Melbourne: Chamara Kapugedera smashed a boundary off the last ball to secure a thrilling five-wicket victory for Sri Lanka against Australia in the first Twenty20 Internationals on Friday. Needing one run off the last ball, Kapugedera drove the fuller delivery from Andrew Tye through cover to seal the match andRead More

New Delhi: Amid the chaos caused by political issues between India and Pakistan, the two cricketing nations are set to go head to head in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh ahead of the much-awaited clash in Champions Trophy in England. The two teams will lock horns in the Emerging Cup tournament, anRead More

Paris: Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, will take part in the 2020 Games in Tokyo, but as an entrepreneur, selling his own-brand swimwear, and not competing in the pool. The legendary American swimmer, who has captured a record 28 Olympic medals, retired after the 2016 RioRead More

District of Columbia: US second seed John Isner blasted 26 aces Wednesday in rallying to defeat Japan`s Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and advance to the ATP Memphis Open quarter-finals. Isner took one hour and 49 minutes to book a Friday last-eight date with compatriot Donald Young, who advanced withRead More

Dubai: West Indian all-rounder Marlon Samuels was on Thursday cleared to bowl in international cricket after his action was found to be legal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced here. The 36-year-old was last reported for bowling action during the Galle Test against Sri Lanka in October 2015 and wasRead More

New Delhi: Ace India shuttler PV Sindhu on Thursday shuttled to her career best ranking of five in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Women’s singles list. The Rio silver medallist was previously ranked sixth, behind Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, whom she dethroned to acquire the fifth spot. Saina Nehwal isRead More

Mumbai: Ready to wait for his turn to make his debut in Test cricket, India A skipper Hardik Pandya said the warm-up game against Australia tomorrow would be a great opportunity for fringe players to impress the selectors ahead of the four-Test series. “It will be good opportunity for allRead More

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has dropped its plans to hold a ‘Round Table Conference’ with former players to discuss ways to take Pakistan cricket forward. In a media release issued on Wednesday, the PCB said that it had called off the conference scheduled for 6 March in LahoreRead More

Karachi: The Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan has made it clear that if long-serving captain Misbah-ul-Haq wanted to carry on playing international cricket he would remain the captain of the national Test side. “I met with Misbah in Dubai and had a long talk with him.Read More

Karachi: The PCB has been left to ponder over the fate of the scheduled Pakistan Super League (PSL) final in Lahore after a suicide bomb attack killed 15 people and injured scores in the city. PSL chairman Najam Sethi confirmed to Geo News channel that foreign players had refused toRead More