Tag: Sport

MILAN: What do you get when luxury fashion meets sport? $10,000 sneakers. High-end brands such as Kering’s Gucci, Prada and Balenciaga are increasingly looking to...

Ferrari warned that they would not hesitate to pull the plug on Formula One if the world championship became more like "Nascar", insisting they cherish sport, not "spectacle".

LUXEMBOURG: The game of bridge may flex the intellectual muscles but the EU's top court ruled on Thursday that it is not a sport...

KABUL: A crash of horses and men deep in a mountain pass signals the start of another game of buzkashi, Afghanistan's national sport. Buzkashi, which...

NEW DELHI: Test teams are excessively exploiting 'home advantage' by preparing pitches that favour the strengths of the host nation, an International Cricket Council (ICC) panel representing various stakeholders within the sport said on Friday.

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan said on Tuesday he was not in favour of the next World T20 tournament to take place in 2018 and asserted that cricket bodies should pay more attention towards Test format calling it ‘real face of the sport’.

DUBAI: Ace spinner Saeed Ajmal is in Pakistan's 30-man preliminary squad for next year's World Cup, despite serving a suspension at the moment for an illegal bowling action.

LONDON: Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis questioned whether Sean Abbott would continue in cricket after delivering the ball that led to the death on Thursday of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes.

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who co-owns Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), is happy that several actors are encouraging different sports in the country, but he feels the only way to make the games popular is through TV.

LONDON: Arsenal confirmed they had signed England forward Danny Welbeck to a long-term deal from Premier League rivals Manchester United as the transfer window closed on Monday.

BERNE: Uruguay forward Luis Suarez's four-month playing ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) although he will be allowed train with his new club Barcelona.