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Novak Djokovic claimed his 90th ATP title after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Astana Open in Kazakhstan. Djokovic, a 21-time Grand Slam champion, beat his Greek opponent 6-3 6-4. Tsitsipas lost his serve in the eighth game of the first set before his rival went on to…

Ishan Kishan’s career-best 93 and Shreyas Iyer’s second ODI century set India up for a series-levelling win on a slow, dry pitch in Ranchi. The pair shared a 161-run stand – the second highest third-wicket partnership for India against South Africa – and aced a challenging chase. In the process,…

Alex Hales made a statement with a rapid 84, while quicks Mark Wood and Sam Curran thwarted Australia’s bold chase as England stepped up their T20 World Cup preparations with a tight eight-run victory in the series opener in Perth. In a record 132-run opening partnership for England against Australia,…

 Pakistan’s best first-class cricketers continue to ply their trade in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 and the third round of the four-day tournament commences tomorrow at Abbottabad, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi. After two of the three matches in the first round produced results, all three matches in the second round ended in…

Arafat Minhas and Luc Benkenstein produced all-round performances to help Gwadar Sharks defeat Rawalpindi Raiders by 34 runs in the third match of the Pakistan Junior League in front of PCB cameras at the Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday. Arafat, who represented Southern Punjab in the National U19 Cup, scored 40…

 Pakistan continued to gain confidence and momentum ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022 when they produced a clinical performance against New Zealand to win their second successive match in the tri-series in Christchurch on Saturday by six wickets. Haris Rauf carried the good performance of the…

Danish Aziz’s unbeaten double-century led Sindh to a five-wicket win over Northern on day four of the second round match of the Cricket Associations Championship on Thursday. At the KCCA Stadium, Balochistan defeated Central Punjab by 43 runs. Southern Punjab made a remarkable comeback to beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 38…

 Valiant knocks by Imam-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq helped Balochistan secure a draw against Central Punjab at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on the fourth and final day of the second round of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23. The other two matches between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Southern Punjab at Abbottabad and Sindh and Northern…

The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced details of the inaugural women’s league, which will run alongside the HBL Pakistan Super League 8 at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in March 2023. Four city-based sides, each comprising 12 local and six foreign players, will compete for the biggest prize in Pakistan’s women’s…

After the successful completion of the National T20 and Cricket Associations T20, the 2022-23 season enters into next phase with two red-ball tournaments – the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and Cricket Associations Championship – beginning from Tuesday, 27 September. The squads for both tournaments have been finalised by national men’s chief selector,…

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced to increase in the retainers and match fees in the domestic contracts 2022-23, approved by the Board Of Governors at its 70th meeting. According to the PCB, the contracts will run from September 2022 to august 2023 and the list of player names will be…

The first T20 match of the series of 7 T20 matches between Pakistan and England will be played tomorrow at National Stadium Karachi. The match will start at 1930 hours. Meanwhile, a special arrangement has been made for the flood victims living in the camps in Karachi to watch T20…

The first Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Chess Championship concluded successfully in Islamabad . In the championship professional category, Sulaiman Ahmed Ashrafi stood first, Sabat Ali second and Salman Ali Khan stood third, while Noor Fatima Rashid stood first, Raja Hattamur Rehman second and Hamza Zaka Mustafa stood third in the women’s and…

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have qualified for final of the National T20 Cup beating Northern by five wickets in Multan today.   Batting first, in first semi-final, Northern set a victory target of 165 runs in allotted twenty overs. In reply, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chased the target in 19 overs for the loss of…

National Basketball Championship for Women will start in Islamabad from 3rd of next month. Eight teams will participate in the five-day event. The teams have been divided into two pools.  Pakistan WAPDA, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Quetta make pool A, while Pakistan Army, Lahore, Peshawar and hosts Federal Basketball Association are…

Durham needed only 37 minutes on the final morning to wrap up a seven-wicket victory over Leicestershire in the County Championship. Michael Jones, who fell three runs short of a century in the first innings, added a 58-ball 50 before Durham, chasing 105, completed the win effectively inside eight sessions…

Former international umpire Asad Rauf has died aged 66 after a cardiac arrest in Pakistan. He first officiated in a one-day international in 2000, and was a member of the International Cricket Council’s elite panel between 2006 and 2013. Rauf officiated 64 Test matches – 49 as an on-field umpire…

Roger Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam singles champion, will retire from top-level tennis after the Laver Cup in London later this month. Swiss Federer, 41, has not played since Wimbledon 2021, after which he had a third knee operation. “My body’s message to me lately has been clear,” Federer said. “I…

Pakistan Cricket Board has put together a dynamic commentary panel for the historic seven T20 Internationals between Pakistan and England. Renowned commentators David Gower and Mark Butcher from England, and Pakistan’s cricket legends Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aamir Sohail, Bazid Khan and Urooj Mumtaz will commentate on the seven games…

Pakistan cricket selectors today unveiled their squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022, which will be held from 16 October to 13 November. In the seven events to date, Pakistan has won the title in 2009 in the United Kingdom, reached the final in 2007 and featured…

The Pakistan Cricket Board, on 12 September 2022, provisionally suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s left-arm spinner Asif Afridi with immediate effect under Article 4.7.1** of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code, which means that he cannot take part in any cricket-related activity, pending conclusion of the investigation being carried out by PCB’s Anti-Corruption Unit.…