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LAHORE: Dark-bay filly Purnoor, extended its winning streak to five when it triumphed at the Pakistan Derby, the premier race of the country for four-year-old country-bred colts and fillies run over 2400 metres, before a fairly big crowd at the Racecourse here on Sunday. Owned by Malik Salman Khalid, Husnain-trained Purnoor was guided to a superb success by jockey Tahir …

MOHALI: All-rounder Ravin­dra Jadeja starred with bat and bowl to lead India to a crushing innings-and-222-run victory over Sri Lanka inside three days of the first Test on Sunday. In Virat Kohli’s 100th Test and Rohit Sharma’s first as captain, Jadeja hit an unbeaten 175 in India’s 574-8 declared and then claimed a match tally of nine wickets with his …

Any cricket match that involves Pakistan and India is bound to be thrilling and the women’s cricket teams of both countries gave fans of the game yet another opportunity on Sunday to enjoy the decades-old sporting rivalry. Even though Pakistan lost to India by 107 runs, it was heartening to see the players showing their camaraderie off the pitch and demonstrating that …

Bismah Maroof, the captain of Pakistan women’s national cricket team, is all the cricketing world could talk about after Pakistan’s match against India during the ICC Women’s World Cup on Sunday. Maroof’s baby daughter became the centre of an endearing moment between teams India and Pakistan after little Fatima made a public appearance in her mother’s arms post match. We …

KOH SAMUI: Thai authorities were preparing Sunday to conduct an autopsy on the body of Australian cricket superstar Shane Warne, who died of a suspected heart attack, before flying him home where he will receive a state funeral. Police said there was no foul play suspected in the 52-year-old’s death after he was found unresponsive in a luxury villa on Thai holiday …

Australia’s batters flourished on a flat wicket on Monday to cut Pakistan’s lead to 27 runs as the first Test in Rawalpindi heads toward a draw. Australia, playing its first Test in Pakistan since 1998, reached 449-7 at stumps in its first innings on day 4 on a grassless wicket with Marnus Labuschagne (90) and Steve Smith (78) scoring half-centuries. Cameroon …

India batting great Sunil Gavaskar has spoken at his shock at the death of Shane Warne but does not think the Australian tweaker was the greatest spinner of all time. Speaking on a show on the India Today television channel, Gavaskar said Warne’s death at the age of 52 on Friday due to a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand had …

YANQING: For a country that had won just one medal at the Winter Paralympics, China’s campaign at the Beijing Games might already qualify as a huge success after they claimed an impressive eight medals on the opening day of action on Saturday. The hosts were always expected to better their tally from Pyeongchang four years ago but Saturday’s showing, which …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan edged Lithuania 3-2 in the Davis Cup Group I playoff here at the Pakistan Sports Complex grasscourt on Saturday. In the doubles match lasting two hours and 14 min­utes, the experienced Pakistan duo of Aqeel Khan and Aisam-ul-Haq defeated the Lithuanian pair of Ric­a­rdas Berankis and Laurynas Grigelis 6-7, 7-6, 7-5. In the singles, Ricardas Berankis beat Aqeel …

MOHALI: India’s bowlers picked up four Sri Lankan wickets after all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s unbeaten 175 helped the hosts post a massive first innings total on the second day of the opening Test here at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium on Saturday. The left-handed Jadeja combined in two century stands with Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami on Saturday to …