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LAHORE: Political unrest in Lahore on Tuesday forced both Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans to cancel their training sessions. It’s hardly the buildup the two latest winners of the Pakistan Super League would’ve wanted ahead of their clash in the Qualifier on Wednesday. Both defending champions Qalandars and Sultans, the 2021 winners, were unable to travel to the Gaddafi Stadium …

BILBAO: Barcelona winger Raphinha secured a 1-0 win in La Liga for the second straight week this time at Athletic Bilbao as his side tightened their grip on top spot ahead of a potentially season-defining week in which they host second-placed Real Madrid. Repeating the combination of provider and scorer from last week’s 1-0 win at Valencia, Raphinha netted a …

DHAKA: Skipper Jos Buttler has defended Eng­land’s experimental selections after the world cham­pions lost the Twenty20 series in Bangla­­desh with a match to spare. The hosts won the first T20 by six wickets and followed it up on Sunday with victory by four wickets in Dhaka. It was a wake-up call for England’s usually ruthless white-ball unit with the 50-over …

AHMEDABAD: India won their fourth series in a row against Australia after a fourth and final Test lit up by an epic 186 by Virat Kohli ended in a draw on Monday in Ahmedabad. The hosts won the series 2-1 and the world’s two top-ranked teams will do battle again from June 7-11 at The Oval in the World Test …

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board interim management committee chairman Najam Sethi on Monday said that the government will take a final decision on whether the national team travels to India for this year’s World Cup. Sethi reiterated that the PCB will deal on a reciprocal basis with the Board of Cricket Control in India, which has said that it will not …

LAHORE: Pakistan chief selector Haroon Rasheed hinted at picking junior players who have lit up the ongoing Pakistan Super League for the three-match T20 International series against Afghanistan later this month. Haroon is due to announce the squad for the March 24-27 series in Sharjah on Monday. He told Dawn on Sunday that the process to finalise the team was in progress. …

AHMEDABAD: Virat Kohli ended his agonising wait for a Test century with a painstaking 186 as India racked up 571 to claim a lead of 91 in the fourth and final Test against Australia on Sunday. The hosts, who lead the series 2-1, strung together six 50-plus partnerships at the top to effectively put themselves in an unbeatable position heading …

PARIS: Kylian Mbappe broke away to score a last-minute winner as Paris St-Germain beat Brest 2-1 on Saturday, a result that will go a small way towards healing the wound of their midweek Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich. PSG have been left with just the Ligue 1 title to play for in the remaining months of …

DHAKA: Mehidy Hasan Miraz shone with ball and bat as Bangladesh stunned England to win the second T20 international by four wickets and seal the series 2-0. Mehidy bowled a career-best 4-12 to help the hosts bowl out England for 117 before he hit 20 off 16 balls as Bangladesh raced to 120-6 in 18.5 overs. Najmul Hossain top-scored at …

LAHORE: The reverse clash between Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings — the biggest rivals of the HBL Pakistan Super League — turned out to be a dead rubber, and it felt like one as well. The Qalandars, it seemed, were playing just for the sake of it, while the Kings — with nothing to lose after having already been knocked …