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GETAFE: Borja Mayoral and Mason Greenwood struck in the first half to help the home team register their first La Liga victory this year as they edged past Granada 2-0 at Estadio Coliseum on Monday. Borja Mayoral jumped to the top of the La Liga goal scorers’ chart with his 14th goal during the match, levelling Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid …

DOHA: Jordan will meet Tajikistan in the Asian Cup quarter-finals after two stoppage-time goals secured a 3-2 win over Iraq, who had striker and tournament top scorer Aymen Hussein sent off late on for his goal celebrations on Monday. Jordan had a man advantage after the 77th-minute dismissal of Hussein but looked down and out in injury time, only for …

ISLAMABAD: India’s tennis team arrived on Sunday night for their first Davis Cup match on Pakistani soil in 60 years with the arch-rivals gearing up for the Feb 3-4 World Group-I Playoff tie by holding their respective training sessions on Monday. Pakistan were the first to take the court at the Pakistan Sports Complex with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Aqeel Khan, Mohammad …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board will have an elected chairman on Feb 6 after the board’s election commissioner Shah Khawar summoned a special meeting of its Board of Governors here at the National Cricket Academy. The country’s cricket governing body had been without a chairman for the last 13 months with the PCB having been run by two separate interim …

COLOMBO: The Inter­national Cricket Council (ICC) said Sunday it had lifted its ban on Sri Lanka Cricket after Colombo promised to end political interference in the board’s administration. The controversy related to alleged corruption in Sri Lanka’s cricket board, the richest sporting body in a country still reeling from a crippling economic crisis. The ICC ban had prevented Sri Lanka …

Jannik Sinner produced a comeback for the ages to outlast Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3 in a high-quality final and win his maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open on Sunday, becoming the new King of Melbourne Park. Sinner became the first Australian champion for a decade not to be named Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal or …

ABIDJAN: Ademola Lookman scored both goals as Nigeria defeated old rivals Cameroon 2-0 on Saturday to march on to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The Nigerians had an early Semi Ajayi goal disallowed following a VAR review in this last-16 clash before the constant pressing and bullying of the Cameroon defence by Victor Osimhen led to Lookman …

LIVERPOOL: Live­rpool cruised into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 5-2 rout of Championship side Norwich City on Sunday, to kick off Juergen Klopp’s long goodbye at Anfield. Liverpool’s beloved manager announced on Friday that he would leave the Merseyside team at the end of this season, his ninth at the helm. The eight-times FA Cup winners …

West Indies speedster Shamar Joseph bowled through pain to rip through a shellshocked Australia on Sunday and help deliver an extraordinary eight-run upset for his inexperienced side on day four of the second test in Brisbane. Forced to retire hurt from a toe-crushing Mitchell Starc yorker the previous evening, Joseph bounced back to claim six wickets in a session and …

BRISBANE: Impressive bowling by pacer Josh Hazlewood and off-spinner Nathan Lyon backed by a resolute Steve Smith guided Australia to a solid position at stumps on the third day of the second Test against the West Indies here at the Gabba on Saturday. The hosts reached 60-2 at stumps and need another 156 runs for victory to take a clean …