LEICESTER :– Pakistan test maestro Azhar Ali has assured that Mohammad Amir is completely fine after work is underway on the pacer’s knee injury. Azhar Ali said that Amir performed well against Ireland despite a bit of injury which testifies that he is fine now. Azhar Ali expressed his wish to see Amir play against England as leading paceman and ...

South Africa continued their 16-day domination at home by whitewashing Bangladesh 3-0 with a 23-run win in a rain-curtailed T20I in Bloemfontein. After the match was reduced to nine overs a side (three overs of Powerplay), South Africa defended their total of 64 with key contributions from fast bowlers Marizanne Kapp (2 for 8) and Ayabonga Khaka (3-10). Put in ...

London:-England batsman Jos Buttler says his recall for this week’s first Test against Pakistan at Lord’s “feels like another debut”. The 27-year-old, who played the last of his 18 Tests in December 2016 against India, has kept wicket before but has been picked as a specialist batsman. “It’s a fantastic surprise and an incredible opportunity,” he said. “Any time you ...

She makes all the right decisions in life, Virat Kohli has said about Anushka Sharma Skipper Virat Kohli calls the shots on the field with his cricket team, but when it comes to decisions off the field, his wife Anushka Sharma is the ‘captain’. In a video going viral on social media, Kohli was asked by an interviewer who is ...

LAHORE: Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan has said that overwhelming success of recently-staged Punjab Open Inter-Division Boxing Championship showed that Punjab has plenty of boxing talent; he expressed these views in a statement on Monday. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan said that Punjab Open Inter-Division Boxing Championship provided sufficient opportunity to boxers of far-flung and remote areas to ...

Karachi:-Off Spinner M.Ilyas  was on song with a four-wicket haul as Tapal Cricket Club beat Omer Colts in 31st Aga Khan Gymkhana  AKG Ramazan Festival T-20 cricket tournament in Group “B” fixture here on Sunday at AKG Ground. The Off Spiner grabbed four wickets conceding mere 22 runs in four overs to restricted  Omer Colts on 111 with loss of ...

KARACHI: A good all-round show from Hassan Sardar guided Qasmi CC to a five-wicket victory against Soni Associates  in the 31st Aga Khan Gymkhana T-20 Ramazan Cricket Tournament 2018 here on Saturday. Hassan, who was declared man-of-the-match in the Group ‘C’ tie at the AKG Ground , first claimed three wickets for 21 runs with his right arm leg spin ...

KARACHI:  Former Champions Dollar East took a step forward for the place in knock out stage of the 5th Naya Nazimabad Ramadan Cup T20 Cricket Tournament when they beat Pakistan Customs by 25 runs on Saturday night.         All-rounder Sohail Akhtar starred in their team’s victory with an attacking batting and bowling performance. Sohail smashed four sixes ...

Elina Svitolina underlined her status as a top favourite for the French Open by sweeping Simona Halep aside 6-0, 6-4 to successfully defend her Italian Open crown on Sunday. In a repeat of last year’s final at the Foro Italico, Ukrainian Svitolina, seeded fourth, was up against Halep a day after the Romanian top seed had ousted Russian Maria Sharapova. ...

The Indian women’s hockey team failed in a bid to defend it’s Asian Champions Trophy title, narrowly going down to hosts South Korea 0-1 in the final at the Sunrise Stadium on Sunday. Youngsil Lee scored the only goal of the match in the 24th minute following which the South Koreans showcased a brilliant defensive game to keep the Indians ...