GALLE: Sadeera Sama­rawickrama and Dinesh Chandimal hit unbeaten centuries before Prabath Jayasuriya claimed a five-for as Sri Lanka put visitors Ireland to the sword on the second day of the first Test here at the Galle International Stadium on Monday. Sri Lanka declared their first innings on a mammoth 591-6 before reducing Ireland to 117-7, still needing another 274 to …

LAHORE: In a game they needed to win in order to keep the series alive, things finally fell in place for New Zealand on Monday night —by the barest of margins though. Pakistan’s Iftikhar Ahmed seemed to have snatched it away from New Zealand with a stunning late blitz but they kept their heads for a thrilling five-run victory in …

New Zealand eked out a thrilling four-run victory in the third Twenty20 International against Pakistan in Lahore to stay alive in the series and all-rounder Daryl Mitchell said the win would give them confidence for the last two matches in Rawalpindi. New Zealand are without regular skipper Kane Williamson, who is set to miss the 50-overs World Cup in India later this …

New Zealand finally won a match in the five-match series against Pakistan and managed to keep the series alive. Just when they needed a win in order to have a chance at winning the series — since Pakistan has won two matches so far — their team came through and succeeded with a close four-run win in the third T20i at Gaddafi …

Shorn off their captain and their two frontline pacers, and on the back of two emphatic and demoralising defeats, it would have been easy for New Zealand to down tools and go through the motions under Gaddafi lights. But New Zealand seem to thrive when they are written off and skipper Tom Latham knew exactly what the side needed to …

Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was fined Tuesday for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) code of conduct, after his side Royal Challengers Bangalore went down to Chennai in a nail-biting match. Kohli’s wild celebration of Chennai batsman Shivam Dube’s wicket at a crucial point of the high-scoring game on Monday resulted in the sanction, according to media reports.   …

KARACHI: Thriving smuggling has wiped out steel bar manufacturing in Balochistan rendering thousands of workers jobless. In a letter Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) Secretary General Syed Wajid Bukhari on Monday informed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that over 80pc steel bars sold in Balochistan were coming from Iran through smuggling, misdeclaration and under-invoicing. Due to weak vigilance by …

WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are buying petroleum products from Russia at steep discounts, ignoring US objections, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Monday. Last year, the United States and its Western partners imposed strict sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, cutting off Moscow from its traditional trading partners. This has forced Russia to sell its products …

NEW DELHI: India and Russia are discussing a free trade agreement (FTA), the Russian trade minister said on Monday, an announcement that could deepen bilateral commercial ties that have flourished since war broke out in Ukraine. The FTA talks mark a step-up in economic relations between the two countries despite calls from Western countries for India to gradually distance itself …

ISLAMABAD: Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) shrank 11.6 per cent in February over the same month last year causing massive layoffs, especially in export-oriented textile industries, showed data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Monday. The slowdown in industrial output is mainly contributed to the textile and clothing industries because exports from the sector posted double-digit declines. It is expected …