Dallas County reported 20 more COVID-19 deaths and 296 new coronavirus cases Thursday. The latest victims were mostly in their 60s or older but also included an Irving woman in her 30s who was found dead at her home. Seven were men and 13 were women, and all 20 had underlying high-risk health conditions. Nine of the victims were Dallas …

PUNE: England captain Eoin Morgan will miss the last two one-day internationals against India, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Thursday. Morgan has been ruled out after sustaining a split webbing between his thumb and index finger of the right hand during a 66-run defeat by India in Tuesday’s series opener, an injury that required four stitches. The …

KARACHI: It was the sort of game for which Masha United have assembled their team for. Against Karachi United, one of the country’s leading women’s football team; a side whose structure Masha aspire to have despite their philosophies being very different; a side which has slowly and steadily risen to the top of Pakistan football. Masha’s rise to the top, …

COLOMBO: Former Australian Test player Tom Moody on Thursday asked lowly-ranked Sri Lanka to end its culture of merely ‘surviving’ in cricket and vowed to shake up the national team ahead of the next World Cup. In his first public remarks since being hired last month by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to revive the team, the 55-year-old Australian said he …

TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics torch relay got underway on Thursday after a year’s coronavirus (Covid-19) delay, with officials hoping it will be a ‘ray of light’ after the problems caused by the pandemic. Spectators were barred from the departure ceremony and first leg over ongoing fears about the Covid-19, which forced the 2020 Games’ historic postponement a year ago. But …

LAHORE: While defending the selection of opener Sharjeel Khan, Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq on Thursday claimed he is taking a well-balanced squad to South Africa and the bunch has the ability and the necessary ingredients to win on the tour. Addressing a virtual press conference from Lahore, Misbah said the squad would leave for South Africa on a chartered flight …

KARACHI: Stocks on Thursday extended their bullish stance to the third trading day of the rollover week. The KSE-100 index opened in the positive and early day investors’ exuberance carried it to intra-day high by 456 points. However, after several ups and downs in regular succession the index closed with gains of 182 points or 0.40 per cent at 45,726.17. …

ISLAMABAD: After conceding breach of Pakistan’s financial data integrity, the government has secured approval of the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for disbursement of $500 million and revival of the fund programme after a year. This followed commitments with the board to generate more than Rs700 billion in additional revenues through general sales tax and income tax …

ISLAMABAD: After conceding breach of Pakistan’s financial data integrity, the government has secured approval of the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for disbursement of $500 million and revival of the fund programme after a year. This followed commitments with the board to generate more than Rs700 billion in additional revenues through general sales tax and income tax …

KARACHI: A proposed bill, which the government claims is aimed at making the central bank autonomous, will practically provide immunity to top officials of the State Bank of Pakistan as no investigating agency, including the anti-corruption watchdog NAB, can initiate any action against them without obtaining permission from the board of directors of the bank, it has emerged. “No action, …