India vs Pakistan (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The Asia Cup 2025 has reached its business end with only four matches left, including Sunday’s grand finale, and the race to the final remains wide open. After India and Bangladesh opened their Super Fours campaign with victories, Pakistan revived their hopes with a gritty five-wicket win over…
Sahibzada Farhan’s celebration after scoring a half-century became a major talking point from the India-Pakistan game on Sunday (Images via Getty Images) Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan has defended his highly controversial celebration in the Asia Cup Super Four match against India, where he marked his half-century with a gesture imitating the firing of an AK-47….
Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan, left, drinks water during the Asia Cup match against India. (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has launched a scathing attack on Salman Ali Agha’s team’s “timid” approach as they suffered another defeat against an unstoppable-looking India.“This match wasn’t enjoyable,” Latif told TimesofIndia.com after Pakistan’s six-wicket loss in…
Salman Agha (Getty Images) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: Salman Ali Agha has blamed Pakistan’s flat pitches for his team’s consecutive losses against India in the ongoing Asia Cup.Within a week, Pakistan were hammered twice by India. In the group stage, India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets, and on Sunday, the Suryakumar Yadav-led side registered a thumping…
The United States has called on Pakistan to bring its military and intelligence budgets under parliamentary or civilian oversight, identifying this as a key step to improving fiscal transparency. The recommendation was made in the US State Department’s 2025 Fiscal Transparency Report, released on Friday, which reviewed how 140 governments disclose and manage their public…
Afridi has responded to Irfan Pathan on the ‘dog meat’ comments made in an earlier interview (Images via X/Screengrab) Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has dismissed Irfan Pathan’s recent account of a mid-air altercation during India’s 2006 tour of Pakistan, calling the claims fabricated and questioning Pathan’s intentions.About a month earlier, Pathan had recalled on…
India’s Sachin Yadav (AP Photo) Sachin Yadav, a 25-year-old from Khekeda, Uttar Pradesh, switched from cricket to javelin throwing six years ago at age 19. Despite his family’s initial concerns about choosing a less popular sport than cricket, his father Naresh Yadav supported his decision by borrowing money to buy javelin spikes.At the World Athletics…
Arshad Nadeem (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The much-anticipated Neeraj Chopra vs. Arshad Nadeem clash, their first meeting in over a year, never truly materialised as Thursday’s World Championships final turned the script upside down. Pakistan’s Olympic champion and 2023 silver medallist Arshad Nadeem was among the first set of throwers to exit, bowing out in…
The game between Pakistan and UAE has been delayed by an hour (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) The Asia Cup fixture between Pakistan and the UAE in Dubai was thrown into uncertainty on Wednesday evening, with the start delayed by an hour and strong indications that Pakistan could forfeit the match. The controversy arose from…
Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem Neeraj Chopra, India’s javelin champion, will start his World Championship title defence in the qualification round on Wednesday. He faces tough competition from Pakistan’s Olympic gold medallist Arshad Nadeem and Germany’s Diamond League champion Julian Weber. Chopra aims to join an elite group as the third male javelin thrower to…