World Cup: Spain start off with 7-0 rout of Costa Rica
DOHA: Former champions Spain got their World Cup off to a pulsating start on Wednesday through a record 7-0 win over a shell-shocked Costa Rica, with an early Dani Olmo strike taking his country past the 100 goal mark in soccer’s showpiece event. The European giants sought to make their mark in Group ‘E’ with […]
Poland’s Lewandowski misses penalty in Mexico draw
DOHA: Poland skipper Robert Lewandowski failed to break his World Cup duck when he saw a second-half penalty saved in a goalless but entertaining draw with Mexico in their opening Group C game at Stadium 974 on Tuesday. Lewandowski earned the penalty after a VAR check 11 minutes into the second half when Hector Moreno […]
Netherlands strike late to beat Senegal
DOHA: Late goals by Cody Gakpo and Davy Klaassen gave the Netherlands a 2-0 victory over African champions Senegal on Monday on their return to the World Cup stage. With Senegal missing injured star man Sadio Mane and the Dutch without their main attacking threat Memphis Depay at kick-off, the Group ‘A’ encounter in Doha […]
Pace ace Shaheen Afridi undergoes appendectomy, says ‘feeling better’
Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi on Sunday underwent surgery, a week after a knee injury forced him on the sidelines during the T20 World Cup final against England in Melbourne. In a tweet, Shaheen said that he had an appendectomy — a surgery to remove the appendix when it is infected — adding that […]
Djokovic triumph over Medvedev in a three-hour thriller in Turin
The ongoing ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, featured a gripping three-set marathon between Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic and Russian Daniil Medvedev on friday. Djokovic defeated the Russian with a score of 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(2), prooving his prospects of winning the competition without dropping a set. By defeating Medvedev in the tournament’s third consecutive third-set […]
Indian captain Pandya dismisses Michael Vaughan’s criticism
WELLINGTON: India’s Twenty20 captain Hardik Pandya on Wednesday dismissed Michael Vaughan’s criticism of his side, saying they have nothing to prove on their New Zealand tour despite a disappointing World Cup campaign. Pandya will captain India for the first of three T20s starting in Wellington on Friday with Shikhar Dhawan then taking over the captaincy […]
Cristiano Ronaldo says Man United owners ‘don’t care’ about club
Cristiano Ronaldo has said that Manchester United’s owners, the Glazer family, “don’t care” about how successful the Premier League giants are on the pitch. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has been a peripheral figure this season under new manager Erik ten Hag and was disciplined for refusing to come on as a substitute. But the […]
England triumph as final turns on Shaheen’s injury
THE fairytale of Pakistan winning a second world title in Australia evaporated into the drizzle of a Melbourne night. Instead, England are now double world champions, holding both 50-over and 20-over titles, and Ben Stokes again delivered when it mattered. Pakistan were never ahead in the game, and struggled to a sub-par total of 137, […]
Former Pakistan greats laud clinical victory over New Zealand
ISLAMABAD: Several former Pakistan cricketers have praised the national team for their fabulous victory over New Zealand in the ICC T20 World Cup semi-final on Wednesday. Overjoyed by the win in Sydney on Wednesday, former Test paceman Shoaib Akhtar says it looks like the 1992 mega event’s history is repeating itself, in the ongoing showpiece. […]
Stokes says England must shut down India’s Suryakumar
ADELAIDE: Ben Stokes warned on Tuesday that England must nullify the threat of Suryakumar Yadav in their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against India, saying the batsman has “set the world alight”. India and England clash on Thursday at the Adelaide Oval for a place in the final at the MCG against Pakistan or New Zealand. […]