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LONDON: Australia opener David Warner has dismissed suggestions he and Steve Smith are going to quit Test cricket after the final Ashes contest against England beginning here at the Oval on Thursday. Warner has expressed his desire to play his last Test in Sydney against Pakistan in January next year though he wants to play on until the 2024 T20 …

FORT LAUDERDALE: Lionel Messi scored two first-half goals and assisted on another in the second to lead Inter Miami to a 4-0 dismantling of Atlanta United and advance to the knockout stage of the Leagues Cup on Tuesday. After coming off the bench to score a dramatic game-winner in his debut on Friday night, the World Cup champion from Argentina …

COLOMBO: Opener Abdullah Shafique’s maiden double century and an unbeaten 132 by Salman Ali Agha put Pakistan in the box seat on day three of the second Test against Sri Lanka here at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground on Wednesday. The tourists reached a massive 563-5 at stumps, leading Sri Lanka by 397 runs in their first innings. Salman and …

LAHORE: Pakistan’s young volleyball talents secured their third consecutive victory in the first Asian Under-16 Boy’s Volleyball Championship held in Tashkent on Wednesday. Dominating the match against Australia, the national team emerged victorious with a commanding 25-13, 25-19, and 25-14 victory. The team — comprising of Talal Ahmed as the Setter, Mohammad Yahya as the Opposite, Mohammad Anas and Mohammad …

The match between Pakistan and India at the upcoming ODI World Cup scheduled for October 15 in Ahmedabad is likely to be rescheduled due to the date coinciding with the beginning of the Navratri festival, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday. The Navratri festival, which is held in honour of Hindu Goddess Durga, is celebrated over a period of nine days. “We have …

NEW DELHI: India will host world Test champions Australia in an ODI series ahead of the World Cup before taking on England in Test matches, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Tuesday. The Indian team is set to play 16 international matches, including five Tests, three ODIs and eight Twenty20s, during the home season. Australia …

LAHORE: To one’s utter surprise, it has emerged that the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination is totally unaware whether the Interior Mini­stry has issued the NOC to the PHF to send the national team to India for the Asian Cham­pions Trophy being held in Chennai from Aug 3-12. With just six days left be­f­ore the national squad is scheduled to lea­v­e …

LAHORE: The Pakistan women’s cricket team will go into the Asian Games depleted by the absence of former captain Bismah Maroof and hard-hitting batter Ayesha Naseem from the squad, which was announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday. While seasoned batter Bismah has pulled out of the Games due to its regulations not allowing her to accompany her …

LAHORE: Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur and head coach Grant Bradburn are likely to be removed from the national selection committee following the recent changes in the country’s cricket board’s administrative setup. Arthur and Bradburn have been a part of the current selection committee along with its secretary Hassan Cheema since May, but it was formed four months earlier with …

Opening batsman Abdullah Shafique stood unbeaten on 190 as Pakistan stretched their lead to a commanding 231 on day three of the rain-hit second Test against Sri Lanka. Pakistan reached 397-4 at tea with Shafique and Agha Salman, on 28, batting in a stand of 53 in Colombo.     Sri Lankan bowlers toiled before pace spearhead Asitha Fernando sent …