL franchises and representatives of the league partners HBL and Blitz Advertising gathered at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday to determine the ...

Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty has made history in beating defending champion Elina Svitolina at the $14 million WTA Finals. It wasn’t an easy victory, as Barty was tested further in the second set, but ran out the eventual winner 6-4, 6-3. Barty had won two of her round robin matches before the final, so she pocketed a cool $6.4 ...

World’s tallest cricketer Mohammad Irfan on Sunday also became the oldest fast bowler to play for Pakistan since Imran Khan, Times of India reported. Irfan, 37, appeared in the rain-marred first T20I against Australia in Sydney today when he conceded 31 runs in just two overs. Based on that performance though, it is unlikely though that he’d be able to ...

LAHORE (Nov 1, 2019): Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said that top level fitness and right techniques played key role in producing positive results in every sport. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Friday, stressed upon Punjab’s coaches and trainers to focus on fitness and sports techniques of players on the eve of ...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti, on Friday said that the upcoming Lahore School Sports event could prove to be a game changer for school-going young players. “It’s ideal platform for young male and female players to show their talent and I would like to request all parents to send their children for ...

Lahore: Rain played spoilsport on Sunday as the T20I series opener between Australia and Pakistan ended in no result. The first of the three T20Is was called-off just 3.1 overs into the second innings of the match. Chasing a 119-run target (DLS method), Australia were 41 for no loss in 3.1 overs before the rain interrupted the play. Earlier, Pakistan’s innings ...

Lahore: Mohammad Waqas will lead Pakistan U16 in a three-match one-day series against Bangladesh U16, which commences from Monday, 4 November. The one-dayers follows a two-match three-day series between the two teams, which Pakistan won 1-0 under Aliyan Mehmood’s captaincy. The three matches will be played at Rawalpindi’s KRL Stadium. Pakistan squad Mohammad Waqas (captain), Mohammad Shehzad (vice-captain), Abbas Ali, Ahmad ...