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TEHRAN – There is no excuse at all, the Iran Professional League must resume on June 18 but several clubs are reluctant to return to the competition for the illogical reasons. Four clubs Tractor, Machine Sazi, Shahr Khodro and Nassaji have recently threatened they will withdraw from the competition if …

MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia (CA) is bracing for the very high risk of the men’s Twenty20 World Cup being postponed and the resulting financial hit during the coronavirus pandemic. Australia is scheduled to host the tournament in October and November but with global travel restrictions in place it’s very doubtful the …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made three more appointments for its newly-introduced project of the National High Performance Centre, bringing in former Test off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq besides relieving Grant Bradburn as fielding coach to hand him a different set of responsibilities at the centre. The third appointment is …

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced the appointment of Grant Bradburn and Saqlain Mushtaq at the top positions of the newly-restructured High Performance Centre. Bradburn has been appointed as Head of High Performance Coaching and Saqlain Mushtaq as Head of International Player Development under the prestigious High Performance …

KARACHI: Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has said that pacers will find it extremely difficult to adopt to ICC’s new guidelines for resumption of cricket and proposed a mask for the bowlers to ensure they don’t end up applying saliva on the ball “instinctively”. The International Cricket Council …

NEW DELHI: India’s cricket board will not push for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia to be postponed but would consider staging the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the October/November slot if it becomes available, a senior BCCI official has said. This year’s IPL, which is worth almost $530 million …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are in the initial stages of working things out for Pakistan team’s tour to England in July-August. However, they are likely to face several hurdles ahead before crossing the bridge. Last Friday both the cricket boards …

TEHRAN: The Iranian Football Federation has sent an official request to the AFC to postpone the Asian Futsal Championship. A part of Iran’s letter states: “According to FIFA’s decision to postpone the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania until 2021, it is proposed that the Asian Futsal Championships be …

News / Sports Bundesliga: Union Berlin 0-2 Bayern Munich Monday, 18 May 2020 1:21 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 18 May 2020 1:21 AM ] The Bundesliga leaders, Bayern Munich have returned to the pitch with a victory after beating Union Berlin 2-0 away from home. The Bavarians were the …

MELBOURNE: Australian cri­cket chiefs are resigned to this year’s men’s Twenty20 World Cup being postponed, as momentum grows on the subcontinent for the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) to be held in the global event’s October-November timeslot. Though the tournament organisers are planning on the World Cup going ahead as …