5 kilometres from the ground...
Zimbabwe pressed ahead with the tour despite scepticism from the international players' union and the fact the International Cricket Council (ICC) said it would not send neutral umpires over safety fears...
KARACHI: “Zimbabwe tour may well have proceeded without any untoward incident but that in no way means future tours in Pakistan are safe,” Heath Mills, chief executive of New Zealand Cricket Players Association (NZCPA), said...
In an exclusive interview with Dawn, Heath said New Zealand Cricket would rely on advice from independent security advisors to tour Pakistan...
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday named former Sri Lankan cricketer Thilan Samaraweera as their batting consultant for next month's home series against England...
Samaraweera's appointment came a day after former West Indies great Courtney Walsh agreed a three-year term to become the specialist pace bowling coach of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a petition against lavish foreign tours of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public exchequer...
Petitioner barrister Javed Iqbal Jafree argued that the prime minister had been doing unnecessary foreign tours along with his family putting an undue burden on the national kitty...
ISLAMABAD: Officials of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) must be heaving a sigh of relief in that the Ministry of Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) and Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on Thursday decided to provide funds to the country’s hockey governing body for the upcoming tours of Europe and Korea...
The minister said that the Pakistan Olympian Association (POA) will also help the PHF in connection with the expenses to be...
PESHAWAR: The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in collaboration with the Pakistan Railways and Sehrai Travels and Tours initiated train tours from Peshawar to Attock Khurd on Saturday...
Previously these tours were arranged for a select group of people who were invited to travel on the train...
CA wanted to pay them from a set pool instead, with only surplus revenue shared, to give it more cash to invest in grassroots programs and facilities...
MELBOURNE:Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) announced they had agreed a new pay deal ‘in principle’ on Thursday, finally ending an acrimonious dispute that threatened upcoming tours of Bangladesh and India and this year’s Ashes series...
CA wanted to pay them from a set pool instead, with only surplus revenue shared, to give it more cash to invest in grassroots programs and facilities...
US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday toured the biggest mosque in Muslim-majority Indonesia during a visit seen as a highly symbolic gesture from an administration that has been accused of stoking Islamophobia...
Since becoming president almost 100 days ago, Trump has hosted leaders from majority-Muslim Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt...
Before he could say anything, Bilawal jokingly asked Rabbani whether to address him as “Mr Chairman” or “Mr President”, referring to the post of Acting President which Rabbani was obliged to take up as Senate Chairman during President Mamnoon Hussain’s temporary absence from the country...
Also read: Bilawal banishedHe further said that there is a need to “learn lessons from the past” to counter terrorism...
”Top Pakistan and Indian cricket officials met in Dubai on Sunday, agreeing to play a short limited over series after getting permission from their respective governments...
“Cricket should go on, it develops good relations and public from both sides want to watch the game,” said Afridi...
Earlier, the committee expressed its annoyance over the absence of PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan from the meeting and grilled Subhan and others over the frequent foreign tours by the PCB officials...
They termed the high number of foreign tours by PCB officials as “excessive visits”...
Read: Amir Khan willing to represent Pakistan at Rio OlympicsHussain believed that it was the lack of international training tours that kept the boxers away from precious experience which would have helped them gain crucial exposure ahead of qualifying rounds for the Games...
“Indian Olympians from different disciplines have been training with some of the world’s best athletes since the last six months,” said Hussain...
BEIJING: One of China’s top folk singers is rocking her away across disputed territory in the South China Sea, serenading hundreds of troops and construction workers stationed there, Chinese media reported on Thursday...
Song Zuying, who has performed with the likes of Canadian superstar Celine Dion, is part of an all-singing, all-dancing People’s Liberation Army (PLA) entertainment tour of the Spratly Islands, reports said