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WELLINGTON: Seamer Trent Boult is set to play international cricket again after being named Wednesday to the New Zealand ODI squad that will face England in September ahead of the World Cup. Boult, 34, is set to play his first 50-overs international for 12 months after being included in the 15-man squad to face England. He was left out by …

CHENNAI: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored twice as India beat arch-rivals Pakistan comprehensively by a 4-0 margin in their final round-robin league match to cruise into the semi-finals of the Asian Champions Trophy on an unbeaten note on Wednesday. Harmanpreet (15th, 23rd minutes) converted two penalty corners while Jugraj Singh (36th) netted from another set piece. India’s final goal (55th minute) …

Bayern Munich have reached an agreement to sign England captain Harry Kane from Tottenham, for a Bundesliga record fee of more than 100 million euros ($110 million), reports said on Thursday. Talks between the two clubs had been ongoing for several weeks, as Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy pushed for a higher fee, aware that Kane could leave on a free …

RIYADH: The vast sums invested to entice some of the world’s top players to Saudi Arabia this season is no one-off, but part of a long-term strategy to make the Saudi Pro League one of the best in the world, its chief operating officer has said. Carlo Nohra told Reuters in an interview that authorities in the “football-mad country” are confident their …

LAHORE: Mickey Arthur and Grant Bradburn, the foreign coaches attached with the Pakistan cricket team, are likely to continue in their respective roles with new chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq conveying to the management that he is comfortable working with them, Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported on Tuesday. South African Arthur was appointed as Pakistan’s team director in April by the …

LAHORE: Finally, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to take on board the real stakeholders of the game in order to prepare the 2023-24 domestic structure, which presently is in the doldrums. It is learnt that PCB Interim Management Committee (IMC) chairman Zaka Ashraf has called on elected presidents of all the regional cricket associations to attend a meeting …

LAHORE: Finally, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to take on board the real stakeholders of the game in order to prepare the 2023-24 domestic structure, which presently is in the doldrums. It is learnt that PCB Interim Management Committee (IMC) chairman Zaka Ashraf has called on elected presidents of all the regional cricket associations to attend a meeting …

CHENNAI: Goals from Mohammad Khan and Afraz helped Pakistan record a narrow 2-1 victory over China to stay in the race for the semifinals of the Asian Champions Trophy here at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium on Monday. China after this defeat were knocked out of the race for the last-four stage. In the first quarter, Pakistan earned a couple …

MELBOURNE: Mitchell Marsh was named Australia’s new Twenty20 captain Monday for their tour of South Africa, as selectors revealed Test and one-day skipper Pat Cummins has a fractured wrist but should be fit for the World Cup. Marsh will take the armband for the first three T20 matches since Aaron Finch’s retirement, leading a squad missing Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, …