NEW DELHI: India has once again made clear its stance that, for the time being, there will be no bilateral cricket series between the two countries, even at neutral venues. According to a report in the Indian media, Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj indicated the government’s stance at a meeting of the consultative committee attached to the ministry ...

Pakistan Hockey Federation has called the following 31 junior players to report on the 4th of January at the Abdul Sattar Edhi hockey stadium in Karachi. World Cup winner Kamran Ashraf is the commandant of this camp for the National Junior Probables. PAKISTAN JUNIORS HOCKEY TEAM CAMP PROBABLES SNO NAME POSITION 1 WAQAR ALI GK 2 AKMAL HUSSAIN GK 3 ...

ABU DHABI: Kevin Anderson won the 10th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship on Saturday, joining a roll of honour that includes Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray as its only previous winners. The South African world number 14 was in imperious form once again, beating Spain´s world number 20 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 7-6 (7/0) in the ...

It was difficult to envisage two teams of almost similar pedigree, playing the final of the 64th National Championships at Sukkur’s Peoples Hockey Stadium. Both National Bank of Pakistan and WAPDA had been the past winners of the national title four times. On paper as well, they are well matched sides with a number of internationals. In the 2016 edition, ...

Navy had reached the semifinal of the National Championships after more than half a century. Finally their run at the 64th National Hockey Championships at Peoples Hockey Stadium, Sukkur, came to an end. Last year’s runners up National Bank of Pakistan had the better of the plucky sailors by two goals to nil. Abubakr and Hafiz Rizwan were the scorers ...

A New Zealand XI team will face Pakistan in a 50 over warm-up match at Saxton Oval in Nelson on Wednesday 3 January. Pakistan will play five ODIs and three T20Is against the New Zealand, with the first match at the Basin Reserve on January 6. New Zealand XI line up Fraser Colson (c) – Wellington James Baker – Northern ...

The 60th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (QeA), Pakistan’s premier first-class tournament, ended last week, with Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) winning the event for the fourth time after defeating WAPDA by 103 runs in the final at National Stadium Karachi. The tournament was largely in the news for the wrong reasons. From picking players through a draft to the ...

KARACHI: All six Pakistan Super League franchises completed their extended squad of 21 players after confirming their final picks from emerging categories and respective talent hunt programs on Friday. The PSL franchises, via a teleconference, confirmed their picks to PSL’s management. Most of the players included in the teams’ extended squads are from the emerging category. Shan Masood (picked by ...

NELSON: Debutant Seth Rance sparked a West Indies batting meltdown as New Zealand cruised to a 47-run victory in the opening Twenty20 match at Saxton Oval in Nelson on Friday. Rance took two wickets in successive balls in his second over, including the prized scalp of Chris Gayle, to set the tourists on a downward spiral that ended in the ...