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Dominant England thump Pakistan by innings and 47 runs in opening Test
AFP MULTAN: England completed an extraordinary innings and 47-run victory over Pakistan on the fifth day of their record-breaking opening Test after staving off a fightback from the depleted home side on Friday. With Abrar Ahmed...
Aqib, Azhar, Aleem Dar to sit in men’s selection committee
Web Desk LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced changes to the national selection committee, adding some former Pakistani cricketers to the body. In its announcement, the governing body of cricket confirmed...
Rafa Nadal announces retirement from professional tennis at end of season
AFP MADRID: Rafael Nadal on Thursday announced he will retire after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a career which brought 22 Grand Slam titles, global respect and inspired epic, iconic rivalries with Roger Federer and...
England in sight of victory after Brook’s triple hundred
AFP MULTAN: England’s bowlers sparked a Pakistan batting collapse after a brilliant triple century by Harry Brook and Joe Root’s double hundred had them closing in on victory in the first Test in Multan on Thursday. Brook smashed...
Machac knocks world number 2 Alcaraz out of Shanghai Masters
AFP SHANGHAI: World number two Carlos Alcaraz has been knocked out of the Shanghai Masters in straight sets by 33rd-ranked Tomas Machac, losing 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 on Thursday. The Czech will face world number one Jannik Sinner in the...
Shehroze becomes youngest Pakistani to summit world’s 8,000m peaks
APP ISLAMABAD: Pakistani mountaineer, a 22-year-old Shehroze Kashif has made history by becoming the youngest Pakistani to scale all 14 of the world’s peaks towering over 8,000 meters. Shehroze, famously known as the “Broad...
Klopp to return as head of Red Bull football operations
AFP LEIPZIG: Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has a new role as head of football operations at Red Bull, which owns the RB Leipzig, Salzburg and New York clubs, the company said Wednesday. Klopp left Liverpool at the end of...
Record-breaking Root helps England dominate Pakistan In first Test
AFP MULTAN: Joe Root went past Alastair Cook as England’s highest Test run scorer with an unconquered hundred against Pakistan, anchoring his team to 492-3 in the first Test in Multan on Wednesday. The 33-year-old overhauled...
England 96-1 after Salman’s century lifts Pakistan to 556
AFP MULTAN: England finished the second day of the first Test in Multan on a solid 96-1 on Tuesday in reply to Pakistan’s mammoth 556 that was boosted by a fiery century from Agha Salman. The tourists lost stand-in skipper Ollie...
Sadia first Pakistani headlines ICC Women’s T20 player rankings
Sadia first Pakistani headlines ICC Women’s T20 player rankings Web Desk LONDON: Spinner Sadia Iqbal became the first player from Pakistan to top the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s T20I rankings when she briefly...
Record number of climbers chase 14-peak dream in Tibet
AFP LHASA: A record number of climbers are gathered in Tibet to complete mountaineering’s pinnacle achievement, summiting the world’s tallest 14 peaks. Only about 50 climbers have climbed all mountain peaks above 8,000 metres...
Masood, Abdullah centuries lift Pakistan to 328-4 in first Test
AFP MULTAN: Skipper Shan Masood and opener Abdullah Shafique both cracked centuries as Pakistan scored an impressive 328-4 on the opening day of the first Test against England in Multan on Monday. Masood’s brilliant 151 was his...