PCB alters composition of selection committee yet again
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made yet another alteration to the composition of the men’s national selection committee on Friday, adding retired international umpire Aleem Dar and former Test players Azhar Ali and Aaqib Javed to it. ADVERTISEMENT The PCB announced the decision minutes after Pakistan were subjected to an innings defeat by England […]
Brook marches into record books with second-fastest triple ton in Tests
England piled on records against Pakistan on the fourth day of the opening Test in Multan. The Yorkshire duo of Harry Brook (317) and Joe Root (262) were at the forefront of England’s mammoth total of 823/7 declared. Here’s a recap of the major milestones from the day. Brook enters history books 6 England batters […]
Focus was on running well between wickets – Sciver-Brunt
Nat Sciver-Brunt credited her partnership with Danielle Wyatt-Hodge and the role played by the England spinners for their victory against South Africa in the Group B encounter in Sharjah. It wasn’t the best of starts for England in a chase of 125 against South Africa in what was a key clash in the 2024 T20 […]
Arsenal sink PSG as Dortmund hit seven past Celtic
PARIS: Arsenal beat Paris St Germain 2-0 in their heavyweight duel on Tuesday, while Karim Adeyemi starred as last season’s beaten finalists Borussia Dortmund ran riot against Celtic and Barcelona and Manchester City claimed their first wins in the restructured Champions League on Tuesday. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal outclassed his former team with Kai Havertz and […]
India bowl out Bangladesh for 233 in 1st innings in Kanpur Test
India bowled out Bangladesh for 233 in their first innings on the fourth day of the second Test here on Monday. Mominul Haque remained unbeaten on 107 with Bangladesh scoring their runs in 74.2 overs. Resuming at 205 for 6, Bangladesh added just 28 runs for the loss of four wickets in the post-lunch session. […]
Alcaraz hopes Davis Cup finals won’t be Nadal’s ‘last dance’
BEIJING: Carlos Alcaraz said Wednesday he is relishing teaming up with Rafael Nadal for Spain at the Davis Cup finals but hopes it won’t be “a last dance” for the 22-time Grand Slam champion. Spain this week named both players in their five-man team for the finals in November on home soil in Malaga, the […]
Pooran powers TKR to record run chase
Andre Fletcher’s 61-ball 93 was outdone by Nicholas Pooran’s faster, more brutal 93* as Trinbago Knight Riders completed a record chase of St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots’ 193 to subject them to their ninth successive defeat of CPL 2024. Fletcher was aided by Kyle Mayers’ 60 which came at a strike-rate of 200 in a […]
Training Programme
Recently Jammu and Kashmir Government has initiated a major drive for capacity building of 400 officers of Finance and Planning (F&P) cadres with an intention to upskill them in Fiscal Management, Budget Supervision, Taxation, Innovative Revenue Generation, Debt Management, Infrastructure Development, Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects, Project appraisal and other related aspects of fiscal administration. […]
Swimmer Moeed Mustafa passes away at 31
LAHORE: Moeed Mustafa, Pakistan’s former international swimmer, has died in Canada at a young age of 31, his family said on Tuesday. Moeed’s sister Mozian Mustafa, who was also a national swimmer, told Dawn that her brother passed away in Canada while adding that the cause of demise was yet to be known. Moeed represented […]
City beat Chelsea to start EPL title defence
LONDON: Manchester City got their Premier League title defence off to a winning start as goals from Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic inflicted a 2-0 defeat on Enzo Maresca in his first match in charge of Chelsea. Haaland marked his 100th appearance for the club with his 91st goal before Kovacic struck on his return […]
