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Opener Imamul Haq and Babar Azam hit solid half-centuries on Wednesday as Pakistan scored 287-6 against New Zealand in the third One-Day International (ODI) in Karachi. Haq scored a 107-ball 90 for his 16th half-century while Azam made a 62-ball 54 for his 26th half-century, after New Zealand won the toss and opted to bowl on a slow-paced National Stadium …

ISLAMABAD: A shocking report has revealed that Pakistan yearly wastes food worth $4 billion. According to a report by the Ministry of National Food Security & Research, Pakistan yearly wastes 26% of its food production yearly. The yearly food waste in Pakistan is 19.6 million tonnes, the report revealed. The report further revealed that most food items are wasted for …

LAHORE: India has confirmed its participation in the BFAME Cham­pionship in Lahore with its 30-member team due to reach Pakistan on May 5, Pakistan Bridge Federa­tion president Mubasher Lucman said on Monday. The seven-nation tournament begins on the very same day and runs until May 13 with India joining hosts Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Bangladesh …

LONDON: Liverpool are refusing to give up the chase for a top-four berth in the Premier League. Jurgen Klopp’s men maintained their unlikely pursuit of a Champions League place by beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 in a thriller at Anfield, with Diogo Jota scoring a last-gasp winner in Sunday’s late kick-off to move into fifth place with 56 points. Third-placed Newcastle …

NAPLES: The city of Naples was ready. With waving flags, billowing banners, and streets packed with hundreds of thousands of giddy, celebrating fans, the southern Italian port city was primed on Sunday to celebrate its team’s third Serie A title, 33 years after its last championship. But now fans will have to wait some more. Napoli were minutes away from …

LAHORE: Shahzaib Khan boosted Pakistan U-19 to a formidable 215-run lead over Bangladesh U-19 with a century in the one-off four-day match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. The second day’s play saw Shahzaib smash 174 runs with the help of 25 fours and four sixes to help Pakistan post 364-7 by stumps after they had …

NEW DELHI: Contra­dicting media reports that Asia Cup could be postponed and a parallel tournament, excluding Pakistan, could be played in Dubai in the same window, the Asian Cricket Council sources on Monday told the Press Trust of India that they have not sent out any such proposal to the member nations. A report in Pakistan media claimed that if …

KARACHI: Mohammad Rizwan has recently emerged as an able finisher for Pakistan in the One-day International format, wrapping up the side’s successful chases in the first two matches of the ongoing five-match series against New Zealand. The right-hander, however, is not happy with his new batting position. The change, which according to the batter had been made by the captain …

Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was fined on Tuesday for the second time in this Indian Premier League (IPL) season after a post-match altercation with former national team-mate Gautam Gambhir. Both were docked their entire match fee, the Indian Premier League said, while Naveenul Haq was fined 50 per cent of his for breaching the league’s code of conduct. Kohli …

BARCELONA: Barcelona thrashed 10-man Real Betis 4-0 on Saturday to move a step closer to winning La Liga for the first time since 2019. Real Madrid beat Almeria 4-2 to cut the gap to eight points earlier on but Barcelona triumphed to restore their 11 point advantage. Andreas Christensen, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha struck for Barca at Camp Nou with …