Pakistan cut Ireland tour to ODIs only ahead of World Cup
The PCB has dropped plans for a Test and a tri-series with Ireland and Zimbabwe, keeping only ODIs as Pakistan build towards the 2027 World Cup.
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Empty stands and wrong buses: Asian Games organisers under fire
Fewer than 1,000 fans watched Japan's women's football semi-final at a 50,000-seat stadium, as bus mix-ups hit Pakistan and South Korea at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.
Pakistan's men's squash team seal Asian Games bronze
Ashab Irfan and Noor Zaman beat South Korea to guarantee Pakistan at least bronze and a semi-final against Hong Kong, while the women's team went out.
Pakistan face India in Asian Games hockey semi-final
Pakistan's hockey team meet India in the Asian Games semi-finals on Thursday, while the cricket team play Bangladesh the same day with a place in the final at stake.
Pakistan fight back from two goals down to hold Philippines 2-2 and earn first FIFA ASEAN Cup point
Ali Akbar Khan and Abdul Samad Arshad scored after the break as Pakistan came back from 2-0 down to draw with the Philippines, a side ranked more
Asian Games: Pakistan win fifth medal with PUBG Mobile bronze as cricket and hockey semi-finals loom
Pakistan's PUBG Mobile team took bronze for the country's fifth medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with cricket and hockey semi-finals still to come.
Saqlain Mushtaq calls for a specialist system to produce world-class spinners for Pakistan
Former Test spinner Saqlain Mushtaq said Pakistan has the talent but needs specialist coaches, long-term planning and national interest ahead of personal agendas.
Asian Games cricket: Pakistan to face Bangladesh in semi-finals after rain washes out all four quarter-finals
Rain in Nagoya washed out every quarter-final, sending the higher-ranked teams through. Pakistan meet Bangladesh and India face Sri Lanka in Thursday's semi-finals.
Djokovic says body 'feeling good' ahead of China Open comeback, where he has never lost
Novak Djokovic, 39, returns at the China Open in Beijing against Nuno Borges, after back and shoulder problems ended his US Open in the first round.
Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird quits over BBL privatisation row; David Boon named interim chair
Mike Baird is stepping down as Cricket Australia chair after Cricket NSW withdrew support over the sale of the Melbourne Renegades. David Boon takes over for now.
Asian Games cricket: rain sends Pakistan and India into the semi-finals as both quarter-finals are washed out
Pakistan v Hong Kong and India v Afghanistan were abandoned without a ball bowled, sending the higher-ranked sides into Thursday's semi-finals.
Miller's 142 and Bavuma's century seal South Africa's ODI series win over Australia
David Miller hit a career-best 142 and Temba Bavuma 103 as South Africa beat Australia by 32 runs at the Wanderers, their sixth straight ODI series win over them.
Tigst Assefa limps home just outside the women's world record at the Berlin Marathon
Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa ran 2:11:04 in Berlin, the third-fastest women's marathon ever, after injury in the final kilometres ended her world record bid.