NEW DELHI – South African cricketer Bjorn Fortuin has embraced Islam along with his wife, Mieshke Aysen, in the holy month of Ramadan. His new name is Imaad. He confirmed his conversion on Instagram. Fortuin’s teammate Tabraiz Shamsi’s wife shared a photo of Fortuin with his wife, which Fortuin’s reshared. Shamsi’s wife was congratulating the […]
HARARE – Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Sunday added another feather to his highly illustrious cap as he became the fastest batsman to reach 2,000 runs in T20I format. Babar achieved the feat in the third and final T20I against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. The Pakistan skipper has taken 52 innings to score […]
New Delhi: The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has got the approval for visas for the Pakistan cricket team as well as the media for the upcoming T20 World Cup that will be held in India in October-December, it was announced at BCCI’s Apex Council meeting on Friday. However, this wouldn’t yet break the deadlock between […]
Islamabad: Pakistan captain Babar Azam is now the No.1-ranked ODI batsman, ending India captain Virat Kohli’s long reign at the top of the charts. Babar’s match-winning 82-ball 94 in the third ODI against South Africa helped him gain 13 rating points to reach career-best 865 points. Azam made a total of 228 runs in Pakistan’s famous series win against […]
New Delhi: Moeen Ali’s father has said he was shocked and hurt after reading Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen’s comment about his son that created a furore on social media. Munir said he was surprised that the controversial author picked her son of all people to make what he believes is a “vile remark”. “If Moeen […]
New Delhi: England all-rounder Moeen Ali attracted limelight on Sunday, April 4 as rumours spread that he has requested his franchise Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) management to remove an alcohol brand’s logo from his jersey. The CSK jersey carries the logo of SNJ 10000, a beer brand of Chennai-based SNJ Distilleries, amongst others. Rumours suggested that […]
Srinagar: Amid surge in Corona virus positive cases, Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday ordered temporary suspension of all indoor sports activities in the Union Territory An order copy reads, “It is hereby ordered that all close contact sports like Boxing, Wrestling, Judo Karate, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Thanga-ta, taekwondo, Wushu and sports of similar character shall […]
New Delhi: Bilateral cricket relations between India and Pakistan might soon resume between the two arch-rivals, a media report has said. The last bilateral series between India and Pakistan was held in 2012-13 but since then the political relations between the two countries have deteriorated resulting in a complete halt of one-on-one series. A report in […]
Ahmedabad: The newly-refurbished cricket stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad has been renamed the Narendra Modi Stadium, it was announced at the inauguration on Wednesday ahead of the third Test between India and England. It was earlier called the Sardar Patel stadium. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the world’s largest cricket stadium in the presence of Home […]
Islamabad: Pakistan cricketer and tennis star Sania Mirza’s husband Shoaib Malik escaped unhurt after a car crash in Lahore on Sunday night. The accident happened after the cricketer left Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s National High-Performance Centre to attend the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Player Draft 2021. A Pakistan journalist also shared the video of the […]