Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam will headline the list of Pakistani cricketers registered for the DP World International League T20 (ILT20) Season 5 Player Auction, scheduled to take place at the ICC Academy Indoors in Dubai on Thursday, October 1. Babar has been placed in the highest base-price category of USD 80,000 alongside several globally recognised T20 players, including England’s Phil Salt, Tom Banton and Liam Livingstone, Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sri Lanka

Pakistan’s Ashab Irfan secured the country’s third medal at the ongoing Asian Games after winning bronze in the men’s singles squash competition on Saturday. Ashab’s medal was confirmed after he lost 3-0 to India’s Abhay Singh in the semi-final. As both losing semi-finalists are awarded bronze medals, the defeat ensured Pakistan a place on the podium. The fifth-seeded Pakistani had reached the last four with an impressive 3-1 victory over India’s fourth-seeded Veer Chotrani i

Every September, football fans go through the same ritual. For an entire year, we complain that the Ballon d’Or has lost its credibility. We argue that the voting system is flawed, that individual brilliance is being weighed against team success in inconsistent ways, and that the award no longer represents what it is supposed to represent. Then September arrives, the nominations are announced, and suddenly we forget every complaint we made over the previous twelve months. We