LONDON: English Premier League champions Manchester City were banned by UEFA from the Champions League for two seasons on Friday for serious breaches of spending rules and failing to cooperate with investigators in a seismic ruling against one of world football’s wealthiest clubs. The Abu Dhabi-owned team was also fined 30 million euros ($33 million) after an investigation that was …

LAHORE: Since its advent the HBL Pakistan Super League has brought forward some riveting on-field rivalries and contests between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi have kept the fans at the edge of their seats. Gladiators and Zalmi are the two most successful teams in the history of HBL PSL with success percentages of 61.90 and 58.69, respectively, and both the …

DURBAN: England’s Tom Curran took two wickets with the last two balls of the match as they beat South Africa by two runs in an amazing Twenty20 International that produced over 400 runs on Friday as the tourists levelled the series at 1-1 with one game to play. South Africa needed three off the last two balls ay Kingsmead but …

LAHORE: Arch-rivals Pakistan and India on Saturday night qualified for the Kabaddi World Cup (indigenous style) final after winning their respective semi-finals here at the Punjab Stadium. While Pakistan overwhelmed Iran 52-30 after taking a 29-17 lead in the first half, India struggled to overcome Australia 42-32 in the other last-four match held under floodlights. The Pakistan players showed more …

Throwing punches in the air as he sprinted sideways, there was a time when Abdul Khaliq was a familiar sight on the roads of Orangi Town’s Faqeer Colony. Today, the 55-year-old former international boxer plods the length and breadth of the same roads he used to practise on, but searching for odd jobs. Life has thrown many knockout punches his …

The Marylebone Cricket Club set a 205 run target for the Pakistan Shaheens in the 50-over match at Aitchison College Ground, Lahore on Sunday. Ross Whiteley was the highest scorer for the MCC with 51 runs followed by Roelof van der Merwe at 47. Ehsan Adil picked up six wickets for the Shaheens. Pakistan Cricket ✔@TheRealPCB Fifer for Ehsan Adil …

Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus both seemed to have moved way past their brief marriage and are looking ahead in life. As Miley Cyrus’s relationship with Cody Simpson keeps the tabloids abuzz, Liam Hemsworth too, hasn’t been lagging behind in keeping the rumour mills turning in Tinseltown with his blossoming romance with model Gabriella Brooks. And now The Hunger Games actor’s true …

Waves of euphoria have been unleashed all over the Gilmore Girls fandom by the two ultimate best friends as Lorelai Gilmore and Sookie St. James reunited. Lauren Graham and Melissa McCarthy — who essay the roles of the two BFFs on the family comedy series — both left fans in a frenzy after they reunited in front of the green screen. The …

Hollywood A-lister Gwyneth Paltrow’s family life is not hidden from the world as the actor often grabs attention for being a doting mother. However, the Avengers: Endgame actor despite trying her best thinks she has made ample mistakes during the course of her motherhood that she wishes she could erase. Talking to Ellen DeGeneres on her show, the 47-year-old Academy Award winning …

Hollywood bigshot Brad Pitt is filled with love to the core for all of the six children he shares with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie. And for that reason, the 56-year-old Ad Astra didn’t forget to make them part of his emotional speech as he bagged his first-ever Academy Award. A source revealed to HollywoodLife that despite the kids not being too much into …