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AUSTIN: Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took pole position for the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on Sunday as Formula One mourned the death of Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz ahead of a race likely to crown his team champions. Red Bull’s double world champion Max Verstappen will join Spaniard Sainz on the front row for Monday’s race with the Dutch …

KARACHI: Pacer Athar Mehmood’s splendid figures of 6-40 led Northern to a dominating nine-wicket win over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the third day of the fifth-round encounter of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The win, Northern’s third in Pakistan’s premier domestic tournament, consolidated their position on top of the six-team points table. After Northern scored 249 …

The final over of India’s slim World Cup win over Pakistan on Sunday had two separate controversial moments that had the fans of the losing side up in arms. In the first instance, which occurred on the third ball of the 20th over, Mohammad Nawaz’s full toss was smacked for a six by Virat Kohli. To add insult to injury, …

HOBART: South Africa captain Temba Bavuma vowed Sunday his team will come out with all guns blazing in their Twenty20 World Cup bow in Australia, with no time to ease themselves into the tournament. The Proteas have a poor record in global events, never winning a World Cup or reaching a final in either short-ball format. They failed to make …

IT was a great match — one that will go down in legend. And Pakistan were good, though not quite good enough to overcome an inspirational innings from Virat Kohli, a mad last over from Mohammad Nawaz, some generous interpretations by the umpiring team in India’s favour, and a selection error of Pakistan’s own making. Kohli, as often is the way, saved …

PARIS: A partial solar eclipse will be visible across a swathe of the Northern Hemisphere on Tuesday, with amateur astronomers warned to take care watching the rare phenomenon. The eclipse will start at 0858 GMT in Iceland and end off the coast of India at 1302 GMT, crossing Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on its way, according to …

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, whose Greenlight Capital has had a long history with entrepreneur Elon Musk, in a letter on Friday said he expects Musk’s deal to buy Twitter will “close at or near the originally agreed upon price.” Einhorn told his investors in August that he had bought a stake in Twitter, and now said he believes the lawsuit …

Virat Kohli struck an imperious half-century and Ravichandran Ashwin was cool at the death as India secured a four-wicket win on the final ball against arch-rivals Pakistan at the T20 World Cup on Sunday in front of a huge Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) crowd. Pakistan’s spin-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz had a final over to forget, gifting India two wides and a no-ball …

In what was an instant World Cup classic that had its heroes, its villains, last-over drama and everything in between, India somehow managed to beat Pakistan by four wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. The biggest of the heroes undoubtedly was Virat Kohli, who scored an unbeaten 82 off 53 that included a six in the final over …

Disciplined bowling and an unbeaten half-century by Kusal Mendis powered Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket hammering of Ireland in their opening Super 12 match at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday. Asian champions Sri Lanka restricted Ireland, who qualified for the second round by knocking out two-time champions West Indies, to 128-8 in Hobart. Spinners Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga …