Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi celebrates after taking the wicket of Mahmudul Hasan Joy during day one of the first Test match against Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, May 8, 2026. — PCB Shaheen Shah Afridi achieved a major World Test Championship milestone on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh…
Pakistani players celebrate after taking a wicket during the fifth day of the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on May 12, 2026. — AFP The International Cricket Council (ICC) has penalised Pakistan 40% of their match fee and docked eight ICC World Test Championship points…
A general view of the Fifa World Cup 2026 trophy during the draw Pool in John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, US, December 5, 2025. — Reuters Fifa announced that it will hold separate opening ceremonies prior to the first game in each of the three host countries for this year’s…
Pakistan opener Azan Awais plays a shot during day two of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, on May 9, 2026. — PCB Awais scores unbeaten 85, steadies Pakistan innings. Abdullah Fazal supports Awais with unbeaten 37 runs. Pakistan trail Bangladesh by 234 runs at stumps. Opening…
Pakistan’s Azan Awais celebrates scoring a century during the third day of their first Test against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on May 10, 2026. — X/@TheRealPCB Pakistan opener Azan Awais announced himself on the Test stage with a century on debut on Sunday in the opening match of the away…
Bangladesh’s players celebrate after the dismissal of Pakistan´s Salman Agha during the third day of the first Test cricket match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, May 10, 2026. — AFP Bangladesh reach 7/0 at stumps on day three. Hosts bowl out Pakistan for 386 in first innings. Debutant Azan Awais scores century…
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi addresses a presser at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on January 31, 2025. — AFP LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to make major changes to national cricketers’ central contracts ahead of the new contract cycle beginning from July 1, sources told Geo News on Friday. According to…
Australia’s Matt Short celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England’s Jamie Smith, Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham, Britain, September 19, 2024. — Reutetrs MELBOURNE: Australia will use the upcoming white-ball tours of Pakistan and Bangladesh to test their depth after naming squads featuring three potential debutants, selectors said on Monday. ODI captain Pat Cummins and…
Bangladesh’s captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (R) runs after playing a shot during the fourth day of the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on May 11, 2026. — AFP Najmul Hossain Shanto remains unbeaten after composed fifty. Shaheen breaks key partnership after dismissing Mominul. Pakistan face…
SEOUL: A women’s football club will on Sunday be the first sports team from North Korea to visit neighbouring South Korea in eight years. The isolated and nuclear-armed country’s Naegohyang Women’s FC will play the South’s Suwon FC Women three days later in the Asian Champions League semi-finals. AFP looks at the trip, the politics…
