India greats Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced they had played their last T20 internationals after India’s thrilling seven-run win over South Africa in the T20 World Cup final in Barbados on Saturday. Star batsman Kohli put a run of low scores behind him to make 76 as he was named player of the match, with the 35-year-old saying afterwards: “This was …

MIAMI: Argentina shrugged off the injury absence of Lionel Messi to maintain their perfect start at the Copa America on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Peru in Miami. Lautaro Martinez scored twice at the Hard Rock Stadium to seal a win that ensured Argentina advance to the quarter-finals as Group A winners. With Messi sidelined after complaining of a …

BRIDGETOWN: South African captain Aiden Markram said he was “gutted” after his team lost their first-ever T20 World Cup final by seven runs to India. Having ended a run of seven semi-final losses — in both short-form formats — with their victory over Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Proteas came agonisingly close to their maiden World Cup title. Heinrich Klaasen’s blistering 52 from 27 balls, …

GELSENKIRCHEN: Jude Bellingham rescued England from crashing out of Euro 2024 against Slovakia on Sunday with a stunning 95th-minute equaliser before Harry Kane’s early extra-time winner sent the sub-par pre-tournament favourites into the quarter-finals. Slovakia started far sharper than England and gave their opp­o­nents several warnings before Ivan Schranz placed a deft finish past goalkeeper Jor­dan Pickford in the 25th …

NEW DELHI: India’s World Cup-winning cricket team will share prize money of nearly $15 million, the national cricket board said on Sunday, as a reward for their “talent, determination, and sportsmanship”. India won a thrilling final by seven runs in Barbados on Saturday to clinch their first major title since the 2013 Champions Trophy. Jay Shah, secretary of the Board of Control …

KARACHI: Nida Dar will lead Pakistan in the upcoming women’s T20 Asia Cup, which will be held in Dambulla, Sri Lanka from July 19-28, the country’s cricket board said on Sunday while also announcing the national squad following a four-day camp. “Ayesha Zafar, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar, who were part of the 17-member squad …

India will name their new coach after the World Cup-winning team makes its triumphant return from the Caribbean — but it is unclear when that will be because of a hurricane. The frontrunner appears to be Gautam Gambhir, 42, a former batsman who scored over 10,000 international runs across three formats. He most recently coached Kolkata Knight Riders to the Indian Premier League crown. …

Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) climbed more than 700 points in intraday trade on Monday on expectations of lower inflation numbers. The benchmark KSE-100 index climbed 704.08 points, 0.9 per cent, to stand at 79,149.04 at 11:15am from the previous close of 78,444.96 points. Mohammed Sohail, chief executive of Topline Securities, said that investors were “building new positions …

ISLAMABAD: The PML-N-led coalition government began the new fiscal year (2024-25) with an increase in petrol and high-speed diesel prices by Rs7.45 and Rs9.56 per litre, respectively, for the next fortnight. In a late-night announcement, the Ministry of Finance said prices of petroleum products have seen an increasing trend in the international market during the last fortnight. The Oil and Gas Regulatory …