Immediately after their unbeaten run at the Cricket World Cup was ended by Pakistan, New Zealand's players were joking and laughing in their changing room...
It wasn't that they took Pakistan lightly or failed to give their best effort...
He finished 2015 ranked second in the world and is hoping to be ready to push James by the Rio Games...
Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for US space endurance...
Whitson's 665 days off the planet 288 days on this mission alone exceeds that of any other American and any other woman worldwide
PARIS: Rafael Nadal launched his pursuit of a record 10th French Open title in convincing fashion, while defending champion Novak Djokovic eased to victory under the gaze of new coach Andre Agassi...
Reigning women’s champion Garbine Muguruza began her Roland Garros defence with a straight-sets triumph over 2010 winner Francesca Schiavone
WASHINGTON: Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has stepped into the political ring, firmly backing Donald Trump in the billionaire tycoon's bid for the White House in 2016...
Tyson issued his endorsement late Monday on HuffPost Live, saying he would like to see a business-minded commander in chief after eight years of United States (US) President Barack Obama
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Saturday granted citizenship to US boxer Roy Jones Jr after the American asked for a passport over tea in Moscow-annexed Crimea...
The Kremlin on Saturday released a decree granting citizenship to Jones, who met Putin in August while visiting the Crimean city of Sevastopol
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic steamed into the quarter-finals of the US Open with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory against 84th-ranked Briton Kyle Edmund...
Edmund, playing in a Grand Slam fourth round for the first time, barely got a look-in during the first two sets against the world number one and defending champion, who booked a last-eight meeting with ninth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-2 winner over American Jack...
”Pakistan's cricket legend-turned-politician Imran Khan, writing a series of tweets mourning Ali's death, described the boxer as the “greatest sportsman of all time” and a man of strong convictions...
The Spaniard’s 21-9, 21-15 loss to the half-overlooked but highly mobile Japanese player Nozomi Okuhara left Marin’s survival depending on Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying achieving an improbable first win of the week against former world number one Saina Nehwal...
”Published in Dawn, December 12th, 2015...
LONDON: Former World and Olympic champion Lennox Lewis has slammed a proposal to allow professional boxers to compete at the Olympics, saying that it could be dangerous for young amateur boxers...
Lewis won super-heavyweight gold for Canada at the 1988 games in Seoul before turning professional and switching to represent Britain as unified heavyweight world champion
DUBAI: Defending champion Marcel Kittel won the Tour of Dubai on Saturday after clinching the final stage by emerging triumphant from a bunch sprint at the foot of the world’s tallest building...
The German Quick Step rider outpaced Italian duo Elia Viviani and Riccardo Minali for his third stage win from four on the Tour after a 124km run through Dubai finishing at the foot of the 828m-tall Burj Khalifa
World Boxing Council's (WBC) Silver Flyweight Champion Muhammad Waseem on Monday expressed disappointment that the government of Pakistan had not offered him any support despite his achievements...
Speaking to DawnNews from Seoul, Waseem said that when he won his first WBC title for Pakistan in July, the federal government and the Balochistan Government had "promised to help him and commit to other financial help...
Published in Dawn, August 6th, 2015On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play...
According to Akhtar Nawaz Gengera, director general (DG) of the Pakistan Sports Board, the money will be spent on the boxer's training as well as funding for his tours...
Speaking to DawnNews from Seoul, Waseem had said that when he won his first WBC title for Pakistan in July, the federal government and the Balochistan Government had "promised to help him and commit to other financial help...
PARIS: Marion Bartoli, the 2013 Wimbledon champion, says she is coming out of retirement and returning to the tennis tour next season...
The 33-year-old Frenchwoman made the announcement via a Twitter post on Tuesday