Vocal powerhouse Miley Cyrus is detailing how she decided to change her life after losing her house and how she coped with her heartbreak after splitting with ex-husband Liam Hemsworth. The Hannah Montana actor, 28, talked about about rebuilding her life ever since she lost her Malibu home in 2018 due to a devastating fire, when she was in a relationship with …

MANCHESTER: Joe Root says England will weigh up the fitness of pace spearheads James Anderson and Ollie Robinson as they attempt to avoid a series defeat by India in the fifth Test at Old Trafford. England trail 2-1 in the five-match series after a 157-run defeat at The Oval on Monday and the bowling attack has limited time to recover …

DHAKA: Skipper Mahmudullah struck an unbeaten 43 as Bangladesh defeated New Zealand by six wickets in the fourth Twenty20 International to seal the five-match series 3-1 in Dhaka on Wednesday. Mahmudullah guided the hosts 96-4 in 19.1 overs after four wickets each from left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed and left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman helped them bowl out the Black Caps for …

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain and coach Intikhab Alam is not happy with the way head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis left the national team in the wilderness just one month before the start of the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE. Former Test captains Waqar and Misbah out of the blue resigned just as the Pakistan squad for the …

THERE is an unwritten rule in Pakistan cricket: find a good man, give him too many jobs too soon, overburden him, and watch him crack. Since the 2017 Champions Trophy, Pakistan’s last major title, Sarfaraz Ahmed was the first to succumb. Wicket-keeper, batsman, captain in every format, Sarfaraz’s demise was as predictable as the PCB’s initial blind faith in his …

Australia’s cricket board said on Thursday it will scrap a planned Test match against the Afghanistan men’s team if the Asian country’s Taliban rulers do not allow women to play the sport. Australian broadcaster SBS quoted a Taliban representative as saying he did not think women would be allowed to play cricket because it was “not necessary” and it would be against …

KARACHI: Investors’ fears of stock meltdown materialised as the KSE-100 index sank 333 points, or 0.71 per cent, to close at 46,397 on Wednesday. According to schedule, MSCI, the global index provider, announced its decision on Tuesday night, reclassifying Pakistan to Frontier Market (FM) from the Emerging Market (EM) from Dec 1. That ended the Pakistani market’s four-year stint in …

ISLAMABAD: The government has started the audit of all oil refineries and oil marketing companies (OMCs) to rule out the possibility of irregularities in taxes, product sourcing and transportation costs. A senior government official told Dawn the Petroleum Division had asked 25 OMCs and refineries to ensure availability of relevant personal and entire record for examination by the audit teams. In the …

ISLAMABAD: The government’s plan to raise up to $1 billion through auction of additional spectrum on Sept 16 is likely to be adversely affected because two out of the four Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) are reluctant to participate actively demanding low rates, Dawn has learnt from sources in the telecom sector. The sources said the senior managements of the two CMOs have …

ISLAMABAD: The first-ever EU-Pakistan Business Forum for Small and Medium Enterprises was launched on Wednesday which is aimed at boosting trade with countries in the European Union. The objective of the forum is to provide opportunities to both EU and Pakistani businesses to work together to become engines of development and partnership and contribute to enhancing bilateral trade. The business …