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SOUTHAMPTON: Former England opener Michael Carberry enjoyed a fairytale return to First-Class cricket following his battle with cancer, scoring a century for county side Hampshire in their pre-season fixture against Cardiff MCCU in Southampton. The 36-year-old left-hander, who was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour last July, scored 100 off 121 ...

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi revealed the reason which led to his exodus from the Pakistan Super League franchise Peshawar Zalmi owned by Javed Afridi. Afridi, on March 25, tweeted his decision to part ways with Zalmi after playing two seasons for the side – first as the captain ...

  PORT OF SPAIN: Ahmed Shehzad struck a patient half-century as Pakistan cruised to a seven-wicket win over West Indies in the final fixture of a four-match T20 International series at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad on Sunday. Earlier, excellent seam bowling by Pakistan limited the West Indies to ...

LONDON: Arsene Wenger claims Alexis Sanchez will be happy to stay with Arsenal because his club are the only London team worth playing for. Sanchez is yet to sign a new deal with the Gunners amid suggestions he had demanded a transfer following a heated row with Wenger earlier this ...

PORT OF SPAIN: Pakistan will aim to seal the T20 series when they take on hosts West Indies in the third game at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain today. Pakistan beat the West Indies in the first T20I by 6 wickets, whereas in the second T20I, they ...

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain and legendary bowler Waqar Younis Thursday took to Twitter and bashed the national selectors for picking up Kamran Akmal for West Indies tour. Waqar Younis said that it is bizarre decision to select a 35-year-old player as specialist batsman who has never been on the cricket ...

NEW DELHI: The Indian government is unlikely to grant permission to the Indian cricket team to play against Pakistan in Dubai due to the prevailing situation in Indian held Kashmir. “The Indian home minister and the home ministry will take call on this but I don’t think the atmosphere is ...

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team captain (T20I) Sarfraz Ahmed thinks India seem afraid to face off against Pakistan on the cricket pitch, which is why they don’t play against his team. “Perhaps India are afraid of facing Pakistan which is why they don’t play against us,” Indian media quoted the T20 ...

DARMASHALA: Indian skipper Virat Kohli said he no longer considered Australian cricketers as friends after winning a tense Test series marked by bad blood in Dharamsala. Kohli, who remarked before the series that he was “really good friends” with some Australian players, said things had changed during the bitter contest ...

LONDON: David Beckham has scored an own goal on Facebook after upsetting Hong Kongers by lumping their city in with China – then annoyed mainlanders when he tried to fix his mess. The former England star planted his foot firmly in his mouth after a visit to the semi-autonomous city ...