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Elite Indonesian police officers were under investigation on Tuesday over a stadium stampede that killed 125 people including dozens of children in one of the deadliest disasters in football history. As public anger grew over the tragedy, police moved to punish those responsible for the crush in the city of Malang that witnesses say started when officers fired tear gas into packed …

GUWAHATI: India beat South Africa by 16 runs in a high-scoring Twenty20 international in Guwahati on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series as David Miller and Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 174-run stand was in vain. Chasing an imposing 237, the visitors fell short as India’s imperious batting performance helped them clinch victory as well as …

MANCHESTER: Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored hat-tricks as Manches­ter City thrashed Manchester United 6-3 to move to within a point of Premier League leaders Arsenal on Sunday. United needed Antony’s strike and a late Anthony Martial double to save them from a record defeat in the Manchester derby as they remain in sixth, nine points off the top. Haaland …

SYLHET: Pakistan got off the mark in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup with a nine-wicket win over Malaysia at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan achieved the modest 58-run target in just nine overs after openers Sidra Amin and Muneeba Ali combined for 45 runs. Sidra smashed 31 before falling to Mahirah Izzati Ismail on the final delivery …

Everyone has bad days — no one can consistently deliver their best, it varies. Cricketer Khushdil Shah is not on top of his game at the moment but instead of showing empathy, fans berated him at the Pakistan versus England series finale. They yelled “parchi” at him, implying that he didn’t get where he is because of his accomplishments. On …

The debate about who has better food, Karachi or Lahore, has been a long and heated one and we now know what side of the argument England skipper Moeen Ali falls on — he’s team Karachi all the way! On Sunday, the England cricket team defeated Pakistan by 67 runs to clinch the seven-match series 4-3. In a press conference after the …

Pakistan were brushed aside by England in the seventh T20I at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on Sunday and lost the series 4-3 despite being up 3-2 at one point. Here are our five takeaways from the series. Nothing learned, nothing unlearned Cricket assignments closer to the World Cup are strategically placed with the objective of either experimenting, fine-tuning, solidifying or doing all a …

Indonesia’s government called on the country’s police on Monday to identify and punish whoever was responsible for a stadium stampede that left 125 people dead, as anger mounted over one of the deadliest disasters in the history of football. The tragedy on Saturday night in the city of Malang also saw 323 people injured after officers fired tear gas in a packed …

At least 174 people were killed and 180 injured in a stampede and riot at a soccer match in Indonesia, officials said on Sunday, in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. When frustrated supporters of the losing home team invaded the pitch in Malang in the province of East Java late on Saturday, officers fired tear gas in an …

LAHORE: After an utterly dominant victory against Pakistan that saw them level the series at 3-3, England’s Phil Salt vowed there would be no let up from his side going into the seventh and final T20 International at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday. It was an explosive unbeaten 88 from Salt, who’d flattered to deceive in the earlier matches, which …