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LONDON: Real Madrid’s pursuit of a 15th European Cup marches on. Chelsea, meanwhile, do not know when they will compete on this elite stage again. Real’s 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday completed a 4-0 aggregate victory and saw the Spanish giants advance to the Champions League semi-finals for the 11th time in 13 seasons. Rodrygo scored twice in …

RAWALPINDI: Cricket fans in Rawalpindi hope the T20 International series between Pakistan and New Zealand is not dampened by inclement weather on Thursday when both the teams enter the ground for the fourth match of the five-game series. After the first three games in Lahore, the action shifts to Rawalpindi for the last two T20s. Two spells of rain on …

BANJA LUKA: Novak Djokovic says he is still dealing with an elbow issue heading into this week’s Srpska Open as the Serb looks to get his French Open preparations back on track following his early exit at the Monte Carlo Masters. Djokovic suffered a third-round defeat to Lorenzo Musetti in Monte Carlo last week, the 22-times Grand Slam champion’s serve …

LAHORE: As many as 14 players from Pakistan will take part in the 14th edition of the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, which starts at the Laguna Lang Co Golf Course in Vietnam on Wednesday. The Pakistani contingent comprises of nine boys and five girls, who will compete with top junior golfers from 21 other countries. The Faldo Series resumes …

LAHORE: Pakistan national U-19 cricket squad’s training camp for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh ended here at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) on Tuesday. The squad leaves for Dhaka on April 26 to play one-off four-dayer, five one-day matches and one T20 from April 30 to May 17. “The preparations for the forthcoming Bangladesh tour have gone well in the …

GILGIT: Pakistani climbers Naila Kiani and Shehroze Kashif were rescued from Camp 4 of Annapurna (8,091m) peak in Nepal on Tuesday after they complained of mountain illness while descending from the world’s tenth-highest peak. Karar Haidri, the general secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, said at least five climbers, including two Indian mountaineers, were evacuated from Annapurna through helicopters …

LAHORE: While elections in seven of the 16 regions of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are yet to be held, the tenure of the Interim Management Committee headed by Najam Sethi is most likely to be extended by two months. The four-month tenure of the said committee, constituted by Prime Minister and PCB patron Shehbaz Sharif on Dec 21 last year, expires …

NOTTINGHAM: Injury-hit Manchester United beat relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest 2-0 on Sunday to strengthen their push for a top-four Premier League finish. Erik ten Hag’s men took full advantage of defeats for rivals New­castle United and Tottenham Hots­pur the previous day to climb to third in the table, courtesy of goals from Antony and Diogo Dalot.Inju­red United central-defensive pairing Raphael Varane …

GALLE: Sadeera Sama­rawickrama and Dinesh Chandimal hit unbeaten centuries before Prabath Jayasuriya claimed a five-for as Sri Lanka put visitors Ireland to the sword on the second day of the first Test here at the Galle International Stadium on Monday. Sri Lanka declared their first innings on a mammoth 591-6 before reducing Ireland to 117-7, still needing another 274 to …

LAHORE: In a game they needed to win in order to keep the series alive, things finally fell in place for New Zealand on Monday night —by the barest of margins though. Pakistan’s Iftikhar Ahmed seemed to have snatched it away from New Zealand with a stunning late blitz but they kept their heads for a thrilling five-run victory in …