DUBAI: Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Karachi Kings opening batsman Khurram Manzoor expressed his happiness at playing alongside a cricketing legend like Shahid Afridi. Manzoor, while talking to PakPassion, said Afridi’s presence in the team inspires everyone. “Shahid Afridi is an inspiration for all of us,” said Manzoor. “Everyone who …

CALGARY — Henrik Lundqvist accomplished something on Friday that hadn’t been done by a New York Rangers goaltender in over 55 years ago. Lundqvist had a career-high 50 saves for the second straight game to backstop the Rangers to a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames. He stopped 50-of-55 shots …

PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan would love to point to a coaching tactic or some semblance of strategy that explains why the Pittsburgh Penguins are so good in overtime. Only Sullivan can’t. He’s been coaching long enough to know that when there are six just men on the ice and his …

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With the Flames slipping out of playoff contention, goalie Mike Smith would prefer nothing more than to be back in net for Calgary’s next game, at Buffalo. Knowing that’s not in the cards, Smith settled on accepting the next step in recovering from a lower body injury …

OTTAWA — Popular TV science personality Bill Nye put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the spot Tuesday to explain Canada’s approval of a controversial pipeline which, if built, will increase the flow of oil from Alberta to the Pacific coast. “Tell us about the Kinder Morgan pipeline,” the American scientist …

In a bid to narrow the gender wage gap, Ontario will introduce new legislation forcing companies to include salary ranges in job ads and also track — and report — what they pay their workers. The move, to be announced by Premier Kathleen Wynne on Tuesday — two days before …

BEIJING: WeChat’s worldwide accounts have crossed the one billion mark, according to the chief executive of its parent company Tencent. The all-in-one app is a daily necessity for most Chinese, bringing together messaging, social media, mobile payment, games, news and other services. “WeChat’s worldwide monthly active users have surpassed the …

MIAMI: SpaceX carried out the 50th launch of its signature Falcon 9 rocket early Tuesday, a swift ascent to a milestone which many aerospace giants take far longer to attain. The launch of the Falcon 9 carrying a Hispasat Spanish-language telecommunications and broadband satellite took place on schedule at 12:33 …

LOS ANGELES: Oscar-winner Frances McDormand had her statuette stolen at a post-show party by a man who allegedly snatched it from her table before he was arrested, police and witnesses said on Monday. McDormand, 60, won best actress at Sunday’s awards for her role as a rage-filled mother seeking justice …

A burger point in California has stepped into the future by substituting the restaurant’s chef with a robot. The industrial robotic arm called Flippy went into testing several months prior by the CaliBurger chain and was built-in with a six axis robotic arm equipped with a spatula. The machine designed …