BIRMINGHAM, August 5(ABC): Pakistan are out of the medal race in the hockey competition in the Commonwealth Games 2022. The invincible Australians showed Pakistan the door in their pool-A match on Thursday. The Pakistani players looked helpless in their efforts to make a comeback as their rivals dominated the game from the very beginning of the faceoff. The Pool-A toppers, …

KARACHI, August 4(ABC): Pakistan’s Olympian Arshad Nadeem is optimistic to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 despite complications related to an elbow injury. Arshad, who will directly contest in the final of the Javelin Throw event in CWG 2022 on August 7, while speaking to  over the phone from Birmingham, expressed full confidence in dominating the multi-sports event. …

BRISTOL, August 4(ABC): Reeza Hendricks hit his fourth successive Twenty20 fifty as South Africa defeated Ireland by 21 runs in their series opener at Bristol on Wednesday. Hendricks, who hit three half-centuries in the Proteas  recent 2-1 series win over England, top-scored with 74 in a total of 211-5 and shared a third-wicket partnership of 112 with Aiden Markram (56). …

LAHORE, August 4(ABC): Pakistan’s left-handed batter Shan Masood, despite being in the form of his life, was not part of the squads announced for the ODI series against the Netherlands and Asia Cup 2022. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) unveiled squads earlier today which had few changes. Pacer Hasan was replaced by Naseem Shah while Salman Ali Agha returned to the …

BIRMINGHAM, August 4(ABC): It is a very good day for Pakistan from the Commonwealth Games 2022 currently underway in Birmingham. Pakistan hockey team thrashed Scotland by 3-2 in their third game on Wednesday. Pakistan bounced back with an impressive performance after being trounced 4-1 by New Zealand in their last faceoff. At the beginning of the match in the first …

BIRMINGHAM, August 4(ABC): Pakistani badminton players have so far presented good performance in their respective matches in the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Wednesday. Playing in Women’s Singles on Wednesday, Ghazala Siddique defeated Vicky Chater of Falkland Island in the round of 64 match in two straight sets by 4-21 and 3-21. Another Pakistani player, Irfan Bhatti won his match against …

BIRMINGHAM, August 4(ABC): Weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt has won the gold medal for Pakistan in the Commonwealth Games 2022 with a record lift of 405kg. This is the first gold for Pakistan in any category in the ongoing games in the United Kingdom city of Birmingham. Earlier Hussain Shah won a bronze medal which is the first medal in the games. …

LONDON, August 2(ABC): England have recalled Ollie Robinson into a 14-man squad for this month’s first two Tests of a three-match series against South Africa. Robinson has not played for England since the Ashes ended in January due to several fitness issues, mainly surrounding his back. But the 28-year-old seamer took nine wickets in Sussex’s recent County Championship match against …

ISLAMABAD, August 2(ABC): Former Pakistan T20 World Cup-winning captain Younis Khan has claimed that Babar Azam and team management should back Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam despite their slump in form. While speaking to a local media outlet, Khan claimed that support should be extended to players who have a good track record but are struggling with their form. “We …

KABUL, August 2(ABC): Ace spinner Rashid Khan was Monday named in a strong Afghanistan squad for the five-match Twenty20 international series in Ireland starting next week. The 23-year-old is a key for Afghanistan in Ireland as well as in the Asia Cup (August-September) in United Arab Emirates and Twenty20 World Cup (October-November) in Australia. Rashid took four wickets in Afghanistan s …

BASSETERRE, August 2(ABC): A record-breaking six-wicket haul by Obed McCoy paved the way for a nervy series-levelling five-wicket win for the West Indies over India in the second T20 International of the five-match series at Warner Park in St Kitts on Monday. Comfortable winners of the opening encounter in Trinidad three days earlier, India were dismissed for 138 off 19.4 …

LONDON, August 2(ABC): Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah pledged Tuesday to work her way “back up to the top” after a disappointing world championships as she launched her bid for 100m glory at the Commonwealth Games. Thompson-Herah finished third behind fellow Jamaican sprint stars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson in the 100m at last month’s world championships in Eugene, Oregon. It …

WEB DESK, August 2(ABC): Tiger Woods turned down a sum in the region of $700-800 million to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, the breakaway circuit s CEO Greg Norman told Fox News. Norman said the offer was made before the Australian was named chief of the controversial series, which is bankrolled by Saudi Arabia s Public Investment Fund. “That …

