Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the second day of the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa, being held at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Toss and Playing XIs Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat. South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis,…
Nepal clinched a thrilling one-run win against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Super Six stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier 2025 at Al Amerat Cricket Ground on Sunday. With just three runs needed off as many balls, the UAE lost three wickets off consecutive deliveries, which included two…
West Indies piled on 138 runs without losing a wicket in the final session on the third day of the second Test against India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The visitor ended the day at 173 for two after following on, just 97 runs short of paring scores. John Campbell and Shai…
Thirty years to the day, history was repeated as Garry Kasparov defeated Viswanathan Anand in the 10th game of the Clutch Chess Legends contest to win the match with two games to spare. It was in 1995 on October 10 that Anand took a draw in the 18th game to concede the 20-game Classical World…
American Brittany Brown surprised herself with the sprint double at New York’s Athlos meet on Friday, as Briton Keely Hodgkinson won the 800 metres to end her injury-dented season on a high. Brown exploded at the halfway mark and hung on through the final metres to win the shorter sprint in 10.99 seconds, beating compatriot…
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant could return to competitive cricket during the Ranji Trophy later this month after being sidelined due to injury for almost three months. Pant has been out of action since the fourth Test against England in Manchester in July, during which he fractured his foot while batting. He missed the fifth and…
Aryna Sabalenka extended her unbeaten run at the Wuhan Open to 20 matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Elena Rybakina on Friday, keeping alive her quest for a fourth straight title and setting up a semifinal clash with Jessica Pegula. In the 13th chapter of a rivalry that has played out on the biggest…
Former NBA player Paul Pierce was arrested on Tuesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence on a Los Angeles highway after he was found asleep behind the wheel, state police said. California Highway Patrol officers responded at about 10:40 p.m. to an unrelated car crash involving multiple vehicles on the northbound lanes of…
Qualifier Valentin Vacherot battled back to stun world number 11 Holger Rune and reach the Shanghai Masters semifinals on Thursday, winning 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4. He will face the winner of Thursday’s late match, either 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic—which he said would be “unreal”—or Belgian Zizou Bergs. Vacherot, who at 204th was the…
England cricket legend Andrew Flintoff has walked away from his role as coach of Northern Superchargers after feeling undervalued by the new owners of The Hundred franchise. Indian media conglomerate the Sun Group recently took control of Superchargers as part of the influx of new investors into the competition. Flintoff, 47, has been the coach…