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LONDON: Mohammad Amir is refusing to rule out a Test return, having admitted that he is “enjoying red-ball cricket”. The left-arm seamer last played Test cricket for Pakistan in 2019 and hasn’t represented his country in any format since retiring from international action at the age of 28. But following an injury to compatriot Naseem Shah, he joined Gloucestershire as …

Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan became the first Pakistani on Saturday to climb 10 of the world’s 14 highest peaks — each at a height of more than 8,000 metres — after he scaled the 8,586-metre-high Kanchenjunga mountain in Nepal, according to the Alpine club of Pakistan. Sirbaz was part of a team led by Nepalese mountaineer Mingma Gyalje Sherpa (Mingma G) …

NEW DELHI: India’s top woman discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur, who finished sixth at last summer’s Tokyo Olympics, has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned drug, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said. The 26-year-old faces the prospect of being banned for a maximum four years if the positive test is confirmed. “The AIU has provisionally suspended discus thrower …

MADRID: Rafael Nadal enjoyed a winning return after a six-week injury break, opening his Madrid campaign with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) success over Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic on Wednesday. The Spanish star had been sidelined with a rib injury since his Indian Wells final defeat in March but showed little sign of rust as he skipped into the third round. Nadal …

LAHORE: While Pakistan took one step up in the ICC Test and One-day International rankings to stand at the fifth place from sixth, Australia, New Zealand and India lead the tables world in three formats of the game, according to the latest rankings announced by the International Cricket Council on Thursday. Pakistan 20 Test matches during 2021-22 to earn 1865 …

PARIS: A third all-English Champions League final in four years seemed to be on the cards but Real Madrid’s incredible late comeback against Manchester City on Wednesday has set up a rematch between the Spanish club and Liverpool in Paris on May 28. Real’s epic European campaign hit new heights as they came back from the dead against Pep Guardiola’s …

The Asian Games due to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed indefinitely because of Covid-19, organisers said on Friday. The Games were scheduled to be held from September 10 to 25 but have now been delayed as China tries to stamp out a large resurgence in infections in several parts of the country. …

Karim Benzema scored an extra-time penalty as Real Madrid pulled off another astonishing comeback in the Champions League to stun Manchester City 3-1 on Wednesday and book a showdown with Liverpool in the final. City looked certain to go through when Riyad Mahrez put them 1-0 up and 5-3 ahead on aggregate but Rodrygo, on as a substitute, scored an …

MARBELLA: The British Tennis player Andy Murray withdrew from a much-anticipated clash with the top-ranked Novak Djokovic at the 11th hour due to illness. Murray and Djokovic, who last met in the Doha final in January 2017 were all set to come face to face in a much-awaited clash in the Round of 16 of the Madrid Open but the …

HOVE: Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan and the left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, who are representing Sussex and Middlesex respectively, will come face to face in the Round 5 of the ongoing County Championship 2022. Middlesex and Sussex, who are set to face each other in the fifth round of the ongoing championship will see an anticipated face-off between two …