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KARACHI: Pakistani fighter Ezzatullah Kakar said he has been fighting for the country for the last 17 years without any government support. Speaking exclusively to ARY News after defeating the world’s number six fighter in a Bare-knuckle boxing event in the United States of America (USA), Kakar said he has suffered through high risks during his career to reach this …

MADRID: It wasn’t too long ago that Rafael Nadal was handing Carlos Alcaraz a PlayStation as the boy’s prize at a local tennis tournament in Spain. Now the Spanish great is about to play against the promising youngster in the second round of the Madrid Open. The 17-year-old Alcaraz defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-0 on Monday to set up the …

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will help to move Australia’s entire Indian Premier League (IPL) cohort to the Maldives or Sri Lanka, Cricket Australia (CA) boss Nick Hockley said on Wednesday. The IPL was suspended indefinitely on Tuesday as India’s Covid-19 crisis escalates, but the decision left Australian and other foreign participants looking for ways to leave the …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has signed a contract with a private party to build and operate fitness centres within PCB’s premises at the National High Performance Centres in Lahore and Karachi. The work on these projects is expected to start soon after Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. Though it is a profit-sharing project, the first of its kind signed between the PCB …

The Indian Premier League (IPL) was suspended indefinitely on Tuesday after players or staff at three clubs tested positive for Covid-19. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) issued a statement saying local authorities and tournament officials took the decision unanimously to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate effect. “The BCCI does not want to compromise on the …

KARACHI: The Inter­national Cricket Council (ICC) is in contact with the Emirates Cricket Board to move the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 from India to the UAE since the coronavirus situation in India is worsening by the day. Reliable sources told that the ICC and and the Board for Control of Cricket in India are both convinced that the present Covid-19 …

LAHORE: An emergent meeting of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) held on Monday expressed its dissatisfaction over the steps the federal sports ministry is going to adopt in the one-sided new national sports policy, as they fear that if implemented all the national sports federations will be banned by their respective international bodies, like FIFA suspended the Pakistan Football Federation …

KARACHI: Wisden released their World Test Championship XI as the final of this newly-introduced challenge is just around the corner.  The list includes three players from India, three from Australia, two from New Zealand, two from England, and one from Sri Lanka. No players from Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies and Bangladesh were included in the list. The list includes Rohit …

Karachi: Sri Lanka’s all-rounder Thisara Perera has decided to retire from international cricket with immediate effect. According to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the 32-year-old Perera submitted a letter to the board, citing that this is the right time for him to ‘step aside and pave the way for younger and more talented players to take on the reigns’. The former …

JEREZ FRONTERA: Australian Jack Miller rode to only his second MotoGP victory in Jerez on Sunday as Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia finished second to take the overall championship lead. Australia’s Miller used his Ducati’s power to pip pole-sitter Fabio Quartararo off the start line, with the Frenchman slipping to fourth behind Petronas Yamaha SRT’s Franco Morbidelli and Bagnaia on the …