PORT ELIZABETH: India´s first ever one-day international series victory in South Africa has laid a strong platform for the country´s hopes of a successful 2019 World Cup campaign, captain Virat Kohli said. “We are a team that always wants to think of ways we can improve and after this tour we will look be to even stronger with the 2019 ...

GANGNEUNG, South Korea:  Dangerous winds played havoc with the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Wednesday, forcing the postponement of two medal events and closing a major area for spectators who were told to stay indoors. The women’s slalom skiing and a women’s biathlon race were both postponed until later in the week, while the Nordic combined competition was delayed and snowboarders ...

Danyal Rasool There’s not much in cricket Virat Kohli doesn’t know about. The Indian captain could yet go down as his country’s greatest batsman, having met most of the requirements already. He has won a World Cup and a Champions Trophy, is on course to beat Sachin Tendulkar’s mark of 49 ODI centuries, and still has about half a career ...

KARACHI: – Middle-order batsman Fawad Alam awaits selectors’ attention despite performing up to par in domestic cricket. Selectors’ continued inattention towards a capable middle-order wicket-saver has raised quite a few eyebrows. Cricket pundits have expressed concern over his non-selection in the team despite chief selector Inzimam-ul-Haq’s vow that there is no other criteria of selection other than merit.

Lahore:– Pakistan has managed to retain seventh position in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) test ranking. According to the ranking, India stands at the top of the list while South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Bangladesh bagged second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth positions respectively.

PYEONGCHANG: Japanese short track speed skater Kei Saito failed an out-of-competition doping test on the day of his arrival in Pyeongchang and has been expelled from the Winter Olympics, Japan team officials said on Tuesday. Saito, a reserve athlete who had not yet competed in South Korea, was provisionally suspended after testing positive for masking agent acetalozamide and a final ...

DOHA: Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova suffered a shock defeat in the first round of the Qatar Open on Monday, dumped out in three sets by outsider Monica Niculescu. The Romanian, ranked number 92 in the world, 51 places behind the Russian, won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. In a match lasting more than two and a half hours, Sharapova hit ...

WELLINGTON: Trent Boult grabbed two wickets on successive balls to help New Zealand to a 12-run win over England in their Twenty20 tri-series match at Wellington Regional Stadium on Tuesday. Left-arm seamer Boult bowled Chris Jordan and then Liam Plunkett on the final two deliveries of the 18th over to reduce the visitors to 168 for eight in their pursuit ...

Umar Akmal, Fakhar Zaman and other players at Data Darbar in Lahore  LAHORE: Seeking divine inspiration ahead of the upcoming Pakistan Super League edition, Lahore Qalandars players visited the shrine of renowned Sufi scholar Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh on Tuesday. Yasir Shah, Umar Akmal, Fakhar Zaman along with other members of the squad paid their respects at the shrine, popularly ...

 KARACHI: Lahore Qalandars on Tuesday signed a new sponsorship deal with Bank of Punjab (BoP) ahead of the third season of Pakistan Super League (PSL). The sponsorship signing ceremony was held in Lahore during which Rana Fawad, chairman of Lahore Qalandars and Taimoor Afzal, group chairman Bank of Punjab, inked the deal. According to the deal, BoP will be Qalandars’ ...