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US President Donald Trump said he was not attending the draw for the 2026 World Cup to receive a prize, but he got one anyway. Trump, who has campaigned aggressively this year for a Nobel Peace Prize, was given FIFA’s inaugural peace prize for his efforts to promote dialogue and de-escalation in some of the world’s hotspots. Amid TV cameras and flashbulbs from the international press, Trump dominated the scene at Washington’s Kennedy Center on Friday, placing himself squarely at the center of one of the biggest events in the sporting world. The United States, along with Canada and Mexico,…
Karachi Blues outclassed defending champions Sialkot by a massive 218 runs in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, sealing their 22nd title at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday evening. Karachi lifted the trophy along with a prize purse of Rs7.5 million, while Sialkot received Rs4m as runners-up. Abdullah Fazal, named Player of the Final, earned a Rs100,000 award, while Ali Usman (best bowler) and Saad Baig — who swept the honours for best batter, best wicket-keeper and Player of the Tournament — received Rs250,000 each. Sialkot, chasing an improbable 533 for victory, resumed the final day on 12 without loss…
A sparkling century by Shai Hope ably supported by Justin Greaves had the West Indies 212-4 at stumps on Friday and clinging to the remote chance they can save the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch. Hope was 116 not out and Greaves 55 with the pair putting on 140 for the fifth wicket after the West Indies were in dire straits at 72-4. New Zealand need six more wickets with the new ball six overs away while the West Indies, set a mammoth 531-run target, need a further 319 runs. The tourists’ cause was helped by injuries to…
Pakistan batter Fakhar Zaman has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the tri-nation final against Sri Lanka on Nov 29, the International Cricket Council said in a media release on Friday. The left-handed opener was deemed to have violated Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which pertains to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during an international match”. One demerit point has also been added to Fakhar’s disciplinary record — his first offence…
Joe Root insists the wheels have not come off England’s Ashes campaign after dropped catches handed Australia five extra lives and a first-innings lead at the Gabba.Root’s unbeaten 138 – his long-awaited maiden hundred Down Under – carried the tourists to a competitive 334 all out, but a disappointing day two performance in the field saw Australia take the initiative in this floodlit second Test. The hosts will resume their innings 44 runs in front after closing on 378-6, although they were helped along the way by some scattershot bowling and a handful of missed catching opportunities. Spreaker This content is provided…
Australia v England | Second Ashes Test | Day Two Not long after Jake Weatherald made the move from Darwin down south to the big smoke to attend Adelaide’s Prince Alfred College, the Year 11 student stroked what his school yearbook described as a “brilliant” 124 on Trinity College’s main oval. In the same match, an older Trinity boy also peeled off a hundred. His name was Travis Head. The two centurions took divergent routes on cricket’s pathway. Within two years of that 2010 match, Head made his first-class debut for South Australia as an 18-year-old. He was captain at…
Michael Atherton described England’s bowling in the opening session of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane as “awful”, with Australia feasting on short, wayward deliveries to get their first innings off to a flier.England, having added nine runs to their overnight score of 324-9, swiftly set about taking some early wickets but instead saw Australia race to 130-1 in 21 overs by the ‘dinner’ interval – a scoring rate made all the more remarkable given the innings started with three maidens. “[England] awful in the morning,” Atherton said on Sky Sports Cricket’s ‘Ashes Daily’ Podcast. “They just bowled badly, it’s…
Michael Atherton described England’s bowling in the opening session on day two of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane as “awful”, with Australia feasting on short, wayward deliveries to get their first innings off to a flier.England, having added nine runs to their overnight score of 324-9, swiftly set about taking some early wickets but instead saw Australia race to 130-1 in 21 overs by the ‘dinner’ interval – a scoring rate made all the more remarkable given the innings started with three maidens. “[England] awful in the morning,” Atherton said on Sky Sports Cricket’s ‘Ashes Daily’ Podcast. “They just…
Australia v England | Second Ashes Test | Day Two Consider the recent trend of right-arm bowlers having success coming around the wicket to left-handed batters, and then consider this statistic: when presented with that scenario in the 2024-25 Sheffield Shield, Jake Weatherald averaged 282. For the past three years or so – “ever since I got better, actually” – Weatherald has been visualising his innings pre-match. At the Gabba on Thursday, well before the toss in this second NRMA Insurance Ashes Test, Weatherald was out in the middle of the Gabba, trying to picture how proceedings might play out…
A relentless Australia seized a 44-run lead over England in the day-night second Ashes Test in Brisbane on Friday, with aggressive opener Jake Weatherald and Steve Smith leading the charge. By stumps the hosts had not only reeled in England’s first-innings 334 but raced clear, ending a draining day two on 378-6 in front of a big and boisterous crowd at a humid Gabba. A decent lead is shaping as pivotal, with the pitch likely to deteriorate in the coming days. The hosts are 1-0 up in the series after beating England in Perth inside two days. “That was a…