PCB chairman Shahryar Khan said Lahore Lions’s performance has played a key role in highlighting Pakistan cricket in India. (Source: BCCI)Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shahryar Khan believes the Lahore Lions’ successful participation in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 will open the Indian Premier League doors for the country’s...
AS Roma’s Francesco Totti celebrates the equaliser against Manchester City on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters )Francesco Totti became the oldest scorer in European club competition history when he netted after 24 minutes to give AS Roma a 1-1 draw at Manchester City in their Champions League Group E match...
Sporting Lisbon’s goalkeeper Rui Patricio saves a shot from Chelsea’s Andre Schurrle during their Champions League Group soccer match. (Source: Reuters)Nemanja Matic’s header ended Sporting’s proud four-year unbeaten home run in Europe as Chelsea seized control of Champions League Group G with a 1-0 victory in Lisbon on...
PSG’s David Luiz takes on Barcelona’s defence during their Champions League group encounter in Paris on Tuesday. (Source: AP)Paris St Germain made light of the absent Zlatan Ibrahimovic and a sub-standard start to the season to claim a 3-2 Champions League victory over Barcelona on Tuesday.Barca had not...
WELLINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - All-rounder Doug Bracewell has earned a recall to the New Zealand test squad for their series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates after being dumped from the team for disciplinary issues earlier this year. ...
Due to the ongoing issue with the barred Rajasthan Cricket Association, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to postpone the Central Zone fixtures of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy. All other affiliate associations have been informed about the move.The annual under-19 tournament will kick...
When Michael Nobbs picked Akashdeep Singh for the Champions Trophy two years ago, he had little idea about the player. The only thing he knew was that the Ludhiana lad was the quickest player of the lot, and also the youngest. But in the aftermath of Olympics debacle,...
Bang Le Thi looked thrilled by merely being in the same ring as Mary Kom. She was just 10 when Mary won her first world title in 2002. By the time she picked up the gloves for the first time in 2007, Mary had added two more titles...
The difference couldn’t be starker. Barely 15 minutes after Mongolian boxer Tugstsogt Nyambayar was controversially ousted from the men’s bantamweight category, their entire contingent decided to take the International Boxing Association (AIBA) head on.Like Sarita Devi, Nyambayar lost to a South Korean opponent after a controversial decision. While...
Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol on Tuesday. Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals, was also charged with speeding and crossing double lane lines in the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, the Maryland...
Atletico Madrid’s Champions League game at home to Juventus on Wednesday will be a chance for the Spanish champions to prove they have the firepower to challenge in Europe again this season.Diego Costa, top scorer for Atletico last term when they reached the final of the continent’s elite...
Brad Hogg forged an important match winning partnership with Marsh and turned out to an unlikely hero with the bat. (Source: BCCI)Perth Scorchers defeated Lahore Lions by three wickets in their Group A Oppo Champions League Twenty20 match here today.Sent into bat, Lahore Lions scored 124 for six...
INCHEON, South Korea, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South Korea's Asian Games cricket experiment ended in defeat to Sri Lanka on Tuesday, but after their collection of baseball players and weekend enthusiasts took eight wickets off the Twenty20 world champions, coach Julian Fountain believes the sport could truly flourish...
Underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel and one other co-accused were today declared as proclaimed offenders by a Delhi court in connection with the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal case.Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna declared Dawood, Shakeel and Chandigarh-based Sandeep Sharma, who were chargesheeted by the special cell...
Mary Kom was the clear winner in her bout and will bring India at least a silver medal as she is trough to the final. (Source: PTI)Controversy hit the Asian Games boxing competition after India’s L Sarita Devi (60kg) had to settle for a bronze medal despite dominating...
OOUCH! South Korea’s Park Ji-na (red) fights with India’s Laishram Sarita Devi during their women’s light (57-60kg) semi-final (Source: Reuters)After Mary Kom entered the gold medal round in her weight category, hopes were pinned on Sarita Devi to become the second women’s boxer to enter the gold medal...
CAPE TOWN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Vernon Philander is the only addition to the one-day squad that won the recent triangular tournament in Zimbabwe as Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced their selection to tour New Zealand and Australia starting next month. ...
MELBOURNE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Australia pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has test series against Pakistan and India ahead but is already looking beyond them to next year's Ashes tour and the prospect of renewing hostilities with England while silencing the Barmy Army. ...
DHAKA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful will be eligible to return to competitive cricket in 2016 after an appeal panel on Monday reduced an eight year ban for match-fixing to five years with two suspended. ...
This wasn’t what coach Terry Walsh wanted, even though he wouldn’t admit it. India came into the Incheon Asian Games as one of two favourites along with hosts South Korea. As it now turns out, the potential final before the tournament began will be a semifinal.And rusty India...
The name intrigues you. Sandwiched between Dongam and Dongincheon districts is a tiny locality that bears a distinct Latin name, Juan (pronounced Huan). It’s a quiet start to the day so you decide to explore the city.After spending a week shuttling between venues in the comfort of the...
A little more than a decade ago, an unassuming, chirpy 16-year-old girl made her maiden voyage with the Indian team. The child prodigy had been making rapid progress on the ITF circuit, where she had made her debut aged 15.The Asian Games were purely meant to be an...
The Champions League returns on Tuesday with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi competing for yet another prize as the rival stars take aim at the tournament’s all-time scoring record.Ronaldo and Messi are neck-and-neck in a race to become the Champions League’s all-time leading scorer by breaking the record...
On the podium, Seema wept as the national anthem echoed through an almost-empty Main Asiad Stadium. (Source: PTI)After three poor attempts, Seema Punia looked skywards, hoping for divine intervention. But all she could see were dark clouds hovering over head. In a way, it was symbolic. Her career...
Australia coach Darren Lehmann has turned the blowtorch on Nathan Lyon, saying the spinner had not “delivered” in second innings spells to drive the Test team to victory.An orthodox spinner who rarely strays from his stock off-breaks, Lyon will be under pressure to perform in the United Arab...
Sanjay Sheoran paid from his own pocket to travel from Bhiwani to Incheon to ensure that his ward Pooja Rani didn’t make the same mistakes she did in training.Instead of the ring, most eyes inside the compact Seonhak Gymnasium were locked at a burly, middle-aged man, who was...
