SHENZHEN: Late entry Kiki Bertens stunned world number one Ashleigh Barty with a comeback three-set victory to shake-up the season-ending WTA Finals in Shenzhen on Tuesday. All four players can still qualify from Red Group after Belinda Bencic’s three-set victory over Petra Kvitova in the later match. Bertens looked in deep trouble at a set and break down, but turned …

WELLINGTON: England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow believes that the approaching Twenty20 series, which begins  in Christchurch on Friday would see a “hungry” New Zealand side, driven on exacting World Cup revenge. The Black Caps suffered the cruellest of defeats in the final of the one-day showpiece, when the scores were tied after a Super Over but England won because they had …

KOLKATA: India will see a major boost in Test cricket when it will stage its first ever day-night match in Kolkata next month against Bangladesh. The second Test against Bangladesh starting on November 22 will be played under floodlights at Eden Gardens, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Tuesday. According to media reports, both teams had …

LAHORE: Pakistan women’s cricket team floored Bangladesh by 28 runs in the third and final T20I at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium to win the series 3-0. After opting to bat first, Pakistan limped to 117 for seven at the back of Javeria Khan’s half-century. The opener cracked a 48-ball 54, hitting seven fours. This was her second half-century on the trot …

David Warner and Steve Smith each smashed half-centuries as Australia hammered Sri Lanka by nine wickets to win the second Twenty20 in Brisbane on Wednesday and wrap up the series. It was another massive wake-up call for the Sri Lankans, who arrived in Australia on the back of a 3-0 series win against Pakistan but have now been outplayed twice, …

Tesla’s third-quarter revenue fell 39 percent in the United States, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday. Sales in the country, the electric car maker’s biggest market, fell to $3.13 billion from $5.13 billion, a year earlier. Earlier this month, Tesla said its revenue fell nearly 8 percent to $6.30 billion for the quarter ended September 30, missing analysts’ estimate of $6.33 billion, …

SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp on Tuesday sued Israeli technology firm NSO Group, accusing it using the Facebook-owned messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists, human rights activists and other. The suit filed in a California federal court contended that NSO Group tried to infect approximately 1,400 “target devices” with malicious software to steal valuable information from those using the messaging app. …

With more than 50,000 reported cases of dengue in Pakistan in the current year, this mosquito-borne disease has been a popular topic of discussion throughout the country. Undoubtedly, this is among the worst outbreaks ever experienced. Healthcare professionals are struggling day and night to help dengue afflicted patients fight this fever and feel better again. What is Dengue Fever? Dengue …

Diet plays an important role in eradicating any infection. With dengue fever now spreading across Pakistan, there have been more cases of dengue virus reported this year than in any of the previous years. Treatment: Dengue viruses can now be treated with homemade prescriptions that help quickly get rid of this fever without any side effects whatsoever. Top five home-based …

PARIS: People with psychiatric disorders may want to pass on the joint — at least until further research is done, a new Australian study suggests. The paper, published Monday in The Lancet Psychiatry, looked at 83 previous studies conducted over almost four decades on medical cannabinoids, including products from the cannabis plant, such as leaves, buds and oils, as well …