A perfect team effort
If you take that entirely in the context of yesterday?s match against England, we started solidly with Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq putting on 82 runs for the first wicket after we were put into bat. And then, we finished clinically with Shadab Khan, Wahab Riaz and Mohamamd Amir producing seven of the nine wicket-taking deliveries Azhar Mahmood had hoped ...
Pakistan keen to shed ‘unpredictable’ tag
After being routed by West Indies in their World Cup opener and shocking England on Monday, Pakistan are living up to their billing as cricket?s most unpredictable side but quick Hasan Ali says they are determined to find a measure of consistency. However, Pakistan turned the tables on England, the world?s top-ranked one-day international side, with a 14-run victory ...
Upbeat Bangladesh face demanding New Zealand test today
Runners-up in 2015, New Zealand ticked all the boxes as they dispatched the Sri Lankan challenge with utmost ease in the opening game of their campaign. New Zealand, led by Kane Williamson are looking to go one better than the previous campaign and next on the agenda for them will be a confident Bangladeshi side at the Oval in ...
England’s Archer, Roy fined for misconduct in Pakistan loss
England?s Jofra Archer and Jason Roy were both fined 15 percent of their match fee for misconduct during their 14-run defeat by Pakistan in the World Cup on Monday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said. Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was also fined 20 percent of his match fee for a slow over-rate offence while his team mates saw ...
Steyn ruled out with shoulder injury, Hendricks named replacement
South Africa?s fortunes at the 2019 ICC World Cup have gone from bad to worse as veteran fast bowler Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the tournament after he failed to recover from a shoulder injury. The South African team management were hoping that Steyn would be fit in time for their match against India on June 5, ...
Morgan says fielding let side down in Pakistan loss
?We?ve gone from probably one of our best performances in the field at The Oval to not extremely bad, but it?s cost us probably about 15 or 20 runs in the field, which is a lot in a one-day game,? Morgan told reporters. ?Fielding is an attitude thing, so it?s a matter of taking maybe our stand-off attitude today ...
Australia opener Burns diagnosed with fatigue illness
Queensland Cricket said he had undergone tests since returning to Australia and been diagnosed with a ?protracted post-infectious fatigue disorder dating back to an October 2018 viral infection.? ?Joe is currently undertaking a treatment period of rest and recuperation,? QC CEO Max Walters said.
چیمپئنز لیگ کی فاتح لیورپول کا ہوم ٹاؤن پہنچے پرشاندار استقبال
چیمپئنز لیگ فٹ بال 2019کا ٹائٹل جیتنے والی لیور پول ٹیم کا ہوم ٹاؤن پہنچے پر شاندار استقبال کیا گیا۔ ٹیم کے ایئر پورٹ پہنچے پر جیت کے جشن کا آغاز ہواجہاں کھلاڑی اورٹیم آفیشلز ٹرافی کے ہمراہ کھلے ٹرک پر چڑھ گئے جس کے بعدشہر کی مختلف سڑکوں پر ایک شاندار پریڈ کا انعقاد کیا گیا۔ پریڈ کے دوران شہر کی ...
Afghanistan five men down in rain-washed World Cup clash against Sri Lanka
Afghanistan suffer a steady wall of wickets after the resumption of a rain-affected World Cup match in Cardiff on Tuesday against Sri Lanka, with the side at 60-5 at the beginning of the 14th over. Sri Lanka came out of the blocks quickly under leaden skies, reaching 144 for one before the halfway point of their innings and were ...
Konta stuns Stephens to reach semi-finals at Roland Garros
Stephens lost in the final last year to Simona Halep and had been backed to get there again but she was powerless to stop Konta, who hit 25 winners in the match and only dropped one point on serve in the second set. By reaching the last four, Konta has matched her own best grand slam performances at the ...
Troubled year of Brazil star Neymar
A reoccurrence of an injury, two separate suspensions for insulting a referee and hitting a fan, losing Brazil?s captaincy and now an accusation of rape, the world?s most expensive player had a season to forget for club and country, on and off the field. Here is a reflection on Neymar?s difficult season starting with the World Cup in Brazil ...
Ronaldo centre-stage but Portugal’s new stars ready to shine
Cristiano Ronaldo has ended his international exile to spearhead Portugal?s hopes of winning the inaugural Nations League on home soil this week, but gone are the days when he was the European champions? only man to fear. ?I said to my colleagues and best friends later when I got home that it looked like it was in career mode ...
UEFA confirms new laws will not be implemented at Nations League
UEFA said the new rules, including red and yellow cards for team officials and a ?clearer? wording of the handball rule, would be introduced into its competitions from June 25 in line with ?dispensation? from soccer?s rule-making body IFAB. These include the ball going into the goal after touching an attacking player?s hand or arm, a player scoring or ...
Pakistan’s Aisam reaches French Open mixed doubles semis
The Pak-Ukrainian duo of Qureshi and Kichenok are set to face American Nicole Melichar and Brazilian Bruno Soares in the semi-finals, who earlier managed to knock-off Alicja Rosolska and Nikola Mektic in a 6-3, 7, 6(4) victory.
Real Madrid agrees to sign Serbian Jovic
The 21-year-old Jovic, who joined Eintracht initially on loan in 2017 from Benfica, scored 17 goals in 32 Bundesliga matches last season and another 10 in 14 Europa League games as they reached the semi-finals. ?His explosiveness and goal threat are now known around Europe.? Jovic helped Frankfurt to a seventh-place finish this season after the German club made ...
Liverpool’s Henderson hailed for rising above criticism
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has been hailed as the ?ultimate professional? by former skipper Steven Gerrard after the midfielder led the Merseyside club to their sixth European Cup. Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in Saturday?s Champions League final to claim their first trophy since the League Cup in 2012 and Gerrard added that he was ?especially proud? of ...
Diego Costa accused of tax fraud worth 1 million euros
MADRID: A prosecutor in Madrid said on Tuesday it has accused soccer player Diego Costa of income tax fraud in 2014 worth just over 1 million euros for money made from image rights.
Former Spain, Real Madrid coach Lopetegui appointed by Sevilla
Sevilla have named Julen Lopetegui as their new coach, offering him a return to management for the first time since he was sacked by both Spain and Real Madrid in disastrous five-month spell last year. Lopetegui, appointed by Spain after Euro 2016 and unbeaten in his 20 games in charge, was sensationally fired two days before last year?s ...
Germany out to set marker in Euro qualifiers against Belarus, Estonia
Germany will be looking to bag a maximum six points from their two upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia to take control of their group and make it three wins out of three matches. The Germans, who suffered a shock World Cup first round exit last year before being relegated in the inaugural Nations League, are ...
Kohli Ready To Rotate His Bowlers At World Cup
India, the 's number-two ranked team and one of the favourites alongside hosts England and , launch their challenge against an injury-hit in on Wednesday, nearly a week after the tournament started. "I think it is a bit of an advantage (starting late), I have to say, in terms of understanding how the games have gone, what ...