SAN JOS, August 2(ABC): Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan lost to seventh seed Daria Kasatkina on Monday in a first-round match at the WTA San Jose hardcourt tournament. World number 12 Kasatkina won 11 of the last 12 games to win 1-6, 6-2, 6-0 in Rybakina’s debut match since winning her first major title. Kasatkina will next play …

DUBAI, August 2(ABC): Pakistan and India will face each other on August 28 as the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the schedule for the Asia Cup 2022 (T20 format). Hosts Sri Lanka will play against Afghanistan in the opening match of the Asian event. Meanwhile, Sharjah and Dubai will host the multi-nation event. The much-awaited contest between Pakistan and India …

LAHORE, August 2(ABC): England will tour Pakistan in September for the first time in 17 years to play seven Twenty20, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday, while they will go against the Men In Green in three Test matches in December. England pulled out of their Pakistan tour last year soon after New Zealand had abandoned their tour …

BYRON BAY, August 1(ABC): Australian Test skipper Pat Cummins tied the knot with his fiancé Becky Boston here on Saturday. On Monday, Cummins shared the news of his marriage with his fans on Twitter and wrote: “Just Married.” Cummins and Becky have a nine-month-old baby boy named Albie, who was born in October last year, just before the T20 World …

TEL AVIV, August 1(ABC):Paris St Germain’s Neymar scored twice with Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos contributing the other two goals as they romped to a 4-0 victory over Nantes in the French Super Cup at the Bloomfield Stadium on Sunday. It was the ninth time in 10 years that the Parisians had won the traditional season-opening clash between the Ligue …

EDINBURGH, August 1(ABC): Mark Chapman completed a memorable few days in Edinburgh with an unbeaten hundred as New Zealand comfortably defeated Scotland by seven wickets in a lone one-day international on Sunday. Chapman followed his T20-best 83 in a 102-run thrashing of the Scots on Friday with 101 not out as New Zealand, beaten finalists in the last two 50-over …

SOUTHAMPTON, August 1(ABC): South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took five wickets to help his team bowl out England for 101 to win their decisive Twenty20 international by 90 runs at the Ageas Bowl on Sunday and take the three-match series 2-1. South Africa were put into bat and scored 191-5 off their 20 overs to set England an imposing target …

BIRMINGHAM, August 1(ABC): India women defeated Pakistan Sunday in their rain-curtailed Group A show at the Edgbaston Stadium, crashing them out of the Commonwealth Games. After the game was reduced to 18 overs a side due to a delayed start, Pakistan won a crucial toss and decided to bat first. However, the Pakistani batters failed to show their potential and …

ISLAMABAD, July 31(ABC): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will announce men’s national squad for Netherlands series this week, it emerged. Led by Babar Azam, Pakistan will face the Netherlands in a three-match ODI series in home conditions on August 16, 18, and 21. The national team selection committee is expected to make rotations in the squad and new faces are …

HARARE, July 31(ABC): Liton Das and Mosaddek Hossain played key roles on Sunday as Bangladesh levelled a three-match Twenty20 international series in Zimbabwe with a seven-wicket victory. Spin-bowling all-rounder Mosaddek took five wickets for the first time in his T20 international career as the tourists restricted Zimbabwe to 135-8 at Harare Sports Club. Faced with the modest target, Bangladesh were …

NEW DELHI, July 31(ABC): Seamer Deepak Chahar and spinner Kuldeep Yadav recovered from injuries to feature in India’s one-day squad for the three-match one-day international (ODI) series scheduled to take place in Zimbabwe this month. India rested several frontline players, including captain Rohit Sharma and batsman Virat Kohli for the matches which will be played in Harare on Aug. 18, …

LONDON, July 31(ABC): Liam Livingstone is desperate to be known for more than “cameo” innings as England head into their final white-ball match of the 2022 home season. The 28-year-old Lancashire batsman has a well-deserved reputation as a brilliant ball-striker capable of hitting huge sixes. But his 34 international appearances in both limited-overs formats have yielded just one hundred and …

WEB DESK, July 31(ABC): Novak Djokovic said he is preparing for the U.S. Open as if he will be allowed to compete at the hardcourt major, despite his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Djokovic, who has three U.S. Open titles, will not be able to participate at this year s U.S. Open due to current rules under which travellers seeking …

  KARACHI, July 31(ABC): Pakistan has been placed with five times champion India and much stronger Bangladesh in group A for the upcoming South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) women’s championship. The groups for the regional women’s football championship were announced on Saturday. Pakistan is in group A along with India, Bangladesh and Maldives. Group B features Nepal, Sri Lanka and …

