Mount Maunganui (New Zealand), South African right-arm pace bowler Shabnim Ismail held her nerve while bowling the crucial last over, conceding just four runs to help her team win a thriller against Pakistan Women by six runs, in the ICC Women's World Cup at the Bay Oval here on Friday.

Defending 223/9, the Pr

Hamilton,   India head coach Ramesh Powar on Friday acknowledged that the presence of sports psychologist Dr Mugdha Bavare is helping the team a lot, especially in terms of keeping players relaxed in a high-stakes tournament like the ongoing ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.

Mumbai-based Dr Mugdha,

New Delhi, Rajasthan Royals on Friday appointed former Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga as their fast-bowling coach ahead of the upcoming IPL 2022 season.

The 38-year-old T20 World Cup-winning captain Malinga, who represented Sri Lanka in 340 matches across the three formats and picked up 546 wickets, will ove

New Delhi, A US lawmaker has called to designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, while two others have sought a probe into Ambassador Masood Khans alleged links with Kashmiri and Pakistani groups, Dawn reported.

The initiator of the move is Scott Perry, a Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania.

New Delhi, An anti-terrorism court in Karachi has charged Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen and four other leaders with sedition, declaring them absconders and ordering their bank accounts be frozen and their national identity cards blocked, Friday Times reported.

Pashteen, Muhammad Akhtar, Ikr

New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said stranded Indian students who were evacuated from the besieged Ukrainian city of Sumy are returning to India on Friday.

Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar said the evacuation of the students from Sumy "was particularly challenging".

"O

Seoul,  South Korea's presidential office, or the Cheong Wa Dae, is expected to undergo sweeping changes both externally and internally under the incoming government of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, informed officials said on Friday.

Yoon won Wednesday's presidential election on campaign pledges

Sanaa,  Shelling carried out by the Houthi militia in different areas of Yemen in the past 24 hours has led to the deaths of six children, a security official said.

"In two separate incidents, the Houthis launched shelling and killed six children in southwestern province of Taiz and in Sanaa's c

Athens, Greece's annual inflation rate increased to 7.2 per cent in February, hitting a 26-year high, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said.

The inflation rate was minus 1.3 per cent in the same month of 2021, reports Xinhua news agency.

According to ELSTAT, the surge resulted mainly

Paris, Discussions at the informal European Council meeting in Versailles, France, will focus on Europe's approach to the Russia-Ukraine crisis, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

The goal of the two-day summit, the first during France's six-month presidency of the European Union (EU), is to "show