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IMOLA: World champion Max Verstappen rekindled his title defence and acclaimed his resurgent Red Bull team on Sunday after he led Sergio Perez home in a dominant one-two triumph in Ferrari’s backyard at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. In a rain-affected race, the 24-year-old Dutchman came home 16.5 seconds ahead of his Red Bull team-mate as Charles Leclerc and Ferrari …

LONDON: Liverpool closed the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City to one point as the quadruple chasers pushed Everton deeper into relegation trouble with a 2-0 win, while Chelsea beat West Ham 1-0 to ease their top four anxiety on Sunday. Juergen Klopp’s side had to work hard to break Everton’s stub­born resistence in a fractious Merseyside derby at …

LONDON: Ben Stokes has backed Joe Root to continue his run-scoring spree with the bat, offering his England team mate “nothing but love, respect and support” after his decision to quit Test captaincy. Root stepped down last week, saying the job had taken a heavy toll on him recently, after dispiriting tours of Australia and the Caribbean capped a string …

MANCHESTER: Gabriel Jesus scored four goals as Manchester City thrashed Watford 5-1 to open up a four-point lead in the Premier League title race, while Arsenal beat Manchester United 3-1 to take control of the race for fourth. City are five games away from defending their title, but manager Pep Guardiola has warned they will need to win every one …

IMOLA: World champion Max Verstappen recovered from a poor start to fight back and win Saturday’s 21-lap sprint race and claim pole position for Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Beaten as the lights went out by championship leader Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, who pulled clear, the 24-year-old Dutchman showed his tenacity and pace to regain the lead with two laps …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari on Saturday held a meeting with officials of the IPC Ministry wherein he was briefed about the operations and mandate of the ministry. It was Mazari’s first official meeting with the officials of the ministry since taking oath as the federal minister. The IPC secretary briefed him about the roles of various sections …

Players from Afghanistan’s national women’s football team competed in a local league match in Australia on Sunday for the first time since fleeing the Taliban. The result was a scoreless draw after an Afghan goal was disallowed for being offside in a lower league amateur match in the eastern state of Victoria. But for the Afghan women it was a …

AMSTERDAM: The 20-members squad of the Pakistan Hockey Team has landed here for their upcoming Europe tour, rolling into action from April 26. Following their arrival here, the team will practice for three days before their first fixture of the tour against the home side Netherlands on April 26. The head coach of the Pakistan hockey team, Siegfried Aikman, expressed …

KARACHI: Walking in to bat in his first competitive cricket match after four months, Abid Ali felt a mixture of delight and disbelief. Abid’s world had turned upside down when he was diagnosed for acute coronary syndrome which threatened to put his flourishing Test career on hold. This week, he finally made his comeback. Not at international level but in …

IMOLA: Formula One world champion Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position in a wet and crash-interrupted Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying on Friday to secure top slot for the first sprint of the season. The pole was his first of the 2022 campaign. Ferrari’s championship leader Charles Leclerc, thwarted by a late stoppage, will line up alongside the …