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PSL ranked world's second most entertaining cricket league
Lahore Qalanders' captain Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates with the trophy with players during the victory ceremony at the end of PSL X final at the Qaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore on May 25, 2025. — X@lahoreqalandarsBBC Sport has ranked the Pakistan Super League as the world’s...
Nawaz sparks Pakistan to five-wicket ODI win over West Indies
Pakistan's Hassan Nawaz celebrates during first ODI against West Indies on August 9, 2025. — Facebook@PakistanCricketBoardTRINIDAD: Pakistan chased down West Indies' target with ease, winning by five wickets in an exciting ODI opener at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in...
PCB suspends Haider Ali amid UK police investigation
Right-handed batter Haider Ali speaks during an interview at Kent County Cricket Ground. — Screengrab via Facebook/@PakistanCricketBoard/FileKARACHI: Right-handed batter Haider Ali has been provisionally suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board after British police launched a criminal...
Wasim Akram calls for Babar Azam's return ahead of Asia Cup 2025
This collage of pictures shows former Pakistan skipper and legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram and Babar Azam. — Reuters/ X/@TheRealPCBPakistan’s former skipper and cricket legend Wasim Akram on Thursday called for Babar Azam’s return to the national T20 squad ahead of the upcoming...
Ireland stun Pakistan in T20I series opener
Pakistan captain Fatima Sana and Ireland captain Gaby Lewis at the toss for the first T20I at the Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin on August 6, 2025. - X/@TheRealPCBDUBLIN: Irish allrounder Orla Prendergast starred with both bat and ball to lead Ireland to an 11-run win over Pakistan in the opening...
Big boost for Pakistan stars in ICC T20I rankings
Sufiyan Muqeem holds the champion trophy after his team won the third T20I, sealing a 2-1 series victory over West Indies, at Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida, on August 3, 2025. — AFPDUBAI: Pakistan’s cricketers have made significant strides in the...
Messi to miss Inter Miami's must-win game due to injury
Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their first goal during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 semifinal on December 13, 2022. — ReutersMIAMI: Argentinian football legend Lionel Messi is set to miss Inter Miami’s crucial Leagues Cup match against Pumas because of a muscle...
India beat England by six runs in fifth-Test thriller
India's Mohammed Siraj celebrates with Dhruv Jurel after taking the wicket of England's Gus Atkinson and India winning the match to draw the test series at Kia Oval, London, Britain, August 4, 2025. — ReutersLondon, Aug 4, 2025 -Mohammed Siraj was the hero as India beat England by just six...
WCL owner shocks presenter with on-air proposal
WCL owner Harshit Tomar and presenter Karishma Kotak can be seen in this screengrab. — X/@BollyTellyBuzzWorld Championship of Legends owner Harshit Tomar stunned presenter Karishma Kotak during the post-final ceremony by declaring live on air, “I am going to propose to you.”The...
Pakistan beat West Indies by 13 runs to clinch T20I series
Pakistani batters Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan congratulate each other for registering a 100-run opening partnership in third T20I at Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida, August 3, 2025. — Facebook/@PakistanCricketBoardSahibzada Farhan and Saim...
Cricket records tumble in India-England Test showdown
Joe Root reverse-sweeps Ravindra Jadeja during the fourth day of the fifth Test against India at The Oval on August 03, 2025. — AFPLONDON: The India-England Test series has entered the record books, becoming the first ever to feature 50 individual scores of fifty or more runs.The series...
Messi exits early with injury in Miami's Leagues Cup win
Lionel Messi of Inter Miami CF goes down injured during the Leagues Cup Phase One match between Inter Miami CF and Club Necaxa on Aug. 2, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. — AFPLionel Messi suffered an injury and was removed in the 11th minute of Inter Miami's Leagues Cup penalty kicks...
'Hostage to political expediency': PCB bars future participation in WCL
An undated picture of Pakistan Champions all-rounder Shahid Afridi and India Champions captain Yuvraj Singh. — WCL/FileThe Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday announced imposing a blanket ban on participation in the World Championship of Legends over what it called politics, bias and...
Last-ball hero Holder lifts West Indies over Pakistan in 2nd T20I
West Indies allrounder Jason Holder is seen batting during the 1st T20I Cricket match between West Indies v Pakistan on July 31,2025 at Central Broward Regional Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - AFPLAUDERHILL: Jason Holder smashed a four on the final ball to give West Indies a dramatic...
ACC president Naqvi unveils venues for Asia Cup 2025
India’s Rohit Sharma shakes hands with Mohammad Rizwan ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between Pakistan and India at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on February 23, 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. – ICCAsian Cricket Council President Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday...
Jasprit Bumrah likely to skip Asia Cup 2025 due to workload: reports
India's Jasprit Bumrah reacts during one-day international between England and India at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, July 14, 2022. — Reuters India’s speedster Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to play the upcoming ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2025, scheduled to be held from...
South Africa seal WCL 2025 glory by defeating Pakistan Champions
South Africa Champions grabbed a dominating nine-wicket victory over Pakistan Champions to win the World Championship of Legends 2025 trophy on Saturday.Chasing a daunting 196-run target, the Proteas comfortably knocked the winning runs for the loss of just one wicket and 19 balls to spare,...
