Karachi: Senior Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez is set to undergo a bowling assessment test by the International Cricket Council (ICC) later this month. A 12-month ban on Hafeez from bowling in international cricket expired on July 12 and as per ICC rules and regulations governing bowlers who have been suspendedRead More

Antigua: Statistical highlights on the second day’s play of the first Test match between India and the West Indies here. Ravichandran Ashwin’s splendid 113 off 253 balls is his highest score in an overseas Test, eclipsing the 62 vs Australia at Sydney in January 2012. Ashwin has registered three TestRead More

London: Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt promised he will be physically ready for next month’s Rio Olympics — on the night Kendra Harrison broke the 28-year-old 100 metres hurdles world record. Bolt, running at the track where he achieved the individual Olympic sprint double and the 4x100m relay for theRead More

Karachi: Legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram believes the presence of former Pakistani off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq will make a major difference in England’s performance in the second Test of the four-match series between the two sides. Following a 75-run defeat against Pakistan in the opening match at Lord’s, England had soughtRead More

London: When Dipa Karmakar launches into her soaring vault at the Rio Olympics, chances are that only a handful of people will be aware that the foundations of the skill were built on DIY apparatus made from second-hand parts of a discarded scooter. “We initially had no apparatus and hadRead More

Lausanne / Moscow: Sport’s highest tribunal rejected on Thursday Russia’s appeal against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics starting in 15 days’ time, drawing swift and angry condemnation from Moscow. The decision by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) increases the possibilityRead More

Antigua: West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo has said that the pitch at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a batting friendly where the bowlers need to be patient in order to get wickets. Courtesy Virat Kohli’s attacking unbeaten 143, India have reached 302 for 4 with Bishoo emerging as theRead More

Brasilia: Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday suspected of belonging to a poorly organised group supporting Islamic State (IS) and discussing terrorist acts during the next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The group, described as “absolutely amateur” by Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes, were all Brazilian citizens and inRead More

Antigua: West Indies vice-captain Kraigg Brathwaite has admitted that his side will face an uphill task against overwhelming favourites India and insisted that the hosts will need to produce an all-round performance to begin the four-match series on a winning note. The 23-year-old opener observed that his side’s batsmen needRead More

Manchester: England captain Alastair Cook announced on Thursday that the hosts had reduced their squad for the second Test against Pakistan from 14 to 12 after dropping Steven Finn and Jake Ball. The fast bowlers, who both played in England’s 75-run defeat by Pakistan in the first Test at Lord’s,Read More