BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan captain Salman Butt indicated Mohammad Yousuf would be called upon during the remainder of their series against England after a heavy second Test defeat here at Edgbaston. [caption id="attachment_3564" align="alignright" width="311" caption="Yousuf may play in remaining matches: Salman Butt"]...

LAHORE: Pakistan’s junior hockey team left for Singapore on Monday to take part in the 1st Youth Olympics being held from August 14-26. [caption id="attachment_3509" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Pakistan junior hockey team leaves for Singapore"]...

DAMBULLA, SRI LANKA: MS Dhoni’s India go into a triangular series in Dambulla keen to extend their impressive run in the one-day game in Sri Lanka. India, who clash with New Zealand in the opening day-night match today, have won two bilateral series, a tri-series and the Asia Cup ...

KARACHI: Former Pakistan wicket-keeper Saleem Yousuf has called for removing out-of-form Kamran Akmal from the Test format, urging selectors and team management to field the senior gloveman only in One-Day Internationals and Twenty20s....

It is high time for President Asif Ali Zardari & PM Makdoom Yousuf Raza Gillani to accept the popular demand of the general public for immediatelly removing the Chairman PCB. This decision will give tremendous relief from the daily agony of Pakistan cricket being touching one low after ...

Test captain Shahid Afridi announced that the second Test against Australia next week will be his last. The decision to end his short-lived return to the longest format of the game – after a four-year self-exile – came in the wake of Pakistan’s 13th consecutive Test defeat ...

JOHANNESBURG: Spain stunned the Netherlands to win their first World Cup on Sunday in sensational fashion with a goal in the last minutes of extra time. With the scoreless match inching toward a penalty shootout, and the Netherlands down to 10 men, Andres Iniesta collected a pass from Cesc ...

Carles Puyol scored the only goal of the game to send Spain into the World Cup final against Holland following a 1-0 victory against Germany on Wednesday. The Barcelona centre-back powered home a header from 10 yards from Xavi's corner 17 minutes from time to send the reigning European ...

Four Pakistani players have flown off to London this morning including two-to-be debutants, being hopeful to seek inclusion in Test squad against England and Australia series. [caption id="attachment_3231" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Four players off to London for Test inclusion"]...

The Big Picture Pakistan and Australia will spend the next month battling in the neutral territory of England and this Twenty20 at Edgbaston gives the teams their first glimpse at the opposition. Little is riding on the two-game Twenty20 series, given that it comes barely six weeks after the ...