Son Heung-min to leave Tottenham Hotspur this summer after decade
Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean forward Son Heung-Min carries the Europa League trophy as he and the team display it for fans following the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton and Hove Albion at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on May 25, 2025....
'Unsatisfactory': BCB chief slams Mirpur pitch
Ground staff prepare the pitch at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on June 13, 2008. — AFPBangladesh Cricket Board Chairman Nazmul Abedin has voiced dissatisfaction with the pitch at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, terming it as "unsatisfactory" and admitting that it...
Pakistan to face Afghanistan in T20I tri-series opener as schedule announced
Things heated up between Fareed Ahmad and Asif Ali during Asia Cup match in 2022. — AFPPakistan will feature in a T20I tri-nation series alongside Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates , to be held at Sharjah Cricket Stadium from August 29 to September 7.According to an official...
Pakistan beat West Indies by 14 runs in T20I series opener
Pakistan spinner Mohammad Nawaz celebrates after claiming three wickets in a single over during the first T20I against the West Indies in Lauderhill on August 1, 2025. – PCBPakistan defeated West Indies by 14 runs in the first T20 International of the three-match series at the Central...
Pakistan Champions through to WCL 2025 final after India withdraw
An undated picture of Pakistan Champions pacer Wahab Riaz and India Champions all-rounder Wahab Riaz during the first season of World Championship of Legends . - WCLBIRMINGHAM: Pakistan Champions have secured a place in the World Championship of Legends 2025 final after India Champions withdrew...
German biathlete Dahlmeier confirmed dead after GB mountaineering accident
German double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier. — Instagram/@laura_dahlmeierGermany's two-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead aged 31 on Wednesday after being hit by falling rocks on a Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan mountain.The dangerous...
Pakistan likely to miss out on LA Olympics 2028: report
Shadab Khan cuts one away, Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 1st T201, Lahore, May 28, 2025. — AFPThe International Cricket Council has finalised the qualification process for cricket at the 2028 Olympics, with a report from British media outlet The Guardian indicating that Pakistan is unlikely...
Pakistan secure 2-0 win over Poland in world junior squash quarter-finals
Pakistan's Anas Ali Shah in action during his World Junior Squash Championship men's team competition match against Poland's Franciszek Michniewicz at the Black Ball in Cairo on July 29, 2025. — Reporter CAIRO: Abdullah Nawaz and Anas Ali Shah powered Pakistan into the quarter-finals...
German Olympian Dahlmeier seriously injured in mountaineering accident in GB
German biathlete and double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier participates in Adamello Ski Raid 2025. — Instagram/@ laura_dahlmeier /FileISLAMABAD: German double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has suffered serious injuries in a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, according to...
Shahzaib Rind gets long-overdue reward as PM acts after complaint
Shahzaib Rind celebrates a victory over Brazilian Bruno Roberto De Assis in the final of Karate Combat Championship in Singapore. — Instagram/@karatecombatISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday met Khair Muhammad, the father of mixed martial arts champion Shahzaib Rind,...
Australia sweep T20I series against West Indies
Australia's Sean Abbott and Aaron Hardie walk off the field after winning the fifth T20I against West Indies at Warner Park Sporting Complex in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on July 28, 2025. — AFP Australia completed a 5-0 sweep of the West Indies in their T20I series with Ben...
Ganguly says he is okay with India playing Pakistan in Asia Cup 2025
Pakistan and India match played at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 9, 2024 in New York. — AFPFormer India captain Sourav Ganguly has voiced his support for India being grouped with Pakistan in the upcoming Asia Cup, saying that sport should continue.The Asian Cricket...
Pakistan Shaheens down PCC Select XI to take one-day series
Pakistan Shaheens' opening batter Azan Awais plays a shot during the third and final one-day match of the series against PCC Select XI at the 1st Central County Ground in Hove on July 27, 2025. —ECBHOVE: Pakistan Shaheens wrapped up their one-day series against the PCC Select XI with a...
India finds Asia Cup, Pakistan fixture boycott no longer viable: reports
Pakistan and India players shake hands after the match of Asia Cup at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 4, 2022. — ReutersThe unveiling of the Asia Cup 2025 schedule has triggered controversy in India, with several former cricketers and segments of the...
Pakistan wins first gold, adds bronze in global science Olympiads
Abdul Raffay Paracha poses for a photo after winning a gold medal at the 35th International Biology Olympiad in the Philippines on July 27, 2025. —APPIt was a landmark year for Pakistan at the International Science Olympiads, with students winning the country’s first-ever gold and also...
Xavi, Guardiola coaching application bid 'hoax', confirms India football
This combination of images shows Spanish coaches Xavi Hernandez and Pep Guardiola. — Reuters/FileThe All India Football Federation issued a clarification on Saturday regarding reports that former Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez had applied for the position of head coach for the Indian...
