MUMBAI: Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by popular Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, has picked up a stake in the city-based Major League Cricket in the United States, the Twenty20 league has said. The inaugural season of MLC, featuring six franchises, is expected to commence in 2022. It will the third T20 league to see the involvement …
NP newsroom The Argentinian football team’s former midfielder and manager suffered a fatal heart attack at home in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Maradona was captaining his team when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup. An alcoholic, he had had surgery to remove a brain blood clot in November. Famous footballers from several teams around the world called Maradona’s passing “a …
NP newsroom RAWALPINDI: Teenage pacer Naseem Shah became the youngest player to record a Test hat-trick as Pakistan edged closer to victory against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Sunday. Just when Bangladesh seemed to have fought their way back into the match at 124-2 minutes before the close on the third day, Naseem destroyed them with three wickets off successive deliveries. …
NP newsroom LAHORE: Pakistani international cricketer Nasir Jamshed has been sentenced to 17 months in prison for involvement in match fixing in T20 tournaments in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The British National Crime Agency (NCA) said in a statement the other day that the 33-year-old Pakistani cricketer and British nationals Yousef Anwar and Mohammed Ijaz were sentenced after the trio admitted …
LAHORE: Diamond Paints on Sunday won the 104th Ambassador’s Polo Cup 2019 final with 8 goals against the Adisseo team. President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday was the chief guest at the final of Gul Ahmad “The Federation of International Polo (FIP) 104th Ambassador’s Cup 2019 Polo in Pink” held at Lahore Polo Club. The players of the Diamond Paints …
LAHORE: Arch-rivals Pakistan and India will lock horns in the first semi-final of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup at the JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom, South Africa on Tuesday, 4th February. The high-octane clash is set to capture the attention of millions of cricket fans in the sub-continent and the stakes, as always, are high. The winners will clinch a …
BRAZIL:The untimely death of Kobe Bryant has led to a campaign against homophobia in Brazilian football. Bryant wore the no. 24 shirt for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team and his death in a helicopter crash on Sunday has hastened a debate over a shirt number that is often eschewed by Brazilian footballers because of anti-gay prejudice. The number 24 …
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NP newsroom THE magazine Gentleman’s Quarterly (GQ) has named tennis star Serena Williams GQ’s Woman of the Year, however social media is frantic about the magazine’s cover that features her but has “Woman” in quotes. The 37-year-old, called “The Champion” by the magazine, features in one of four covers of December’s ‘Men of the Year’ issue wearing a black long-sleeve …
By NP Sports LAHORE: Pakistan’s women’s cricket team captain Sana Mir has been removed from her job and will be replaced by Bismah Maroof, a decision that is part of the PCB’s revamp of its women’s cricket set-up following the team’s poor performance at the World Cup in June. Shamsa Hashmi has been dismissed as general manager of the women’s wing, and …