HARARE, July 29(ABC): Batsmen Sikandar Raza and Wessly Madhevere starred as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 17 runs in Harare on Saturday in the first of a three-match Twenty20 international series. Zimbabwe posted 205-3 and restricted the tourists to 188-6 to take the lead in a series that continues on Sunday at the same venue and concludes on Tuesday. It was …

CARDIFF, July 29(ABC): Rilee Rossouw s unbeaten 96 laid the foundation for South Africa s commanding 58-run win in the second Twenty20 international against England in Cardiff on Thursday as the Proteas bounced back to level a three-match series at 1-1. Rossouw s innings was the cornerstone of a total of 207-3, with Reeza Hendricks making 53 — the opener s second …

BIRMINGHAM, July 29(ABC): British pop giants Duran Duran headlined a glitzy Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Birmingham on Thursday as more than 5,000 athletes braced for battle. Competitors from 72 nations and territories, many of which are former British colonies, will be vying for medals in 19 sports over a jam-packed 11 days in the English Midlands. The opening ceremony …

ISLAMABAD, July 28(ABC): Three foreign climbers are missing and feared dead on Pakistan’s treacherous Karakorum mountain range in the country’s far north, an official said Thursday. Pakistan is home to five of the world’s 14 “super peaks” — those over 8,000 metres (26,246 feet) high — and the climbing season is currently in full swing. A senior government official from …

BRISTOL, July 28(ABC): Jonny Bairstow’s excellent season continued as he made 90 in England’s 41-run win over South Africa in the 1st T20 international at Bristol on Wednesday. Moeen Ali compiled England’s quickest T20 fifty, off just 16 balls, in the hosts’ 234-6 — their second highest total at this level behind the 241-3 they posted against New Zealand at …

WEB DESK, July 27(ABC): Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and young pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi moved up in the Test rankings as the International Cricket Council (ICC) issued fresh rankings Wednesday. Azam is one step closer in his quest to become the number 1 batter in all three formats of the game after the Pakistan captain moved closer to the top …

LAHORE, July 27(ABC): Australia’s World Cup winning former captain Ricky Ponting said he thinks Pakistan Captain Babar Azam is the key towards Pakistan’s success in the upcoming T20I World Cup, scheduled in Australia. “If Babar doesn’t have a great tournament, I don’t think they can win,” Ponting said while talking to ICC Review. In the latest episode of the ICC …

LONDON, July 26(ABC):  Cristiano Ronaldo arrived back at Manchester United’s training ground on Tuesday ahead of talks with new manager Erik ten Hag over his Old Trafford future. The 37-year-old, who missed the club’s pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia for personal reasons, wants to leave the club he rejoined last year. He arrived at United’s Carrington training base with …

OSAKA, July 26(ABC): Paris Saint-Germain s new coach Christophe Galtier said his side conceded “two goals too many” despite Lionel Messi and Neymar combining to deadly effect in a 6-2 thrashing of Gamba Osaka on Monday. Neymar scored a brace and Messi bagged one in Osaka as a rampant PSG rounded off their pre-season trip to Japan with a third …

PARIS, July 25(ABC): Carlos Alcaraz was confirmed on Monday as the youngest player to break into the ATP top five since Rafael Nadal after the teenager reached the Hamburg final over the weekend. The 19-year-old Spaniard is the youngest man to achieve the feat since his illustrious compatriot first climbed into the top five in 2005 while still 18. Alcaraz …

WEB DESK, July 25(ABC): In a proud moment for Pakistan,  the vice president of the Pakistan Body Building Federation, Armughan Muqeem, has been appointed as the youngest judge in the Asian bodybuilding championship held in the Maldives. Muqeem, 33, will now perform his duties as a judge in Asian bodybuilding championship competitions after receiving a license in recognition of his …

WELLINGTON, July 25(ABC): Kane Williamson will captain New Zealand s 15-man squad for Twenty20 and one-day international matches in the West Indies next month on the Black Caps  first tour of the Caribbean since 2014, it was announced Monday. Alongside Williamson, New Zealand Cricket selectors included bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee, who make up an experienced core while Finn …

LEEDS, July 24(ABC): South Africa opener Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 92 turned out to be in vain as rain scuppered hopes of a result in Sunday’s third and final one-day international against England, with the series ending all square at 1-1. The Proteas were 159-2 in the 28th over, with De Kock having struck 92 off just 76 balls, including …