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KATHMANDU: Nepal’s cricket squad on Tuesday headed to Pakistan for the ODI Asia Cup without its star spin bowler, who must stay home to stand trial for alleged rape, officials said. Sandeep Lamichhane, 23, was once the poster boy for the rise of cricket in Nepal, but he is accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in a Kathmandu hotel room …

MELBOURNE: Mitchell Marsh said on Tuesday he will gladly captain Australia for as long as required as the all-rounder prepares to lead the Twenty20 and one-day sides on a tour of South Africa. Marsh is stepping in for injured one-day captain Pat Cummins while Cricket Australia has yet to decide on a T20 skipper for the long term following the …

MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday blasted as “insufficient” the apology given by Spain’s football federation chief for kissing star player Jenni Hermoso on the lips. After Spain won the Women’s World Cup Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales, 45, kissed Hermoso as he handed the Spanish team their gold medals after they beat England 1-0 in the final …

LAHORE: The musical chairs at the helm of the Pakistan Cricket Board seem like they will continue, with the future of incumbent interim management commmittee chairman, Zaka Ashraf, hanging in the balance. Mr Ashraf’s appointment has been questioned by the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination, which has declared it as a political one and sought advice from the principal secretary to …

MADRID: Spain captain and World Cup final hero Olga Carmona found out after the match that her father had died, the Spanish FA (RFEF) said on Sunday. Carmona scored a 29th-minute goal to clinch a 1-0 win over England and secure Spain their first Women’s World Cup title. “The RFEF deeply regrets to announce the death of Olga Carmona’s father. …

NEW DELHI: Indian seniors K.L. Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have returned from their injuries to make the Asia Cup squad on Monday as the cricketing powerhouse fine tune for the upcoming ODI World Cup. Both Rahul, who still carries a niggle, and Iyer made the 17-member squad, led by Rohit Sharma, for the six-nation Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and …

KARACHI: Fresh on the heels of seeing their captain Maria Khan snapped up by Saudi Arabian side Eastern Flames, the other members of Pakistan’s women football team will get a chance to showcase their skills when the side takes part in a six-nation tournament in the Kingdom next month. Maria joined Eastern Flames as the club’s first foreign acquisition of …

NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday officially turned down the request of the Hyderabad Cricket Association for a change in the schedule of the upcoming World Cup. The HCA had appealed to the BCCI for a change in schedule after the local police authorities expressed their reservations about deploying adequate personnel on back-to-back match …

Mujeeb Ur Rahman led a strong Afghan spin trio to bundle Pakistan out for 201 in the first one-day international in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota on Tuesday. The 22-year-old dismissed world number one batter Babar Azam for a third-ball duck to finish with figures of 3-33, while Mohammad Nabi took 2-34 and Rashid Khan 2-42 as Pakistan were bowled out in …

BUDAPEST: Noah Lyles stormed to victory to win the 100m world title on Sunday and then set his sights on a third successive 200m crown, something Joshua Cheptegei achieved in the 10,000m. Lyles, the charismatic 26-year-old American who has battled depression, had said he was mentally in a good place coming into the world championships in Budapest. It showed as …