KARACHI: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have praised Pakistan for making key progress against money laundering which is crucial for the country as it seeks to come out of the grey list, said the State Bank Governor Reza Baqir. Addressing the second edition of Financial Crime Summit in Karachi, Baqir expressed satisfaction over …

CAPE TOWN: Former wicket-keeper Mark Boucher has been appointed South Africa’s head coach ahead of the four-Test home series against England that starts on Dec 26, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Saturday. Boucher, who has been given a contract until 2023, was unveiled by new CSA director of cricket Graeme Smith, with Enoch Nkwe to act as assistant coach …

LAHORE: The newly-devised system of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) which is based on provincial lines rather than the regional ones, binding one department as sponsor of each province, could not be implemented to date despite passing of the new constitution of the PCB on August 19, 2019. The new system has caused suspension of jobs of several cricketers who …

RAWALPINDI: Although the rainy season here has played havoc with the historic Pakistan vs Sri Lanka match of the ICC World Test Championship, the enthusiasm of cricket fans has been a salient feature, particularly among the youngsters. Despite being Saturday’s fourth day also falling prey to the weather, the spectators — who understandably are very few in numbers — made …

Sri Lanka removed opener Shan Masood as Pakistan reached 54-1 at lunch on the fifth and final day in Rawalpindi of Sunday’s Test. At the break, debutant Abid Ali had reached an attractive 31 while skipper Azhar Ali was on 21 as the Test headed for a draw after ravaged by the weather on the previous four days. Earlier, Sri …

Terence Crawford survived some early jitters to retain his WBO welterweight title on Saturday with a ninth round knockout of former Olympian Egidijus Kavaliauskas at Madison Square Garden. Crawford, who improved to 36-0 with 27 knockouts, survived a scare in the third round before finding his rhythm in the fifth, knocking the Lithuanian down once in the seventh, and then …

Middle-order batsman Dhananjaya de Silva completed his century on the fifth and final day against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on Sunday, first Test in the country since 2009 shooting. The 28-year-old right-hander drove paceman Mohammad Abbas to cover boundary for his 15th boundary to complete his sixth Test hundred in his 28th Test. Sri Lanka, who had won the toss and …

LONDON: Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney is facing up to three months out with a dislocated shoulder. The Scotland international suffered the injury during the Gunners´ 3-1 victory over West Ham on Monday. “Kieran will undergo surgery next week and will rehabilitate for around three months,” Arsenal said in a statement on Saturday. Tierney has suffered an injury ravaged start to …

PEYREHORADE: Two pensioners have been killed and tens of thousand of homes left without electricity as gale force winds and flooding hit southwestern France. Eleven departments remained on orange alert weather warnings late Saturday. A 70-year-old man died in the Pyrenees-Atlantique in the Basque Country on Friday when his vehicle struck a fallen tree. In Espiens in the Lot-et-Garonne region …

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed Saturday to repay the trust of former opposition voters who gave his Conservatives a mandate to take Britain out of the European Union next month. Johnson toured a leftist bastion once represented by former Labour leader Tony Blair in a bid to show his intent to unite the country after years of divisions over …