WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Ross Taylor will celebrate his 100th Test in the series opener against India this week and the veteran batsman says he has no intention of winding down his international career as he nears his 36th birthday. Taylor became New Zealand’s leading run-scorer in Tests when he surpassed Stephen Fleming’s career tally of 7,172 against Australia in Sydney …

KARACHI: With his time in Pakistan colours now probably a thing of the past there is a fair degree of enthusiasm whatever Kamran Akmal does on the cricket field. Having turned 38 five weeks ago, the wicket-keeper/batsman still goes about his job with a smile. The Peshawar Zalmi’s elder statesman had been one of the success stories of the HBL …

DUBAI: Sofia Kenin lost her first WTA match since winning the Australian Open earlier this month as she went down 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-3 to Elena Rybakina on Tuesday at the Dubai Championships. World number seven Kenin´s loss completed a hat-trick of seeded upsets on the fourth day of action in the United Arab Emirates. Title holder Belinda Bencic was …

KARACHI: It was an evening to remember! Not just for the bevy of sports icons in the audience but for the entire gathering of eminent peo­ple who had converged at the auditorium of the imposing HBL Tower on Monday to celebrate the launch of the eagerly-awaited autobiography of acclaimed cricket writer and broadcaster Qamar Ahmed, titled ‘Far More Than A …

KARACHI: Sarfraz Ahmed believes he has made most of the time spent on the sidelines of the Pakistan team. The wicket-keeper/batsman looks more sharper, leaner and fitter than he’s ever been and is ready to go for another Pakistan Super League title. Sarfraz did not want to talk about a potential comeback to the national side. Instead, sitting in the …

Making money in the absence of international home series and tackling a dearth of young talent were the two main problems that the Pakistan Super League (PSL) was meant to solve — and it has done that to a large extent. But there is a third motivating factor, too, which often gets overlooked; PSL tournaments also offer lifelines to former …

Gold medallists Sher Abbas, Irshad Hussain, and Ali Mujtaba — who hail from the tribal district of Parachinar — said on Wednesday that despite winning over a 100 medals in international and domestic competitions, they remain without government patronage and have to train in severely underfunded facilities. They said that they bear all the costs related to their training and …

The British royal family’s official web page recently came under the spotlight for all of the wrong reasons as a recent glitch may have caused the world to poke momentary fun on its expense. What the site experienced can be dubbed as a bit of a doozy. The official page mistakenly linked users to an adult website instead of their …

Justin Timberlake is one voice in America that has been enchanting a number of people all over and while a lot of die-hard fans have been obsessed, some cross bounds and enter the realms of absolute lunacy. The Cry Me a River  singer during an interview on The Graham Norton Show recalled a similar incident where the crowd had gone berserk during one of …

Vocal powerhouse Demi Lovato after several bumps on the road, is finally feeling the sweet smell of liberation as she makes her mental health her number one priority. The Skyscarper hit maker shed light on her journey since she first stepped into the industry and how she is finally making sure she puts her own self before anyone else. During her recent …