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BUDAPEST: Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez completed Spain’s domination of the race walks at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday by adding gold in the 35 kilometres events to their victories in last weekend’s 20km races. Martin held off Ecuador’s Brian Pintado to win the men’s race in two hours, 24 minutes and 30 seconds, while Perez clocked a championship …

That Pakistanis love cricket is an undisputed fact but when you combine cricket with absolute heroics, like those displayed by Naseem Shah during last night’s match against Afghanistan, Pakistanis don’t know how to contain their joy. The 20-year-old miscued a boundary off fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi and ran jubilantly towards the dressing room as Pakistan scored 11 off the final over to …

LAHORE: Retired Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, the president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation, has decided to take the vote of confidence of the PHF Congress in order to encounter the pressure of the government, which wants him to step down. The 102-member Congress will gather in Islamabad on Aug 31 to attend the important meeting. “The Congress meeting of the …

LONDON: Hours after reports of legendary cricketer Heath Streak dying of cancer surfaced online, the former Zimbabwe captain debunked the news. Speaking to multiple publications, he has since said that he is “alive and well”. In a phone conversation with Deccan Chronicle, an Indian English daily, Streak called his death a ‘rumour and a total lie’. “I believe the source should …

PARIS: A faulty valve in Paris’ sewage system was likely to have degraded the River Seine’s water quality, leading to the cancellation of a pre-Olympics swimming event, Le Canard Enchaine and Le Parisien newspapers reported on Wednesday. The swimming stage of the World Triathlon Para Cup — seen as a test event for the 2024 Summer Games — was cancelled on Saturday …

DUBAI: Pakistan will play New Zealand and Australia in their World Cup warm-up matches in Hyderabad, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Wednesday. The Babar Azam-led unit have been scheduled to play New Zealand — the finalists of the 50-over showpiece’s previous edition — Sept. 29. They will take on five-time champions Australia on Oct. 3. Both matches will …

BUDAPEST: Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles went through the motions as they began their 200m campaigns bidding to add to the 100m golds they won earlier in the week at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. Richardson, seeking to become the fourth woman to achieve the double and first since Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in 2013, recorded the fastest time in the …

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket said Wednesday that former English internationals Ian Bell and James Foster will help coach the Black Caps on their white-ball tour of England which starts next week. New Zealand performance manager Simon Insley said the England pair will boost the Kiwis’ backroom staff. “Ian Bell has had a broad range of experiences as batting coach since …

Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and opted to bat in the second One-Day International against Pakistan in Colombo on Thursday. Pakistan kept the same eleven that won the first match in Hambantota in Sri Lanka on Tuesday by a 142-run margin, while Afghanistan brought in Shahidullah Kamal and Riaz Hassan in a double change. Fast bowler Azmatullah Omarzai and allrounder …

DHAKA: Bangladesh fast bowler Ebadot Hossain has been ruled out of the ODI Asia Cup in Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a knee injury, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said Tuesday. The 29-year-old right-arm quick bowler sustained the injury during the One-day International series against Afghanistan last month. The BCB said he had not made the expected recovery to be considered …