ISLAMABAD: Waqar Younis, the former Pakistan captain and coach, has inked a two-year deal as head coach of Bangladesh Premier League franchise, Sylhet Sixers. He will replace Jafrul Ehsan in the BPL for 2018 and 2019. Waqar is presently working with Pakistan Super League franchise Islamabad United as director – …

HARARE: Afghanistan kept their hopes alive for a place in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 when they defeated the West Indies by three wickets in Harare on Thursday. Afghanistan restricted West Indies to 197 for 8 in 50 overs on a good batting surface and then achieved the target …

SHARJAH: Kamran Akmal hammered a scintillating knock as Peshawar Zalmi defeated Karachi Kings by 44 runs in the 27th fixture of the Pakistan Super League III at Sharjah Stadium here on Thursday. After deciding to bat first, Peshawar posted 181 for the loss of six wickets, courtesy Kamran’s 75 off …

Pakistan Super League’s final match-day of the group stages commenced on Monday as Lahore Qalandars elected to bat first against Peshawar Zalmi after winning the toss. The Qalandars have nothing to lose, but they have the fate of arch-rivals Karachi Kings (3rd with 9 points), new entrants Multan Sultans (4th …

Manchester City will face Liverpool in an all-English Champions League quarter-final while Juventus have a chance to gain revenge on holders Real Madrid in a repeat of last year’s final. Surprise qualifiers Sevilla take on Bayern Munich while Barcelona were paired with AS Roma in the draw made in Nyon …

ONTARIO – Embattled former PC leader Patrick Brown will not be allowed to run as a Tory candidate in the June election. The party’s nomination committee, which made the announcement Thursday night, met earlier in the day and said “the unanimous decision … was that Patrick Brown will not be …

ONTARIO – Ontario’s quasi-judicial tribunals are not courts and should not be subject to the same principles of openness when it comes to their records, the province argued in a court filing Thursday. Responding to a constitutional challenge from the Toronto Star that calls on Ontario’s various administrative tribunals — …

TORONTO – A star minor hockey player and his mother were found dead in a home east of Toronto on Wednesday, hours before police arrested a man in connection with what they described as a double homicide. However, Durham Region police said later that a 13-year-old girl who was also …

TORONTO — Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown will not be eligible to run in the riding he was nominated in for the province’s June 7 election, the party’s provincial nominations committee said late Thursday. The committee said in a statement that it reached a “unanimous decision” that Brown …

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is sidestepping questions about political violence, saying the issue of whether force can be justified to defend Sikh people from oppression is too complex to be answered “in a simplistic manner.” Singh made the statement one day after a new video surfaced, showing him …