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BEIJING: Beijing’s Winter Paralympics closed on Sunday following a ban on Russian and Belarusian competitors as well as stellar performances from the host nation and athletes from war-torn Ukraine. At the Bird’s Nest Stadium in the capital, China handed the Paralympics flag to Italy’s Milano-Cortina which is gearing up to stage the Games in four years. Beijing is the first …

LONDON: A week of unprecedented turmoil for Chelsea ended with a moment of joy. In a game that came to symbolise the Premier League’s connections to so-called sportswashing by unsavoury owners, Kai Havertz netted an 89th-minute winner to give Chel­sea a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United in the Premier League on Sunday. As the match was seemingly heading for a …

KARACHI: Australia must be licking their lips as they looked forward to pushing hosts Pakistan further into trouble on the third day of the second Test here at the National Stadium. On Sunday, the tourists ended at 505-8 with the pitch starting to show signs of deterioration and its potential to facilitate pacers with reverse swing and spinners with turn …

Pakistan were all out for 148 in reply to Australia’s first innings total of 556-9 declared on day three of the second Test at the National Stadium in Karachi on Monday. Skipper Babar Azam’s 36 was the highest score for the hosts. Meanwhile, Mitchell Starc was the pick of the Australia bowlers, claiming 3-29. Australia, after declaring their first innings, …

HAMILTON: India unleashed a powerhouse batting performance to crush the West Indies by 155 runs in Hamilton on Saturday and revive their Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign. Centuries for Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur anchored a record-breaking innings of 317-8 before India’s spinners skittled the West Indies for 162. The total was India’s highest at a Women’s World Cup and …

KARACHI: Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas was formally inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Boards Hall of Fame on Saturday. The 74-year-old former batter received his commemorative cap and plaque from PCB chief executive Faisal Has­nain during the lunch break of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi’s National Stadium. Zaheer is the third PCB Hall of Famer after …

INDIAN WELLS: Former world number one Andy Murray notched a milestone win and US Open champion Emma Raducanu made a victorious return from injury in a one-two punch for Britain here at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion now ranked 88th in the world and playing on a wildcard invitation, rallied after a dismal …

MALAM JABBA: The long, drawn-out negotiations have finally yielded the desired result for Pakistan football. The FIFA suspension on Pakistan is set to be lifted after the Normalisation Committee appointed for the Pakistan Football Federation by the sports governing body was handed back possession of the PFF headquarters on Saturday, almost a year after it was forced out of it. …

Usman Khawaja fell after a marathon 160 as Australia lost three wickets in the second session to be 407 for seven at tea on day two of the second Test against Pakistan on Sunday. Islamabad-born Khawaja added 33 runs to his overnight 127 to depart after a fine knock that included 15 boundaries and a six. Alex Carey was batting …

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