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Former Test cricketer and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt passed away in Lahore on Thursday at the age of 85. The cricket board said it was saddened by the news of Butt’s demise and extended heartfelt condolences to his friends and family. In a statement, PCB Management Committee Chairperson Zaka Ashraf said: “I had the privilege of knowing him …

LONDON: England and Austr­alia have been doc­ked significant chunks of points in the World Test Championship for slow over-rates during the Ashes series. Having gained 28 points in a series that finished 2-2, with Aust­ralia retaining the urn as holders, England ha­ve lost 19 for infringeme­nts in four of the five Tests. It leaves them with just nine points in …

WASHINGTON: Pakis­tani women face substantive barriers when pursuing entrepreneurship and do not have adequate access to technology, says a US study presented to Pakistan’s ambassador on Tuesday. The study, conducted by a group of researchers from John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, however, acknowledges that Pakistani women are employing technology to jumpstart their entrepreneurial ventures, promote …

LONDON: England coach Brendon McCullum said the team’s fightback to draw a “heavyweight” Ashes series against Australia justified their attacking approach and provided them with a template to regain the urn in 2025-26. McCullum’s men were in a dire position at 2-0 down with three to play in a five-match series following defeats at Edgbaston and Lord’s. But they fought …

GLASGOW: The first edition of the combined UCI Cycling World Championships begins in Glasgow on Thursday with 11 days of high-octane action across virtually every discipline. For the first time, world governing body the UCI has assembled the world’s elite road, track, BMX and mountain bike riders in one place to compete for around 200 rainbow jerseys. Appropriately, action begins …

WELLINGTON: Recovering New Zealand captain Kane Williamson returned to the net on Tuesday to face throwdowns keeping alive his faint hopes of playing the 50-overs World Cup in India later this year. The 32-year-old suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the Indian Premier League and underwent surgery in early April that made him doubtful for the World Cup. …

LONDON: Sebastian Coe says this record-laden athletics season has convinced him that next month’s world championships could be the best of all time in terms of performance, and he is confident there will be big crowds in Budapest to witness the action. Because of Covid, the sport is hosting back-to-back editions of the usually biennial world championships, with the Aug …

ISLAMABAD: Mountaineer Naila Kiani, who has become an inspiration for women in mountaineering, encouraged them to take up the sport, saying that it took sheer will and determination to make her dreams come true. Naila Kiani, who climbed eight out of the 14 peaks above 8,000 metres in two years, expressed disappointment on the lack of awareness about mountaineering. Speaking …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has agreed to have two of the national side’s matches of the upcoming ICC World Cup in India rescheduled, sources told Dawn on Tuesday. According to the suggested changes, Pakistan’s high-voltage encounter against archrivals India, which was originally scheduled for Oct 15 in Ahmedabad, will be played a day earlier, while their match against Sri Lanka …

NEW DELHI: Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has bounced back from his back injury and was selected to lead India’s squad for the three-match T20 International series against Ireland, India’s cricket board said on Monday. Bumrah, 29, has been out of action since September and had surgery in New Zealand in March. The skipper’s clean bill of health paves the way …