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LAHORE: The national selectors are faced with a conundrum. Some players picked for the Pakistan’s Twenty20 World Cup next month are not finding form at the National T20 Cup. But those who are being tipped to replace them in the UAE-bound squad haven’t been performing either. The National T20 Cup, underway in Rawalpindi, had assumed greater importance in terms of …

KIEV: Newly crowned world heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk expects a rematch against Anthony Joshua in February or March and has his sights on a title unification bout, his team said on Tuesday. The Ukrainian defeated Joshua in a boxing masterclass at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday in front of 67,000 fans, earning a unanimous points decision …

LONDON: England captain Joe Root says he is ‘desperate’ to play in the Ashes series but cannot yet commit to tour Australia due to uncertainty over coronavirus (Covid-19) protocols. Players and team management have yet to learn the exact conditions under which the five-Test series will take place, with those who have young families particularly concerned about the potentially stringent …

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday confirmed that chief executive Wasim Khan had handed in his resignation, which was “unanimously accepted” by the PCB’s Board of Governors. In a statement, the cricket board said that the Board of Governors will meet later today to consider the matter. According to ESPNcricinfo, Khan had begun his stint as the board’s executive on …

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday “welcomed” the announcement by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief that the team will tour Pakistan next year, while also praising the international community for supporting Pakistan cricket. The minister’s statement comes in the wake of ECB chief Ian Watmore’s remarks, reported by The Daily Mail, wherein he apologised …

KARACHI: It was time for revenge in the National T20 Cup at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi late on Sunday night. In the return National T20 Cup fixture arguably between the two most glamorous outfits in the competition, Central Punjab made a swift recovery from the 36-run loss to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last Thursday as they humbled the defending champions …

LONDON: Paris St Germain and Manchester City have an early chance to lay down a marker in the Champions League when they meet in a heavyweight group game at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday that sees Pep Guardiola and his old pupil Lionel Messi come face to face once again. Qatar-owned PSG and Abu Dhabi-backed City have changed the …

LAHORE: Finally, the franchises of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) have succeeded in convincing the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) about their financial losses to get considerable relief from the seventh edition of the competition to be held in January 2022. “Taking into the account legal and contractual framework, the PCB has offered a new financial model to the franchisees …

LONDON: England all-rounder Moeen Ali on Monday announced he was retiring from Test cricket to focus on his white-ball career, saying the format’s ‘intensity can be too much sometimes’. The 34-year-old scored five centuries and took 195 wickets in 64 Tests, including a top score of 155 not out and five five-wicket hauls. But Moeen felt he needed to abandon …

Former captain of Pakistan’s cricket team Inzamamul Haq underwent an angioplasty after suffering a heart attack in Lahore. According to Haq’s agent, the 51-year-old was brought to the hospital after experiencing chest pain. Haq underwent an angioplasty and is currently in a stable condition. The agent said he was hopeful that Haq will be discharged soon. Many athletes, public figures …