West Indies, Pakistan rearrange four-match T20 series
The two boards were forced into the alteration to the scheduled tour dates after West Indies' current...
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Sarkar stars as Bangladesh win T20 series to complete sweep
Set a challenging 194 to triumph, the tourists reached the target with four balls to spare when...
Wonder-trick gives Japan's Yuto a gold medal for his Pokemon
The Tokyo native scored 9.50 for the trick, the highest score for any move in the final, as he won ahead of...
PSL to be held in Jan-Feb window next year
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held in January and February next year, the country's cricket board said on...
Windies v Australia series to resume on Saturday after Covid case
The one-day international series between West Indies and Australia will resume on Saturday after everyone within the...
Olympics-scandal-hit Tokyo looks to final torchbearer to mend battered image
By Tim Kelly, Sam Nussey and Sudipto Ganguly
Battered by scandal on the eve of the opening ceremony, Tokyo 2020...
Bangladesh's Mushfiqur to miss Australia T20 series
Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim will miss next month's Twenty20 International series against Australia after he was...
Muslim Olympians celebrate Eid far from home in Tokyo
By Shadia Nasralla
Muslim athletes in Tokyo for the Olympics marked a pared-down Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of...
Opening ceremony director fired over Holocaust joke on Olympics Games eve
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mari Saito
On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening...
Khan injury adds to India's woes ahead of England test series
India's build up for its five-test series against England suffered another setback after fast bowler Avesh Khan...
England sweat to 2-1 T20 series win over Pakistan
Pakistan had set England a target of 155 with opener Mohammad Rizwan top scoring with...
Sponsors of Tokyo's unpopular Olympics face branding dilemma
Fewer than 1,000 Olympic officials and VIPs including sponsors are expected to be allowed...
US thrashed 3-0 by Sweden in women's Olympic football opener
Stina Blackstenius scored twice before substitute Lina Hurtig headed in a third for the...
Tokyo Games village safe, positive Covid cases to be expected: expert
By Karolos Grohmann
The Tokyo Olympic Games have had their share of positive coronavirus cases before they open, ...
First Palestinian weightlifter at Olympics braced to make history
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
Gaza weightlifter Mohammad Hamada says he is aiming to rank among the top ten when he makes...
England beat Pakistan by 45 runs in 2nd T20
Pakistan were well-placed at 71-1 in the ninth over before losing five wickets for 34 runs in an...
Olympic cluster scare as athletes test positive in Games Village
The first cases involving athletes in the Village came a day after a member of their entourage returned...
IOC aware of Japan scepticism over Games, hopes home success will shift mood
By Karolos Grohmann
The International Olympic Committee on Saturday said it was aware of scepticism within Japan...
Resurgent Pakistan beat England by 31 runs in T20 run fest
Liam Livingstone smashed the fastest Twenty20 century by an Englishman in just 42 balls against Pakistan but it was...
Misbah Ul Haq concerned after Pakistan’s disappointing ODI performance against England
While addressing a virtual post-series conference, Misbah Ul Haq expressed his worries after Pakistan’s ODI...
India player tests positive for COVID-19 in England
By Amlan Chakraborty
An India player has tested positive for COVID-19 in England ahead of a five-test series ...
Team GB women's soccer team to take the knee at Tokyo Games
Britain's women's soccer team will take the knee before matches at the Tokyo Olympics to raise awareness about ...
Italy players insisted on open bus tour after Euro 2020 triumph despite COVID risk
Italian team players overrode police objections in taking an open bus tour through the streets of Rome after their...
Isolation over, Morgan back in England squad for Pakistan T20s
England's limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan has returned to the squad for their Twenty20 international series with...
Olympics-COVID-19 cases found at Olympic hotel as IOC hails "historic" Games
By Ju-min Park and Antoni Slodkowski
A coronavirus cluster at a Japanese hotel where dozens of Brazilian Olympic...
Two Wimbledon matches probed for 'possible irregular betting patterns'
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said it is investigating two matches from this month's Wimbledon...
Federer withdraws from Tokyo Olympics after knee injury 'setback'
The 20-time Grand Slam champion was knocked out of Wimbledon in the quarter-finals by...
Italy erupts in celebration after Euro soccer triumph
Italians poured into streets and squares in massive numbers on Sunday as the national soccer team beat England to ...
Olympics host city Tokyo enters fresh coronavirus emergency as Games near
Olympic host city Tokyo entered a fresh state of emergency on Monday, less than two weeks before the Games begin ...
Messi breaks drought, win first major title with Argentina
Lionel Messi was uncharacteristically quiet in Argentina’s 1-0 win over Brazil on Saturday but his performance was...
