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ISLAMABAD: The Asian Taekwondo Federation (ATC) has allotted the fifth edition of the COMBAXX Asian Open Taekwondo Championship to Pakistan. The championship will be held in Islamabad during the month of November this year. The decision to allot the event was made by the executive office and the general assembly of the Asian Taekwondo Federation held in Beirut, said a …

KARACHI: Pakistan will look to rise higher in the ICC Women’s Championship table when they take on South Africa in the first fixture of the three-match One-day International series against South Africa here at the National Bank Stadium on Friday. The national side is currently placed fourth in the 2022-25 cycle of the Championship with 10 points from nine matches. …

A reserve day has been introduced for the Asia Cup Super Four contest between Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sunday (September 10), amid the possibility of rains interrupting the match. Rain washed out the Pakistan-India ODI at the Pallakele Stadium in Sri Lanka on Sep 2 and brought about an anticlimactic end as the Green …

NEW YORK: Second seed Aryna Sabalenka crushed Zheng Qinwen 6-1, 6-4 on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday to reach her fifth straight Grand Slam semi-final and end the 23rd seed’s charmed run at the U.S. Open. Sabalenka, who will move top of the world rankings next week, pummelled her Chinese opponent with 17 winners and never faced a break point. …

LONDON: Harry Brook has been given a further chance to force his way into England’s World Cup squad after being called-up on Wednesday as batting cover ahead of the 50-over global champions’ ODI series against New Zealand. Brook was controversially omitted when England announced their preliminary squad for the World Cup in India, which starts next month. But he has …

COLOMBO: Former spin bowler Sachithra Senanayake was on Wednesday arrested on allegations of match-fixing under a Sri Lankan law aimed at stamping out corruption in cricket in the country. The 38-year-old was taken into custody by a police unit investigating sports-related crimes, a police spokesman told AFP. Formal charges were yet to be filed, but the spokesman said the arrest was …

BLOEMFONTEIN: Australia have set winning the five-match One-day International series in South Africa as their primary task as they use the games to hone their preparations for next month’s World Cup in India, said captain Mitchell Marsh on Wednesday. Australia take on their hosts in the first ODI in Bloemfontein on Thursday where the wicket is expected to be flat …

Fans could be facing disappointment once again as the Pakistan-India one-day match in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup on Sunday is likely to be hampered by rain, according to multiple weather forecasts. Rain washed out the highly anticipated Pakistan-India match at the Pallakele Stadium in Sri Lanka on Sep 2 and brought about an anticlimactic end as the Green …

MADRID: A Spanish court said that football giants Barcelona may have benefited for almost two decades from “possible systemic corruption” within the country’s refereeing committee, court documents seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday. Investigating judge Joaquin Aguirre Lopez said he believed that any other La Liga team that competed against Barcelona between 2001 and 2018 — when the club made alleged payments …

Title-holders Sri Lanka outlasted a rampaging Afghanistan by just two runs in a dramatic finish to reach the Asia Cup Super Four stage on Tuesday. Needing to overhaul a target of 292 in 37.1 overs to oust Sri Lanka on net run-rate, Afghanistan fell agonisingly short as Mujeeb Ur Rahman holed out with three needed from the first ball of …