Pakistan star batter Babar Azam has left the Sydney Sixers squad ahead of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26 Challenger against Hobart Hurricanes, returning home to join Pakistan’s national team training camp. The Sixers confirmed Babar’s departure on Thursday, just over 24 hours before the Challenger clash at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), with the […]
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned Israel and the United States against “miscalculations” in the wake of mass protests, saying the force had its “finger on the trigger”. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly left open the option of new military action against the Islamic republic after Washington backed and joined Israel’s […]
United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had secured total and permanent US access to Greenland in a deal with Nato, whose head said allies would have to step up their commitment to Arctic security to ward off threats from Russia and China. News of a framework deal came as Trump backed off tariff threats and ruled out […]
Two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner outclassed home wildcard James Duckworth 6-1 6-4 6-2 to stroll into the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday. The Italian world number two was in no mood for an extended shift on a cool Rod Laver Arena as he set up a last-32 clash with American Eliot Spizzirri. […]
Naomi Osaka pared down her show-stopping jellyfish-inspired outfit and overcame a second-set wobble to beat Romania’s Sorana Cirstea 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday. In her first-round win over Antonia Ruzic this week, Osaka walked onto the court carrying a white parasol and wearing a veil and broad-brimmed […]
US President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his Board of Peace, initially focused on cementing Gaza’s ceasefire but which he said could take a wider role that may worry other global powers, although he said it would work with the United Nations. “Once this board is completely formed, we can do pretty much whatever we […]
Bangladesh have reportedly announced their decision to boycott the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, escalating a major cricketing and political standoff after the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected their request to play matches outside India. The development was first highlighted by Indian journalist Vikrant Gupta, who termed it a “big breaking” moment in world cricket. […]
Nestlé has announced an additional $60 million investment in Pakistan in a move that signals renewed confidence in the country’s economic reform agenda, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The finance ministry said in a post on X that the development came during a high-level business roundtable, held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual […]
Global demand for smartphones, personal computers and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year as companies from Britain’s Raspberry Pi (RPI.L) to HP Inc (HPQ.N) raise sticker prices to offset surging memory chip costs. The rapid build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure by US tech firms such as OpenAI, Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google and Microsoft has absorbed much of the world’s memory chip […]
Novak Djokovic sent 141st-ranked qualifier Francesco Maestrelli packing in straight sets to ease into the Australian Open third round on Thursday – with a little help from a fig tree. The Serbian great is on his latest mission to win a record 25th Grand Slam title and dismissed the Italian 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Djokovic faces […]