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Former England football Michael Owen arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to participate in various football related initiatives and meet high-level officials. PTV Sports, in a tweet, welcomed Owen to Islamabad, saying he will promote international football in the country in collaboration with Global Soccer Ventures (GSV). The state broadcaster added that Owen will attend a dinner hosted by President Dr …

BRIDGETOWN: All-rounder Jason Holder returned career-best figures of 4-7 as West Indies thrashed England by nine wickets in the first Twenty20 International of the five-match series at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on Saturday. Holder and Sheldon Cottrell (2-30) ripped through England’s top order on a bouncy wicket, reducing them to 49-7 at one stage before a late partnership between …

2021 has been a year of victories where the Pakistani cricket team is concerned — just recently Babar Azam was made captain of the ICC’s ODI and T20I teams of the year — and now two more players have made their way to the top. The ICC announced more of its awards and Mohammad Rizwan has been named ICC’s Men’s T20I Cricketer of the …

KARACHI: Mohammad Rizwan has not changed. His work ethic and approach to cricket has been the same ever since he started playing the sport for his club. According to the wicket-keeper/batter, it may have been his patience that has helped him to be named the ICC T20 Cricketer of the Year. Announced as the winner of the award by the …

Pakistan batter Bismah Maroof was on Monday appointed the captain of the Pakistan cricket team for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup as the selection committee announced the tournament squad. The announcement from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) noted that this would mark her return to international cricket after two years as she took a break for the birth of her first …

Pakistan pace bowler Shaheen Afridi was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Player of the Year on Monday for his “sizzling spells, sheer display of pace and swing and some magical moments”, while captain Babar Azam was crowned as the ODI Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for his “match-winning knocks, spell-binding stroke-play …

India’s cricket pundits on Monday called for changes in the team after South Africa’s one-day series whitewash following Virat Kohli’s exit as skipper. India lost their third and final ODI by four runs in Cape Town to end a disappointing tour that also saw the tourists lose the Test series 2-1. Quinton de Kock’s 124 set up a tense win in the final 50-over …

Bitcoin dropped again on Saturday and was last down around 4% for the day, hovering around the $35,000 level. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is now about half its $69,000 peak in November. It was last at $35,049, after falling as low as $34,000 and following a steep fall on Friday. The currency has had wild price swings …

DOUALA: Nigeria, the top performers so far in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, were paired with arch rivals Ghana in the African World Cup play-offs draw in Douala on Saturday. Ghana will have home advantage first and both legs will be played between March 21 and 29 with the aggregate winners securing a place at the 2022 …

NEW DELHI: India’s upcoming One-day International and Twenty20 international series against West Indies will be hosted in two cities to minimise “bio-security risks” amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Saturday. The white-ball series was originally intended to be played across six venues, including the Indian cities of Jaipur, Visakhapatnam, Cuttack and Thiruvananthapuram, but will now …