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Pakistan’s heavy defeat to India in the Asia Cup was a “timely reminder” for the team to get their act together before next month’s World Cup, head coach Grant Bradburn said. Babar Azam’s men suffered a crushing 228-run loss to India on Monday in a rain-hit Super Four clash of the 50-over tournament, a prelude to next month’s World Cup in India. …

KARACHI: A bowling masterclass by Nadine de Klerk saw South Africa thrash Pakistan by six wickets in their second women’s One-day International and seal the three-match series 2-0 at the National Bank Stadium here on Monday. Medium-pacer de Klerk took four wickets with fellow fast bowlers claiming three vitims to reduce Pakistan to a paltry 168 runs after the hosts …

India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in Colombo for Tuesday’s Asia Cup Super Four clash. India hammered arch-rivals Pakistan by 228 runs on Monday in a match played across two days because of rain and now head into their third straight day of cricket. They made one change with left-arm spinner Axar Patel coming …

Shahnawaz Dahani and Zaman Khan were called in by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the Asia Cup after pacers Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah picked up “niggles” in the match against India, the board said on Tuesday. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul hit unbeaten centuries to lead India’s 228-run thrashing of Pakistan in a rain-hit Super Four clash of the Asia …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) failed to clarify its position over a video — featuring its officials in a casino in Colombo — doing rounds on social media late on Saturday. A number of PCB officials, including the board’s interim Management Committee chairman Zaka Ashraf, are in the Sri Lankan capital nowadays for the ongoing Asia Cup, of which Pakistan …

Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales has resigned following fierce criticism for kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips at the Women’s World Cup victory ceremony. The already suspended Rubiales sent his resignation to the federation’s interim president, he said in an open letter and also explained his decision to eventually step down in a television interview. “I’m going to (resign), yes, because I cannot …

India are 330-2 at the end of 48th over against Pakistan in their rain-hit Super Four stage Asia Cup 2023 match in Colombo. Summary On the face of it, it’s Pakistan battling India but in reality it’s the both of them (and all of us) battling rain and the zillion breaks that come with it. In a first-of-its-kind ‘one day’ …

A Dutch court on Monday sentenced former Pakistan international cricketer Khalid Latif to 12 years in prison for urging the murder of anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders. Latif, 37, had offered 21,000 euros ($22,500) for the head of Wilders in an online video after the firebrand lawmaker sought to arrange a competition for cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). “It was not a stretch to …

NEW YORK: Daniil Med­vedev dethroned defe­nding champion Carlos Alcaraz in a US Open thriller on Friday to set up a repeat of the final from two years ago against 23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic. Medvedev defeated Alcaraz 7-6 (7/3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in a fascinating encounter under Arthur Ashe Stadium’s closed roof to reach his fifth major final and …

BLOEMFONTEIN: David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne hit centuries as Australia went on a batting rampage in the second One-day International against South Africa at the Mangaung Oval on Saturday. Warner made 109 and Labuschagne 124 in an Australian total of 392 for eight after the tourists were sent in. Warner and Travis Head brutalised South Africa’s fast bowlers during an …