NEW DELHI: Pakistan announced on Thursday that no behind-the-scenes diplomatic discussions are taking place with India regarding the Champions Trophy, following their decision not to travel for the next year’s ICC tournament.During the weekly press briefing in Islamabad, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch addressed queries about the status of the upcoming ICC tournament in…
NEW DELHI: With the standoff between India and Pakistan continuing over the 2025 Champions Trophy, there can be huge financial implications for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) if the marquee tournament is either postponed or moved to any other country.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made it clear that their men’s…
NEW DELHI: As the suspense on the India-Pakistan standoff over the hosting of Champions Trophy continues, there were reports on Friday that BCCI had informed Pakistan Cricket Board that it won’t send the Indian team to Pakistan for the tournament and wanted play its matches in Dubai, even though PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi denied receiving…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign Monday to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the disease in one of the two countries where it has never been eradicated. Pakistan regularly launches such campaigns, but violence targeting the health workers and…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has requested an additional 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) loan from China as the cash-strapped country has already used the existing 30 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) Chinese trade facility. Finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, who met with China’s vice minister of finance Liao Min on the sidelines of recent IMF and the World Bank…
Indian cricket team (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Defending champions Australia delivered a commanding performance, defeating New Zealand by 60 runs to climb to the top of Group A in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, held in the UAE. On Tuesday, Australia set a challenging target of 149 runs, before dismissing New Zealand for just…
Steve Bucknor and Sachin Tendulkar. (Pic Credit – X) Steve Bucknor, the iconic West Indian umpire nicknamed ‘Slow Death‘ for his measured and deliberate decision-making, faced significant backlash for two high-profile blunders involving Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.The decisions, made during crucial matches at the Gabba in 2003 and Eden Gardens in 2005, stirred outrage…
India’s victory in the Kanpur Test against Bangladesh, despite two days getting washed out by rain, has not just once again highlighted the team’s skills and invincible nature, but also the fact that Rohit Sharma and his boys know how to stay at the top having reached there. Like many others, former Pakistan captain Ramiz…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli has been steadily closing in on several records held by Sachin Tendulkar, and he has already surpassed some of them. While Kohli may not have broken every one of Tendulkar’s records yet, he has set new benchmarks and is widely seen as a player who could challenge some of Tendulkar’s major…
NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant is headed for greatness in Test cricket, according to former captain of India Sourav Ganguly, but the southpaw needs to improve in the shorter forms as well. Pant made his first appearance on the Test side since his potentially fatal vehicle accident in December 2022 on Sunday. He is anticipated to…
