SLOUGH, ENGLAND: Quick, without Googling or consulting ChatGPT, riddle us this: what is the most ludicrous, outlandish, woman-in-men’s-field can a female person do to earn the respect of a man? Is it building a rocket? Sliding into a parallel parking spot in 0.5 seconds? Building a career as a petrol station attendant? We need neither…
Alistair Dobson, General Manager of the Big Bash League (BBL) at Cricket Australia, has lauded Pakistani players like former captain Shaheen Afridi and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan, who were recently included in the overseas players’ draft list for BBL Season 15. In an official statement, Dobson expressed his enthusiasm for the upcoming tournament, which features several…
Listen to article KARACHI: Former Pakistan captains Javed Miandad and Shahid Afridi believe Indian batting great Virat Kohli still had a few good years of Test cricket left in him, but was compelled to retire prematurely due to what they call unfair treatment by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Kohli, India’s leading batsman…
MILAN: With an eye-watering $1 billion in prize money, some of the biggest stars in the game and clubs competing from across the globe, FIFA’s new Club World Cup has all the ingredients to be a huge event. But the 32-team tournament, which will be played across the USA from June 14 to July 13,…
BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund have signed English midfielder Jobe Bellingham from Sunderland until 2030, five years after bringing older brother Jude to the club. Dortmund announced the signing on Tuesday, the final day of the Club World Cup transfer window. “The England U21 international put pen to paper on a five-year deal with the eight-time German…
OSAKA/PARIS: Crystal Palace forward Daichi Kamada scored twice for Japan and Paris Saint Germain’s Lee Kang-in netted for South Korea as the Asian giants rounded off successful World Cup qualifying campaigns in style on Tuesday. Japan romped to a 6-0 thrashing of Patrick Kluivert’s Indonesia in Osaka, while South Korea cruised to a 4-0 win…
SLOUGH, ENGLAND: Hardcore readers amongst you may have found yourself nearly fainting in shock upon goggling at the colourful illustrations colonising every page of every children’s novels in bookshops today. In this rather unfortunate situation, please bring extra cushions, because if author Anthony Horowitz — who brought us the adventures of teen spy Alex Rider — is…
KARACHI: Summer is here. And if the Karachi heat isn’t enough to melt you, CM Punk’s promos definitely will. On Monday Night Raw, The ‘Best in the World’ came face to face with WWE Champion John Cena and challenged him to a match for the title. Cena accepted the challenge and the two will face…
PARIS: A pilot who turned to writing to clear his debts, British author Frederick Forsyth, who died Monday aged 86, penned some 20 spy novels, often drawing on real-life experiences and selling 70 million copies worldwide. In such bestsellers as The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File, Forsyth honed a distinctive style of…
LOS ANGELES: Warner Bros Discovery said on Monday it would split into two companies, separating its studios and streaming business from its fading cable television networks as the parent of HBO and CNN looks to compete better in the streaming era. The breakup is the latest sign of the great unraveling of decades of media…
