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LONDON: Manchester City opened up a six-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a first half demolition of Leicester City in a thrilling 6-3 win as Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were also comfortable winners on Sunday. Three of the scheduled nine Boxing Day matches were postponed due to coronavirus outbreaks as Britain battles record numbers of cases …

MELBOURNE: England’s earnest dressing-room discussions about improving shot selection failed to bear fruit on Sunday’s opening day of the third Ashes Test, as shambolic batting delivered a Boxing Day feast of wickets for Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. England face more honest discussions after they were bowled out for 185 on Sunday. Australia reached 61-1 at stumps. Leading 2-0 after …

CENTURION: Opener K.L. Rahul showed superb application to score a seventh Test century and gave India an ideal start in their quest to win a Test series in South Africa with a solid century on the first day of the first Test at SuperSport Park on Sunday. Rahul made 122 not out as India reached 272-3 at the close after …

A dazed England lost four wickets in a hostile late spell to leave them still trailing by 51 runs and fighting to stave off defeat Monday at stumps on day two of a gripping third Ashes Test against Australia. It came after the visitors — who must win in Melbourne — were rocked by four positive Covid cases in their …

MELBOURNE: Embattled England made four changes on Saturday for the crunch Boxing Day Test in a bid to keep the Ashes alive, while Australia handed experienced seamer Scott Boland a surprise debut. Joe Root’s team must win at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of an expected 70,000 fans to stay in the hunt after heavy defeats in the first …

CENTURION: Virat Kohli bruised from being fired as India’s One-day International captain bids to rebound by leading his country to an historic triumph in South Africa in a three-match Test series which starts at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday. South Africa is the only regular Test-playing nation where India have yet to win a series. “We have worked …

KARACHI: It was only the second over and defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were reeling in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final. Northern pacer Waqas Ahmed was getting early afternoon swing at the National Stadium on Saturday and uprooted Fakhar Zaman’s off-stump with a delivery that swung back into the left-hander. The very next ball, Sahibzada Farhan was trapped lbw with a delivery …

LAHORE: Fast bowler Zeeshan Zemeer’s five-wicket haul backed by a fine 81-run knock by Mohammad Shehzad steered Pakistan to a nail-biting two-wicket victory over arch-rivals India in their group ‘A’ match of the U-19 Asia Cup in Dubai on Saturday. Chasing 238 for victory, Pakistan achieved their target off the very last ball when Ahmed Khan drove Indian pacer Ravi …

Sports in Pakistan had been in a state of disrepair for years but it showed more than a few signs of life in 2021 — and not just in cricket either. During the outgoing year, national athletes did not make too many additions to the trophy cabinet but they came quite close and certainly did better than what was expected …

KARACHI: Pakistan Test opener Abid Ali faces a long road to recovery following surgery after he was forced off the field with chest pain during a domestic match, officials said on Thursday. The 34-year-old fell ill Tuesday while batting for Central Punjab in a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match in Karachi and was rushed to a hospital. He underwent two angioplasty procedures after …