Pakistan rout Turkiye, seal Round of 16 spot at volleyball championship
Pakistani players attempt to spike the ball over the net during their match against Turkiye in the FIVB Volleyball U19 World Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, July 26, 2025. — ReporterKARACHI: Pakistan’s under-19 volleyball team extended their unbeaten run at the FIVB U19 World...
Asia Cup 2025 to be staged in UAE, announces Naqvi
Pakistan and India player in action during match of Asia Cup at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 24, 2021. — ReutersThe Asian Cricket Council has announced the schedule for the Men’s Asia Cup 2025, placing fierce rivals Pakistan and India in Group...
PSB stops federations from competing in India events
Pakistan's Ali Shan, left, and India's Gursahibjit Singh fight for the ball during the men's field hockey match between India and Pakistan at the Asian Championship Trophy tournament. — AFP/FileLAHORE: The Pakistan Sports Board has prohibited the country's sports federations from committing...
'Upset' Messi suspended over MLS All-Star no-show: league
Lionel Messi of Inter Miami CF during warm ups before the start of the Major League Soccer match against New York Red Bulls and at Sports Illustrated Stadium on July 19, 2025 in Harrison, New Jersey, US.— AFPLOS ANGELES: Lionel Messi and Inter Miami team-mate Jordi Alba have been suspended...
WCL 2025: Pakistan Champions outplay South Africa to continue unbeaten march
Pakistan players celebrate after taking the wicket of a South African player during their World Championship of Legends match on July 25, 2025. — XPakistan Champions recorded their second straight victory in the World Championship of Legends 2025, defeating South Africa Champions by 31 runs...
Tim David hits fastest T20I century for Australia in win over West Indies
Tim David of Australia celebrates his century during the third Twenty20 international cricket match between West Indies and Australia at Warner Park Sporting Complex in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on July 25, 2025. — AFPTim David bashed a 37-ball century as Australia defeated the...
Root powers into second place on all-time Test scorers table
England’s Joe Root celebrates in this file photo. — ReutersEngland’s standout batter Joe Root climbed to second place on the all-time Test run charts with a brilliant century on day three of the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford on Friday.The 34-year-old, appearing in his...
Pakistan extend winning run in volleyball championship
Pakistan's U19 team celebrates after winning a match against its opponents during the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship. — ReporterPakistan extended their winning streak at the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship with a commanding 3-0 victory over hosts Uzbekistan in...
PCB announces squads for white-ball West Indies tour
Pakistani players are celebrating victory in a T20I match against New Zealand in Christchurch, New Zealand, on January 21, 2024. — Facebook/Pakistan Cricket TeamThe Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday announced the white-ball squads for the upcoming West Indies tour.The national team will play...
All five former NHL players walk free in sexual assault case
This representational image shows a person holding a gavel. — Pexels/FileFive former players from Canada’s 2018 world junior ice hockey team have been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room that year, a judge announced on Thursday.The charges against Michael...
WWE veteran Hulk Hogan breathes his last at 71
WWE legend Hulk Hogan. — Reuters/FileWorld Wrestling Entertainment icon Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, has died at the age of 71, according to a report from TMZ.According to the report, emergency medical services were dispatched to Hogan's residence in Clearwater, Florida, on...
ACC ends Annual Meeting in Dhaka leaving Asia Cup decision hanging
Asian Cricket Council President Mohsin Naqvi pictured with other cricket board representatives after the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 24, 2025. — X/@TheRealPCBDHAKA: The Asian Cricket Council has concluded its Annual General Meeting in Dhaka, with...
Pakistan thump Bangladesh by 74 runs in third T20I
Pakistan's Salman Mirza celebrates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh's Jaker Ali during the third and final Twenty20 international cricket match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on July 24, 2025. — AFPPakistan won the third and...
Pakistan's football stalwart and former FIFA referee Ahmed Jan dies at 75
Former FIFA referee, national footballer, and long-time manager of the KMC Football Stadium, Ahmed Jan.—X@FootBallPakistnKARACHI: Ahmed Jan, a former FIFA referee, national footballer and long-time manager of the KMC Football Stadium, passed away on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 75 after...
PSB sets age bar for sports officials, delists 3 bodies, scolds hockey federation
PM's Adviser on Inter-Provincial Co-ordination, Rana Sana Ullah presides over the 34th PSB meeting in Islamabad, on July 23, 2025. — APPKARACHI: In a move to strengthen oversight, the Pakistan Sports Board has approved reforms focused on improving transparency and operational...
Spain to face England after dramatic win over Germany
Spain's midfielder #06 Aitana Bonmati and Germany's midfielder #18 Giovanna Hoffmann fight for the ball during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 semi-final football match between Germany and Spain at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich, on July 23, 2025. — AFPZURICH: Spain are through to the...
Pakistan gets formal invitation for Hockey Pro League
Pakistan hockey players celebrate after defeating Japan in the FIH Nations Cup in Kuala Lumpur on June 16, 2025. — X/@HokitaMYLAUSANNE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation has received a formal invitation from the International Hockey Federation to participate in the prestigious Hockey Pro...