The International Cricket Council on Monday announced that winners of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will receive $2.45 million — record prize money for the tournament — from the overall $11.25m pot while the runner-up will receive $1.28m. “The 55-match event will be played over 28 days, across nine venues in the West Indies and USA, making this the …

PARIS: World number two Aryna Sabalenka pummelled American Emma Navarro 6-2, 6-3 in just over an hour on Monday to march into the French Open quarter-finals with an emphatic performance that kept her on course for her first title in Paris. The Belarusian 26-year-old, a semi-finalist at Roland Garros last year, never faced a break point in the 69-minute fourth-round …

LONDON: Chelsea have appointed Enzo Maresca as their new head coach on a five-year contract, the English Premier League club said on Monday. The Italian will leave Leicester City, whom he led to promotion back to the Premier League in his first season in charge, and begin his new role on July 1, Chelsea said in a statement.“ He has …

MADRID: France forward Kylian Mbappe has joined Real Madrid as a free agent on a five-year contract, the La Liga club said on Monday, ending a transfer saga that rumbled on for years before the European champions captured their newest “Galactico”. “Real Madrid C. F. and Kylian Mbappe have reached an agreement whereby he will be a Real Madrid player …

The Men in Green are now the Men in Hats as they turned cowboys for the promos of the T20 Cricket World Cup! Promo photos rarely catch our eye, but then we saw the cowboy themed pictures and knew we couldn’t let it slide. Also, please excuse our pun in the excerpt, we couldn’t help ourselves.     Obviously the …

KARACHI: The man who once used to lead the line for England was, on Monday, leading talks for the launch of a franchise league in Pakistan. Former England and Liverpool striker Michael Owen scored for the Pakistan Football League as soon as he touched down in Islamabad, helping the project get the government’s nod. The approval came when a delegation …

Rahul Dravid said on Monday that he will leave his post as India coach at the end of the T20 World Cup after almost three years in charge. Dravid’s contract runs out at the end of the month and he will not re-apply for the job, which has been advertised by India’s governing cricket body, the BCCI, since last month. “It is …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recor­ded its highest monthly growth in exports in three years with a jump of almost 19pc in May 2024. The month-on-month growth rate of 18.76pc in dollar terms was the highest since June 2021, when the exports went up by 63.32pc. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data released on Monday, exports increased to $2.79 billion in …

Bears took over at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as shares plunged more than 800 points on Tuesday. The benchmark KSE-100 index plunged 834.24 points, or 1.1 per cent, to stand at 74,741.01 at 3:09pm from the previous close of 75,575.25 points. Raza Jafri, chief executive of EFG Hermes Pakistan, said, “Buyers seem to be shying away as they await …

Indian shares plunged over 8 per cent on Tuesday, set for their worst day in four years and erasing their gains for 2024, as vote-counting trends showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alliance falling short of a predicted landslide victory. Modi’s bloc looked set to secure a majority in early vote counting in the general election on Tuesday, but the numbers were well short of the landslide …