MUSCAT: Oman and Papua New Guinea get the Twenty 20 World Cup underway on Sunday in the humble surroundings of Al Amerat with both sides determined not to be reduced to the role of warm-up acts at the global showpiece. The seventh edition of the event begins with a double-header at the 3,000-seat venue outside Muscat where later in the …

DUBAI: Pakistan have won their last 10 Twenty20 Internationals in the United Arab Emirates and captain Babar Azam claims that will give his men the edge over India in their World Cup opener. The arch-rivals will meet in Dubai next Sunday (Oct 24) in what will be the biggest clash of the tournament that starts Sunday in Oman and the …

Oman and Papua New Guinea open the Twenty 20 World Cup on Sunday in the unlikely surroundings of Al Amerat where the global showpiece gets underway after being chased out of India by Covid-19. The seventh World Cup begins with a double-header at the 3,000 seat venue outside Muscat. Later on Sunday, Bangladesh face Scotland while Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands and …

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday announced that 1.2 million people had so far recovered from Covid-19 since the outbreak of the virus in the country in February last year. On the other hand, aro­und 900 more people got inf­ected and 24 breathed their last in the last 24 hours. According to data shared by the …

Saudi Arabia’s sports fans will be allowed to attend full-capacity events at all stadiums and other sports facilities starting on Sunday, the country’s ministry of sports announced in a statement on Saturday. Stadiums and other sports facilities will limit entry to fans who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the kingdom, the ministry said. On Friday, …

For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began, worshippers prayed shoulder-to-shoulder in the holy mosques of Makkah and Madina in Saudi Arabia. The Imam at Masjid Al Haram instructed worshippers to “straighten [the] rows and close the gaps” during Fajr prayer, tweeted Haramain Sharifain. Major restrictions and precautionary measures have been lifted as the Grand Mosque returned to full …

There’s a list of things to do first before you install or upgrade to the new Windows 11 operating system on your PC. There’s a checklist in this article by the Windows Club about compatibility, usability, vendor support, security, upgrade time and cost, and features to go through before. In case you are planning to get Windows 11 on your PC, you …

The World Trade Organization (WTO) said Friday its member nations had again failed to agree to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, with some countries doubting a deal could be reached unless certain delegations make “real compromises”. South Africa and India have called for intellectual property rights to be temporarily lifted for coronavirus vaccines during the pandemic in order …

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captains Fazal Mahmood and Abdul Qadir were posthumously inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Board Hall of Fame, the PCB announced on Saturday. The two stalwarts joined Hanif Mohammad, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Zaheer Abbas, who were the initial inductees to the PCB Hall of Fame by virtue of being part of the …

DUBAI: India captain Virat Kohli believes swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar will prove quite a handful with the new ball in the Twenty20 World Cup, and said off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s fearless bowling will boost their title hopes. Going by the just-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates, swing bowlers could struggle to get any movement on the low …