Abu Dhabi

Formula One: Rosberg, Hamilton primed for desert duel

Nico Rosberg starts Sunday's season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the Formula One world title he covets so keenly tantalisingly within his grasp.

Formula 1: Hamilton wins to take title showdown to final race

Lewis Hamilton survives carnage and relentless rain to send this year's world championship down to the wire in Abu Dhabi as he claims a spectacular victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Cricket: Pakistan target historic 9-0 rout of West Indies

Pakistan are determined to complete an historic 9-0 rout of the West Indies when the two teams meet in the third and final Test in Sharjah from Sunday.

Pak unchanged for 3rd Test

Pakistan's selectors have named an unchanged squad for the third Test against the West Indies after another crushing victory in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Pakistan scent victory

Pakistan pressed West Indies hard for a series-clinching win in the second Test after setting a daunting 456-run target on the

Cricket: Pakistan stretch lead in second Test

Pakistan stretch their lead over West Indies to 455 runs at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Captains hail day-night Test

Rival captains Misbahul Haq and Jason Holder praised the fight till last attitude in the first day-night Test played with Pakistan upstaging West Indies by 56 runs in the final hour on Monday.

Ajmal wishes wrong Bravo

Twitter was full of praise for Pakistan cricket team, who defeated West Indies by 56 runs in Asia's first ever day-night Test.

Cricket: Misbah, Holder hail competitive day-night Test

Rival captains Misbah-ul-Haq and Jason Holder praise the fight till last attitude in the first day-night Test played with Pakistan upstaging West Indies by 56 runs in the final hour.

October 17, 2016
October 17, 2016

Cricket: Pakistan's Yasir wants match with India's Ashwin

Wily Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah wishes a Test face off with magician Indian offie Ravichandaran Ashwin in a battle of two fast wicket-taking spinners.

October 4, 2016
October 4, 2016

Cricket: Pakistan's Amir flies home to sick mother

Mohammad Amir quit Pakistan's one-day series against the West Indies and flew home after his mother was taken seriously ill.

September 28, 2016
September 28, 2016

Cricket: Sarfraz reckons win will lift Pakistan

Pakistan's Twenty20 captain Sarfraz Ahmed believes the clean sweep over the world champions is the first step towards building a formidable outfit for the future.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

At least 30 passengers injured in Etihad turbulence

More than 30 people are injured as an Etihad Airways flight hit "severe and unexpected turbulence" flying into Indonesia, the airline says.

January 1, 2016
January 1, 2016

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan deported from Hyderabad over ‘technical flaws’

Immigration officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad deport acclaimed Pakistani singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan to Abu Dhabi.

December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015

Real Madrid named as world's most valuable football club in study

Real Madrid have been named as the most valuable football club in the world by marketing experts, who placed Manchester United second and Barcelona third.

November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015

PM returns from Netherlands

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in Dhaka completing her three-day tour to the Netherlands.

October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015

'Review system needs review' – Waqar Younis of Pakistan

Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has criticised the inconsistency of the Decision Review System, and believes that the margin of doubt for Umpire's Call should be increased from 50 percent to 75 percent.

October 17, 2015
October 17, 2015

Root eyes England victory against Pakistan after Cook's epic innings

Batsman Joe Root is adamant England can still claim an unlikely victory on the final day of the first test against Pakistan after his side moved 46 runs ahead of Pakistan on Friday.

October 16, 2015
October 16, 2015

Cook hits double ton as Pakistan-England Test heads for draw

Alastair Cook plays the third longest innings in Test history on Friday, scoring a monumental 263 to help England take the lead against Pakistan in the first Test in Abu Dhabi.