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Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has said he has no regrets over Jos Buttler ‘mankading’ controversy. Earlier, the Kings XI Punjab captain Ravichandran Ashwin gave rise to the controversy by ‘mankading’ Rajasthan Royals (RR) wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler during the fourth match of IPL 2019 on Monday. Ashwin was under fire for his action by cricket fraternity for not being fair. The …

PESHAWAR: Chief Selector Pakistan Cricket Board Inzamam-ul-Haq and former Test cricketer and wicket-keeper batsman Rashid Latif Friday announced the names of the 55 probables for the forthcoming Under-17 Talent Hunt Program of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in cricket. This was stated by Director Operations, Directorate of Sports KP Syed Saqlain Shah while talking to APP here on Friday soon after giving detail …

IANT and Muslim American Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum for Richardson City Council By:Amir Makhani  Dallas: Islamic Association of North Texas (IANT)and Muslim American Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum for Richardson City Council. Many Muslim community members participated in the event. Candidate forum was conducted by Muslim American Chamber’s President Ghulam Jangda. The event was participated …

ISLAMABAD: The last man standing is out. Pakistan number one Tayyab Aslam’s campaign at the Chief of the Air Staff-Serena Hotels International Squash Tournament came to an end at the quarter-final stage on Wednesday as he was thrashed 5-11, 8-11, 5-11 by Egypt’s Karim Ali Fathi in 43 minutes here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Tuesday, ending local interest in …

KARACHI: As expected Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) qualified of the final of second Inter-departmental T20 Women’s Cricket Championship after both won their last-round league fixtures in Islamabad on Wednesday. The title-deciding match will be staged at the Diamond Club Ground in Islamabad at 9:30am. ZTBL defeated the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) XI by …

LONDON: Former captain Alastair Cook believes England have an ‘outstanding chance’ to lift the World Cup on home soil, having built a squad full of proven match winners. Eoin Morgan’s top-ranked side enter the tournament as the one of the most consistent teams in the format and their quest for a first 50-overs title begins against South Africa at The …

KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) — the title sponsor of the Pakistan Super League — has closed down its most significant sporting identity by scrapping the department’s cricket team. The closure, which had been looming on the horizon for quite a number of years – particularly after it was privatised in 2003 – came about on March 31 when the …

KARACHI: Pakistani hockey legends Samiullah Khan, Manzoor Hussain Junior and Hanif Khan have praised the government’s decision to carry out forensic audit of Pakistan Hockey Federation accounts. In a joint statement on Tuesday, the three former captains expressed hope that the on-going audit will fully expose the major financial bungling committed by the current PHF regime and the culprits would …

LAHORE: The 72nd Punjab Games were inaugurated in a colourful opening ceremony here at the Punjab Stadium on Wednesday night. Around 3,000 male and female players from all nine divisions of Punjab — Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Sargodha and Sahiwal — are featuring in 21 disciplines at the Games. The competitions in various disciplines will …

Pakistan’s cricket coach Micky Arthur said on Tuesday that the 5-0 loss against Australia was “incredibly hard”, but accounted the poor performance to the lack of key players in the squad. “We hate losing as a team — it’s not part of our vocabulary. Losing 5-0 was incredibly hard. We didn’t have our best team against Australia,” Arthur said while addressing a …