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LAHORE: Misbah-ul-Haq, the middle-order batsman, has been appointed captain of Pakistan’s Test side a day after he was recalled to the squad. Misbah, who was axed following the winless tour of Australia in 2009-10, is Pakistan’s fourth Test captain this year. Shahid Afridi remains the captain of the ODI and Twenty20 squads. Pakistan had announced [...]
NEW DELHI: Former Australia cricket star Adam Gilchrist says that Pakistan are one of the major contenders to win the ICC World Twenty20 championship.
KARACHI: Shahid Afridi is expecting his senior teammates to shine in the ICC World Twenty20 championship in the West Indies, saying that Pakistan’s hopes of defending the crown rest on their shoulders. The Pakistan captain told our correspondent in an interview on Thursday that experienced players like allrounder Abdul Razzaq, middle-order batsman Misbah-ul-Haq and glovesman [...]
KARACHI: Pakistan have told the seven players disciplined for their behaviour in Australia to apologise in writing if they want to be pardoned. Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan were banned indefinitely, while Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved were suspended for a year and fined after an inquiry blamed infighting within the team for the poor [...]
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain and world record holder batsman Mohammad Yousuf on Monday announced he was to quit international cricket in protest against an
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan and Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi received presidential performance awards on Tuesday
“The AG’s report is an eye-opener and obviously it talks about lot of money so we have left the matter in the hands
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board ended weeks of uncertainty, by appointing Shahid Afridi to lead the country’s campaign to defend the World Twenty20 title in the Caribbean from the end of next month. Afridi will once again take up the role he was given last year, after Younis Khan stepped away from the format, though he [...]
LAHORE: Massive financial irregularities worth Rs500 million have been recorded within the Pakistan Cricket Board from year 2003 to 2008, reveals a report prepared by the Auditor General of Pakistan. The report says that the board had spent Rs180.53 million on the construction of Qaddafi Stadium for and Pavilion. The project caused the cricket board [...]
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board stuck to its decision of banishing Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan as it announced central
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Hockey Federation has postponed next month’s Champions Trophy in Malaysia after South Korea pulled out and Pakistan lost its entire team and management staff in the wake of a disastrous World Cup campaign this month. “We received a fax message from the AHF today and they have postponed the event,” Pakistan Hockey [...]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board has allowed Mohammad Yousuf to play in a Bangladeshi league after saying that players banned by it cannot play cricket for overseas domestic sides without its permission. “Pakistan Cricket Board firmly conveys to all concerned that no player is allowed to play cricket outside Pakistan without having prior approval from [...]
NEW DELHI: Power-packed Australia proved third time lucky as they won the men’s field hockey World Cup after a 24-year hiatus with a 2-1 win over defending champions Germany on Saturday. Luke Doerner scored the winning penalty corner 11 minutes from the end after Edward Ockenden had put the Kookaburras ahead in the sixth minute [...]
LAHORE: Pakistan announced a 15-member squad for next month’s World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies but did not name a captain on Friday. Chief
NEW DELHI: Pakistan on Thursday sacked its manager, coach and selectors, while the entire squad offered to retire, after the four-time champions finished last at the men’s field hockey World Cup. Pakistan, who won the World Cup in 1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994, had finished 11th in the 1986 edition in London. They were sixth [...]
NEW DELHI: Four-time champions Pakistan slumped to an embarrassing 3-2 defeat by Canada on Thursday to finish last for the first time in the men’s field hockey World Cup. Scott Tupper scored a golden goal two minutes before the end of extra-time in the play-off for the 11-12 positions to hand Canada their first win [...]
LAHORE: Test cricketers Abdul Razzaq and Salman Butt are in race to win captainship of national cricket team for T20 World Cup. All-rounder Abdul Razzaq has appeared to be a strong contender for this position keeping in view the recent blow to Pakistan cricket in terms of bans on many players. However, some elements in [...]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has barred former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan from the national team indefinitely for behaviour they say contributed to Pakistan’s poor performance on its recent tour of Australia. However, the board then issued a statement saying, “the recommendation of the Inquiry Committee is not a life ban on these [...]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday slapped banned and imposed heavy fines on a number of its top
LAHORE: Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has promised to take “more than significant” action against leading Pakistan players in the aftermath of inquiry
Misbah-ul-Haq appointed Pak Test team captain
Swiss ‘Return of Illicit Assets Act’: Pakistan can get billions back!
Cricketer Muhammad Asif finally brings his bride Sana Hilal home, Veena Malik Shocked
Veena Malik seeks court’s help for registration of an FIR against Muhammad Asif
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What’s going on between Pak cricket legend Wasim Akram & Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen?
Potential to generate 50,000mw electricity from Thar coal field for 800 years
