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TEL AVIV (Web Desk) Elia Viviani won the second stage of the 101st Giro d’Italia, nudging past Italian countryman Jakub Mareczko in a bunch sprint finish on Saturday. Thanks to a time bonus, Australian rider Rohan Dennis, team leader of BMC Racing, took a one-second lead over defending champion Tom Dumoulin …

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) Even though the current reigning Pakistani Super League (PSL) champions are called ‘Islamabad United’, chances that they will ever perform in front of their ‘home crowd’ at the underconstruction stadium in the city seem to have all but vanished after the top cricketing body in the country …

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) Khalid Mahmood, a senior Pakistani umpire, is facing disciplinary action after he skipped a match during the ongoing Pakistan Cup and took a cricket team to Malaysia.According to reports, Mahmood skipped a match during the ongoing Pakistan Cup taking place in Faisalabad and took the team to …

KARACHI (Web Desk) Pakistan women’s cricket team captain Bismah Maroof on Wednesday demanded from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to organize a women’s Twenty20 league similar to the widely popular Pakistan Super League (PSL).Bismah, while talking to the ARY news, said that PSL has played a major role in building …

LAHORE (Web Desk) Tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif on Friday said the national selection committee has sent a a team of T20 players to Ireland and England to play Test matches and have shown double standards by ignoring the top performers at the domestic level in picking the squad.Talking to …

LAHORE (Web Desk) Pakistani origin British boxer Amir Khan has shown his support to Pakistani boxers who will be taking part in the upcoming Asian Games.In a video message, the boxer said he was happy that the boxing federation was doing a lot to promote the sport in Pakistan and …

CANTERBURY (Web Desk) Former Australia coach Mickey Arthur, who now is with Pakistan, hopes the recent ball-tampering scandal will prove a ‘reality check for world cricket’ and that the banned trio of Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft get a chance to play county cricket in England.Smith and Warner, …

BAJAUR AGENCY (Web Desk) Pronouncing restoration of peace in the militancy-hit tribal areas, a cricket tournament named ‘Bajaur Super League’ kicked off at the sports complex in Bajaur with a colorful ceremony on Tuesday.The tournament is arranged by a group of local people, while the opening ceremony was attended by …

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) Pakistani bowler Mohammad Amir has been granted a visa to travel to United Kingdon for the England-Ireland tour. He will leave for England tomorrow and join the rest of the squad in Canterbury.Mohammad Amir could not accompany the team when they departed for the tour on Sunday …

Tehran (Web Desk) The London Olympic silver medalist, Miklós Ungvári, the Hungarian judo champion, accompanied by several members of the Judo International Federation, visited the Imam Reza holy shrine in Mashhad city of Iran. The judo champion from Hungary visited the Razavi Holy Shrine. The London Olympic silver medalist, Miklós Ungvári, …