The Pakistan Cricket Board has named 18 probables for the fitness test camp ahead of Pakistan’s tour to New Zealand for ODI and T20I series. A statement from PCB said that players will undergo fitness tests on 23rd of December in Lahore. However, two of 18 players, Mohammad Hafeez and Azhar Ali have already appeared for fitness tests and they ...

LAHORE: Punjab teams’ training camps for the preparation of Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games are under progress at several venues on Wednesday. The second edition of Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games being organised at Islamabad from December 25-29, 2017. It’s worth mentioning that Punjab teams’ training camps are under progress at several venues in Lahore under the directives of Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir ...

Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli announced her professional comeback after a four-year absence in a video posted to her Instagram account on Tuesday. The 33-year-old retired immediately after winning the 2013 Wimbledon title, fulfilling a lifelong ambition. “It’s going to be a huge challenge, I still have a lot of practice ahead of me,” she said. “I’m really looking forward ...

SYDNEY: Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has been cleared of a major foot injury, but remains in doubt for the Boxing Day Test, reports said Wednesday. Scans confirmed he only has a bruised heel after he was seen hobbling on crutches as he left Perth after Australia claimed the Ashes by beating England by an innings and 41 runs in ...

WHANGAREI: New Zealand cruised to a five-wicket win over the West Indies in the first one-day international on Wednesday as the tourists´ batting line-up failed to perform. The return of Chris Gayle could not spark the West Indies, with the short-form master managing only 22 as his team struggled to 248-9 after losing the toss and being sent in to ...

In the second round of Pakistan Open Mens’ Squash Championship, top seed Marwan El Shorbagy of Egypt reached the last eight by winning his match against Malaysian Mohammad Syafiq Kamal in straight  games with the game score 11/8, 11/7 and 11/9. Two Pakistani players Farhan Zaman and Ahsan Ayaz could not get to the next round after losing their matches. ...

Top seed Annie Au, Rachael Gringham, Rowan Elaraby and Sivasangari Subramaniam defeated their opponents to book their place in the semi finals of CAS International Women Squash Championship being played at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad. In the first quarter final, top seed Annie Au brushed aside Hana Moataz  (Egy) in a one sided match (11/2, 11/2, 11/8 ) which lasted ...

Barcelona star Lionel Messi has added even more trophies to his massive collection after receiving two awards from Spanish sports newspaper Marca on Monday. The Argentine, following the Catalan giants’ 4-0 victory over Deportivo on Sunday, was pictured celebrating with the Pichichi award and the Alfredo Di Stefano award at a ceremony in Barcelona. The Pichichi trophy, named after the ...

WHANGAREI (New Zealand): The West Indies will hope short-form master Chris Gayle can inspire a misfiring batting line-up in the One-day International series against New Zealand starting on Wednesday. The tourists meekly surrendered with the bat as they slumped to a 2-0 Test series whitewash against the Black Caps, and need a major improvement in the three ODI games. Gayle, ...

KARACHI: Uncertainty over next year’s Asia Cup host will continue as the ACC meeting in Dubai could not decide on the fate of the tournament in India. There were reports that BCCI could lose hosting rights of next year’s Asia Cup if it refuses to host Pakistan. Some reports had even suggested that India is going to withdraw from hosting the tournament. Sources ...