North, South Korea hockey players team up for Winter Olympics

SEOUL: Female hockey players from the rival Koreas were paired up with each other Thursday to form their first-ever Olympic squad during next month’s...

North ‘halts’ plan sending team to South this weekend

SEOUL: North Korea rescinded its decision to send a team of inspectors to South Korea over the weekend to check local facilities for two...

Olympian Aly abused by team doctor sees US gymnastics as ‘rotten’

LANSING: Olympic gold medallist Aly Raisman blasted US gymnastics officials on Friday for failing to protect her and other women from years of sexual...

South Koreans not happy for joint hockey team

SEOUL: South Koreans seem generally happy looking for the North Koreans at their Olympics, but aren’t as pleased about sharing a team with them. The...

Model Town Club lift Yaseen Cricket trophy

Model Town Club lifted the trophy 4th time of 27th Mohammad Yaseen Akhter Memorial cricket tournament when they beat Servis Club by 8 wickets...

Ex USA gymnastics team doctor Nassar awaits sentence for sexual abuse

MICHIGAN: Disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar faced a sentence of life in prison Wednesday for sexual abuse after a week of...

Higuain signs for AC Milan as Bonucci returns to Juventus

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain on Thursday moved to AC Milan in a three-player swap deal between the seven-time European champions and Juventus...

Moeen did not want ‘Osama’ claims escalated: Bayliss

LONDON: Moeen Ali persuaded angry team-mates not to lodge an official complaint against the Australia player who allegedly called him "Osama" during the 2015 Ashes. England coach Trevor...

89-member Pakistan contingent ready for XXI Gold Coast 2018

QUEENSLAND: An 89-member Pakistani contingent arrived here at the Games village to participate in the 10 disciplines of the XXI Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games,...

42 million soccer balls exported from Sialkot ahead of FIFA World Cup

SIALKOT Over 42 million soccer balls worth Rs17.473 million have been exported from Sialkot so far ahead of the FIFA Football World Cup 2014. Sources in...

Geo Super shuts down live transmission

-Pakistan's first sports channel reduced to re-telecasting recorded programmes LAHORE: Amid the pressure of paying salaries to the employees and dwindling viewership, Geo Super has...

Babar Azam slams Zainab Abbas for calling him ‘Mickey Arthur’s son’

Babar Azam on Sunday responded angrily to a cricket analyst for referring him as son-like to Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur. It all happened when cricket...

Perennial underachievers RCB seek revival after revamp

MUMBAI: The IPL's perennial underachievers come into the season with a bittersweet mix of having finished last in 2017 and having had a good auction...

Pakistan to host 2020 Asia Cup

Pakistan earned the rights to host 2020 Asia Cup on Thursday for the first time in over a decade, but it is not clear...

Pakistan eSports team to compete for $1.5 million in China

Zuhaa bin Attiq Islamabad: Electronic Sports Pakistan qualified for the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG), to be held in China this March. The event has a prize...

Ali Tareen finally decides name of PSL sixth team

The Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth team owner Ali Khan Tareen has finally announced the name of his newly bought cricket franchise. In a video...

Sri Lanka bus attack survivor Simon Taufel hopes int’l cricket returns to Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Former ICC umpire Simon Taufel, who was on the ill-fated bus that was attacked by terrorists in Lahore, hopes that international cricket...