AFP, BULAWAYO: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed hailed “a great performance” after his team sealed a series win by strolling to a nine-wicket…

Brazil great Kaka believes Neymar attracts disproportionate criticism and should not be blamed for the country's underwhelming World Cup campaign,…

AFP, LEEDS: Joe Root became England's leading one-day international century-maker as an innings of exactly 100 not out on his Headingley home ground saw the hosts to an eight-wicket victory over India on Tuesday and a 2-1 series win. This was Root's second unbeaten century in successive innings…

AFP, GSTAAD: Eugenie Bouchard quelled a home threat at the Gstaad WTA tournament on Tuesday, fighting back to beat Timea Bacsinszky 4-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 for a second-round place. The 146th-ranked Canadian who played the Wimbledon final four years ago but has since suffered through season after season…

AFP, LEEDS: India left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been included in an 18-man squad announced Wednesday for the first three Tests of their series in England after impressing in recent limited overs matches. The 23-year-old took five wickets in the opening Twenty20 international and then returned…

Nasima of Dhaka and Sajib of Rangpur  became the lucky winners of first prize  of the Walton- The Independent FIFA World Cup Quiz competition…

AFP, TOKYO: Hundreds of football fans flocked to cheer Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta when he arrived in Japan on Wednesday to join his new club Vissel…

Paul Pogba delivered an inspired speech before France’s World Cup last-16 win over Argentina, telling his team-mates to ‘beat the best team…

AFP, BERLIN: Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as a player and a coach, welcomed Didier Deschamps on Tuesday “to our club!” Beckenbauer…

AFP, LONDON: West Ham United manger Manuel Pellegrini believes the London club’s record signing, Felipe Anderson, will give his team a “new dimension”. The 25-year-old Brazilian attacking midfielder signed for a reported £33.5 million ($44 million, 38 million euros), potentially…

AFP, JAKARTA: Asian Games venues will be ready before Indonesia hosts the showpiece event in a month, organisers say, but the threat of terror attacks…