A number of Pakistani cricket players including skipper Babar Azam have signed contracts with Canada’s Global T20 League.
Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi will represent Toronto Nationals in the Global T20 League, Iftikhar Ahmed will be part of Bengal Tigers Mississauga while Muhammad Amir, wicketkeeper-batsman Muhammad Rizwan and captain Babar Azam will play for the Vancouverites.
West Indies has defeated USA by 9 wickets in Super 8 stage match of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
The West Indies team won the toss and decided to field first.
First inning:
Batting first, American batsman Andres Goss scored 29 runs, Nitish Kumran 20 and Milind Kumar scored 19 runs.
West Indian bowler Ruston Chase and Andre Russell also managed to get 3 wickets while Alzari Joseph got 2 wickets and Gadakesh Moti got 1 wicket.
Second inning:
The West Indies team won by completing the target of 129 runs given by the United States in 10 overs and 5 balls for the loss of one wicket.
On behalf of West Indies, Shai Hope remained not out by scoring 82 runs while Nicholas Pooran scored 27 runs.
Harmeet Singh took one wicket for USA.
Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has decided to file defamation cases against YouTubers and former players who made baseless allegations against him.
The national cricket team, especially captain Babar Azam, has been heavily criticized after their poor performance in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup and subsequent exit in the first round.
According to Geo sources, a relentless social media campaign was launched against Babar Azam during the T20 World Cup, deeply affecting the captain’s morale. He was disheartened by the unfounded allegations made by former players and some journalists.
The skipper has started consulting with a legal team, and PCB’s legal department is also collecting data on the statements of YouTubers and former players.
Notably, Mubashar Luman had alleged that Babar had indulged in match-fixing on his YouTube Channel.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved Pakistan’s proposed schedule for the Champions Trophy 2025.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will share the Champions Trophy schedule with other boards next week. PCB had sent the Champions Trophy schedule to ICC a few weeks ago. The Champions Trophy will be held from February 19 to March 9 in Pakistan.
The ICC will now send the schedule to seven other countries, Australia, England, India, and South Africa, in the Champions Trophy hosted by Pakistan. Africa, Bangladesh, New Zealand and Afghanistan are included.
According to the proposed schedule, the matches of the Indian team will be held in Lahore and the final will also be held in Lahore. PCB is getting good signals about the Indian team coming to Pakistan while the teams from other countries have come to Pakistan and played the series.
Other countries are willing to hold the Champions Trophy in Pakistan as scheduled, but due to the consent of other countries, it will be difficult for India to refuse.
Pakistan’s Kashmala Talat has won the gold medal in the Thailand Shooting Championship, while Gulfam Joseph won the silver medal.
Talat won the medal in 25 meter pistol while her total score was 575.
The Asian Games bronze medalist has qualified for the Paris Olympics by winning the silver medal in the Jakarta Asian Shooting Championship.
Gulfam Joseph was the second Pakistani shooter participating in the Thailand Shooting Championship, along with Ghulam Mustafa Bashir who has also made it to the Paris Olympics.
Denmark’s male footballers have refused a salary increase for playing for the national side to gain their female counterparts equal basic pay, the players’ union said on Friday.
“The men’s team chose not to ask for a salary increase … to improve the conditions of the women’s team,” union spokesperson Magnus Hviid told AFP.
He welcomed “an extraordinary measure to help take this small step in the right direction”, but acknowledged there were “still more glass ceilings to break to ensure equal opportunities and conditions within national teams”.
Hviid said the action “obtained the same basic salary for the women’s national team and the men’s national team, as well as better insurance coverage for the women’s team”.
The agreement, signed at the end of May, provides for identical match bonuses for women and men during away matches.
However for the moment due to no bonus for home matches there remains a disparity in the overall pay between the women’s and men’s national teams.
The Danish football federation (DBU) and the union have agreed to bring forward negotiations on a new deal for the women’s national team after the summer break.
Denmark are competing in Euro 2024 and are joint second in Group C after two draws against England and Slovenia.
Former Indian tennis star Sania Mirza’s father Imran Mirza has strongly reacted to the rumors of his daughter’s second marriage with cricketer Mohammad Shami.
Rumours of the nuptials of the two sports stars started circulating in Indian media recently.
It all started when someone posted photoshopped pictures of Shami with Sania on social media.
The reports claimed that the two are going to get married in August, but both of them did not respond to these rumours, while now Sania Mirza’s father Imran Mirza has reacted strongly to the rumours.
While talking to Indian media, Imran Mirza said, “All this is nonsense, Sania has never even met Mohammad Shami.”
Sania is the ex-wife of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik; the couple also has a son, Izhan Mirza Malik, who lives with his mother.
Sania Mirza’s father confirmed his daughter’s divorce from Shoaib Malik earlier this year. In January 2024, Shoaib Malik tied the knot with Pakistan actress Sana Javed.
Spain has defeated Italy by 1-0 in the Euro Cup football match today in Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen.
Spain took the lead in the 55th minute of the game. Italy’s Ricardo Calafiori put the ball into his own net, which Spain took full advantage of, and Spain’s one-goal advantage remained until the end of the game.
On the other hand, the match between Slovenia and Serbia was tied by one goal each.
Australia defeated Bangladesh by 28 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system in the Super 8 stage match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Australia won the toss against Bangladesh and decided to field first.
Bangladesh’s inning:
Batting first, the Bangladesh team scored 140 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Bangladesh captain Najam Al Hussain scored 41 runs off 36 balls, Tohid Riday scored 40 runs off 28 balls and Laton Das scored 16 runs.
Australian bowler Pat Cummins took 3 wickets for 29 runs and Adam Zampa took 2 wickets for 24 runs while Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stynes and Glenn Maxwell took 1 wicket each.
Australia’s inning:
In response, Australia scored 100 runs in 11.2 overs under the Duckworth-Louis system for the loss of two wickets.
David Warner scored 53, Travis Head scored 31 and Glen Maxwell scored 14 runs.
Rishad Hossein took two wickets for Bangladesh.
After the disappointing performance in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup, there is a possibility of a change in the selection committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
According to Geo sources, a change is expected in the PCB selection committee after the team’s poor performance. There is a strong possibility that Wahab Riaz will leave the committee, but no immediate decision is expected regarding Babar Azam’s captaincy.
The Pakistan team has no white-ball match scheduled until November, so no decision is being made regarding Babar’s captaincy.
Meanwhile, there is a strong possibility that new players will be given a chance in the home series of the national cricket team against Bangladesh.
In March, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi formed a new selection committee consisting of 7 members, which did not have a chairman.
The selection committee included Muhammad Yusuf, Wahab Riaz, Abdul Razzaq, and Asad Shafiq, as well as the head coach, captain, and analyst.