MALAGA (Spain) – Izan Almansa may have come up one step short of his ultimate dream of winning the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 title, but the Spanish big man was named TISSOT Most Valuable Player after helping the host team make history by reaching the Final. Almansa collected 9 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals as he and ...

MALAGA (Spain) – The USA remains atop the youth basketball world as they defeated Spain 79-67 to capture the title at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 – even though the home side really put up a strong challenge. Jeremy Fears poured in 17 points as the Americans’ leading scorer while Ron Holland scored 13 points and Cooper Flagg added 10 ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel has named Romario Shepherd in the 13-member squad to face Bangladesh in the three-match CG United One-Day International (ODI) Series. Shepherd was originally a reserve but will now replace Keemo Paul, who tested positive for COVID-19 and is therefore unavailable. Odean Smith has been added as the reserve.   Shepherd bowled well in the recent ...

  SINGAPORE – Australia’s men and China’s women won the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2022, which took place in the footsteps of Singapore’s iconic Marina Bay Sands on July 6-10. Australia completed a three-peat after defeating New Zealand 21-17 in a thriller of a final. Sharpshooter Andrew Steel had ice in his veins to finish with 8 points along with big man Daniel ...

The Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan (DIK) women Tchoukball team won thier semi final matches of inter divisional championship and qualified for the final. In the first semi final played at Batta Kundi Mansehra Peshawar women team beat Malakand team by 16-12 scores while in second semi final DIK smashed Kohat women team by 16-9 scores.  The grand final match ...

Islamabad, 9 July 2022:   Pakistan women’s national cricket team’s training camp for the tri-series in Ireland and the Commonwealth Games finishes today in Islamabad. The Bismah Maroof-led team will fly out for Belfast via Dubai in the wee hours of 12 July (Tuesday). The team will take a two-day Eid-ul-Adha break tomorrow and on Monday while preparing for their ...

BORDEAUX (France) – Spain avenged their excruciating Crelan FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2022 quarter-final loss by beating archrivals France in the final of the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Bordeaux Stop (21-15) on July 7, 2022.   This time around, no overtime torture. Last year’s Women’s Series MVP Sandra Ygueravide was on a mission in the final of the Bordeaux Stop. The Spanish sniper scored a ...

DEBRECEN (Hungary) – The rosters of the 16 participating teams at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 have been confirmed ahead of the curtain being raised in Debrecen.   Click on the countries below to see the rosters: Group A: Mexico, Hungary, Belgium, Japan Group B: Australia, France, Argentina, Slovenia Group C: Egypt, Canada, Spain, Korea Group D: Germany, USA, Mali, New Zealand   In what is the sixth edition of the prestigious tournament, the ...

Shahzaib Khan’s all-round performance helped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites to a five-wicket win over Central Punjab U19 Blues and clinch the National U19 Cup title here at the Rana Naveed Cricket Academy in Sheikhupura on Friday.   Chasing 215 to win, last year’s finalist Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 Whites achieved the target in the 47th over for the loss of five wickets. ...

The countdown to ‘The Big Time’ has officially begun with Melbourne’s iconic Yarra River the backdrop for a city centre cricketing arena created to celebrate 100-days-to-go until Australia hosts the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for the first time. Melbourne Cricket Ground’s hallowed turf took centre stage with the pitch relocated into the centre of Melbourne to mark 100 days ...