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KARACHI: Unseeded Uzair Shoukat joined three other seeded players as the Sindh Satellite Squash Champ­ionships reached the last-four stage here at the Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Thursday. Uzair inflicted a 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 defeat upon Junaid Khan who had earlier sent third seed Faizan Khan packing 11-3, 11-7, 12-10 in the second round. Top seed Naveed Rehman, second …

NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma will return to lead India in the upcoming limited-overs series against West Indies after recovering from his hamstring injury, as the country’s cricket board named the squad on Wednesday. Rohit, who was recently appointed white-ball captain, missed the team’s tour of South Africa and KL Rahul stood in as captain in the three One-day Internationals which …

Babar Azam, captain of the ICC’s ODI and T20I teams of the year, versus Mohammad Rizwan, T20I Cricketer of the Year, who wouldn’t be excited? The first match of the seventh PSL took place on Jan 27 and the air is buzzing with excitement, especially after the Karachi Kings were defeated by the Multan Sultans. From joking about Azam letting Rizwan win to …

NORTH SOUND (Antigua): Two-time former champions Pakistan clash with Australia in the ICC U-19 World Cup Super Series quarter-final here at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Friday. Led by Qasim Akram, Pakistan have remained unbeaten in the tournament winning their three Group C matches against Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea to confirm their quarter-final clash with Australia. After …

The second match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 sees Quetta Gladiators lock horns with Peshawar Zalmi at National Stadium Karachi tonight. The match is scheduled to kick off at 8pm. Ahead of that clash, here is all you need to know about the two teams that will be in action tonight: Quetta Gladiators What did they do in …

KARACHI: Multan Sultans captain Mohammad Rizwan kicked off the year with another half-century while Imran Tahir took three wickets as the defending champions got off to a winning start in the seventh edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League here at the National Stadium on Thursday. Chasing 125 after Babar Azam’s Karachi Kings struggled to impress with the bat on …

Rafael Nadal marched into the final of the Australian Open to be just one match away from becoming the all-time men’s Grand Slam leader after overcoming Matteo Berrettini in their semi-final on Friday. The 35-year-old Spanish great, seeded sixth, was too solid for the Italian seventh seed, winning 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in two hours 55 minutes, and will face …

LAHORE: After being on the verge of parting ways with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Saqlain Mushtaq has emerged as the strongest candidate to be appointed as the national team head coach after completing an interim role. Well-placed sources told Dawn that the PCB Director International Cricket Zakir Khan met the former off-spinner on Thursday after local media reported a fall-out between him and …

KARACHI: The toss for the opening match of the seventh edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League on Thursday (today) will feature two award-winning cricket stars in Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistan skipper Babar, who will lead Karachi Kings, was recently named the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year while defending champions Multan Sultans captain Rizwan won the T20I …

KARACHI: On his day-trip to Karachi, Michael Owen broke new ground and even saw his penalty saved. He did get it right with his next penalty on the football pitch of NED University of Engineering and Technology, which is being transformed into “the first-ever Soccer City” in Pakistan by Owen-led Global Soccer Ventures. Moments earlier, the former England international striker …