Pakistan are set to appoint South African first-class cricketer and coach Michael Smith as their new batting coach in a bid to address the team’s recurring batting collapses under pressure. According to Cricinfo, the deal has reached its final stages, with Smith expected to begin his tenure during Pakistan’s three-Test tour of England, which starts…
Mitchell Starc (Image: AP) Mitchell Starc continues to defy the passage of time. At 36, the Australian left-arm quick produced another devastating performance on home soil, claiming 10 wickets in the second Test against Bangladesh to power Australia to an innings-and-51-run victory inside two days.Starc finished with match figures of 10/51, following his sensational 6/12…
When Shannon Leah Fraser disappeared in Queensland’s tropical rainforest in September 2014, rescuers feared the worst. Search crews spent days combing dense vegetation around the Golden Hole swimming area near Mount Bartle Frere, Australia’s highest mountain on the mainland, before the official operation ended without success. More than two weeks later, however, Fraser emerged from…
Oil markets remained focused on developments in the Middle East after Iran launched attacks on US military infrastructure in Gulf states Oil prices edged lower in early trade on Friday but remained on course for strong weekly gains as renewed military exchanges between the United States and Iran kept concerns over global crude supplies elevated.Brent…
Andrew Garfield’s still from ‘Spider-Man.'(Image Credit: Instagram) Andrew Garfield has always been a more thoughtful presence than the roles he is most associated with might suggest. Before Tom Holland made the character a global phenomenon. Before ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ brought all three Peters into the same frame and the internet collectively lost its mind,…
File Pic: UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, right, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino. (AP Photo) UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has ruled out challenging Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency but delivered his strongest warning yet to the world football chief, saying Infantino must either step down or face a challenger at next year’s election.Infantino has come…
Piers Morgan reignites the Messi-Ronaldo GOAT debate, claiming Messi’s retirement proves Ronaldo is football’s greatest. Lionel Messi’s decision to retire from international football has given Piers Morgan another opportunity to make his feelings about the greatest player debate unmistakably clear.The Argentine icon announced on Monday that he would no longer represent his country, bringing an…
For years, travellers passing through Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport encountered a man who seemed to belong to the terminal as much as the passengers, flight boards and waiting areas around him. Mehran Karimi Nasseri lived in the airport for nearly 18 years, turning a small space near Terminal 2F into a place of routine,…
A screen shows the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday alleged that the Centre was pressuring automobile manufacturers not to publicly disclose that E20 petrol could damage vehicles manufactured…
Photo credit: Helping forgotten paws/ Instagram Shelter dog Duke lost almost everything before his life finally turned around. He lost his home when his family lost theirs, was separated from the sister he had been bonded to, and endured two failed adoptions in less than 24 hours. For a while, it seemed like the shelter…
