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India and Pakistan’s women’s cricket teams both reached the last four of the Asian Games on Thursday despite their matches being washed out in Hangzhou. India batted first in the Twenty20 encounter against Malaysia and piled up 173-2 in their rain-interrupted 15 overs. Malaysia faced just two balls and were 1-0 in reply when the rain returned and the match …

The wedding ceremony of Pakistan team pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi with Shahid Afridi’s daughter Ansha Afridi took place in Karachi on Tuesday night. The couple had exchanged their wedding vows in a private nikkah ceremony earlier this year. Skipper Babar Azam also attended the wedding function and was captured in social media videos embracing the speedster. Other notable sports personalities …

LONDON: England batsman Joe Root will face Ireland in Wednesday’s One-day International series opener as he eyes extra practice ahead of the World Cup. With England’s World Cup defence set to get underway in India on October 5, Root is the only member of the World Cup squad taking on Ireland. Root asked to be added to the squad at …

HANGZHOU: Pakistan’s volleyball team opened their Asian Games campaign with a credible straight-sets win over Mongolia in Hangzhou on Tuesday. While the opening ceremony of the Games — taking place from Sept 23-Oct 8 — does not take place until Saturday, several sports began on Tuesday, including football, volleyball, beach volleyball and cricket. Pakistan won their opening Pool ‘D’ tie …

MADRID: Some of the rebel players from Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s squad who had threatened to boycott the national team in a push to stamp out sexism at the football federation (RFEF) on Tuesday reported for training under the threat of being sanctioned. Misa Rodriguez, Olga Carm­ona, Oihane Hernandez, Eva Navarro and Tere Abelleira, who had previously said they would …

NOTTINGHAM: Bur­nley earned their first poi­nt since returning to the Premier League but were left frustrated by a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest on Monday after having a late goal ruled out. Vincent Kompany’s side soaked up some early pressure and then took the lead after 41 minutes with a superb finish by Zeki Amdouni after good work by Luca …

KARACHI: Emphasising that lack of planning led to disaster for Babar Azam and his men in the Asia Cup, former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail on Tuesday said the green-shirts must develop the habit of striking the iron while it is hot. “Lack of planning dented Pakistan’s campaign in Sri Lanka for which the captain and the entire team management should …

A Bangladeshi cricketer was embroiled in controversy on Monday over misogynistic social media posts condemning working women, just days after making a brilliant international debut. Bowler Tanzim Hasan Sakib took the wicket of India captain Rohit Sharma with only his fourth delivery in international cricket when the neighbours met in the Asia Cup on Friday, before holding his nerve in …

PARIS: Manchester City begin their defence of the Champions League on Tuesday when the group stage kicks off in the last season in its current format as Europe’s elite club competition gets ready for a radical change. Unveiled by UEFA in 2021 at the height of the crisis which saw a group of 12 clubs announce a breakaway Super League …

KARACHI: Pakistan Test cricketers Sarfraz Ahmed and Asad Shafiq smashed centuries on Tuesday to put Karachi Whites in a strong position against Faisalabad in their Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match in Rawalpindi. Building on their overnight score of 203-5 with both veterans at the crease on the third day of the second-round fixture, Asad accumulated an unbeaten 108 while Sarfraz hit 128 …