Sports

Karachi: Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf considered retirement from international cricket late last year after he was criticised for opting out of the Test series in Australia, according to a media report. According to a Pakistani media outlet, Rauf was so disheartened by the criticism...

Karachi: Pakistan cricket team's director Mohammed Hafeez is reportedly making a lot of players in the side "restless" and the major reason behind the simmering disquiet is his tendency to hold "long meetings and lectures". According to media reports here, some players, who were not...

London: Following are the winners from FIFA's "The Best" ceremony here Monday: Men Best player: Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris Saint-Germain-Inter Miami) Best coach: Pep Guardiola (Spain/Manchester City) Best goalkeeper: Ederson (Brazil/Manchester City) Puskas (best goal) award: Guilherme Madruga (Brazil/Botafogo) Fair play award: Brazilian men's senior team...

London: Lionel Messi landed another prestigious award in soccer — barely. The Argentina star needed a tiebreaker with Erling Haaland to win FIFA's best men's player prize  Monday. He has national team captains to thank. The voting breakdown showed Messi and Haaland with 48 points...

Ranchi: Their campaign back on track after a wobbly start, India would look for another spirited all-round performance to outwit lower-ranked Italy in their final pool match and progress to the semifinals of the FIH Women's Olympic Qualifier here Tuesday. The Indians, ranked sixth in...

New Delhi: Expectations will be high when Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty spearhead the home challenge at the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament beginning here Tuesday, hoping to annex their first silverware of the new season. With six titles in 2023, Satwik and Chirag...

Melbourne: Naomi Osaka waved to the crowd and walked back up the players' tunnel past the images of former champions after her Grand Slam comeback ended in a first-round loss at the Australian Open to 16th-seeded Caroline Garcia. It was too soon into her comeback...

Mumbai: Shreyas Iyer is neither losing his sleep over snub for the Afghanistan T20s nor is he overtly worried about the upcoming England Test series after a forgettable run in South Africa. Iyer was not picked for the ongoing T20 series against Afghanistan and people...

Shivamogga: Karnataka's Prakhar Chaturvedi Monday broke Yuvraj Singh's 25-year-old record for the highest score in the U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy final with an unbeaten 404 off 636 balls against Mumbai here. Yuvraj, who went on to become an Indian great, had smashed 358 for Punjab...

New Delhi: Iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar Monday dismissed as "fake" the video in which he is seen promoting a gaming application that lures users for easy money. The video shows Tendulkar talking about the merits of the application, saying he did not know that money...