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LONDON: Tottenham Hot­spur beat Aston Villa on Sunday to ease the pressure on manager Nuno Espi­rito Santo as Liverpool and Man­chester City prepared to lock horns at the top of the Premier League. Elsewhere, Leicester City let a 2-0 lead slip at Crystal Palace to draw 2-2 while new boys Brentford scored deep into stoppage time to beat West Ham …

Stadiums in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will operate at 70 per cent of their capacity for the Twenty20 World Cup, the organisers said, though conditions in Oman, where preliminary rounds are due to be played, have still to be fully assessed following a cyclone. Tropical Cyclone Shaheen struck coastal areas of Oman, including the capital of Muscat on Sunday, two …

More than 300 Indians, including cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and businessman Anil Ambani, have been named in the recently released Pandora Papers, Indian media outlets reported on Sunday. The Indian Express, which is part of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ (ICIJ) collaborative research, said the names of fugitive diamond tycoon Nirav Modi’s sister and pharma billionaire Kiran Mazumdar Shaw’s husband are …

LAHORE: The Ministry of Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) has taken serious notice of a letter sent to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) as complaint against the federal government allegedly creating a threat to the Olympic Movement of Pakistan. In a letter addressed to POA president retired Lt Gen Syed Arif Hasan, Joint Secretary Sports Imran …

KARACHI: It was a virtual stroll in the park for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Rawalpindi on Saturday. The reigning National T20 Cup champions cantered to a 55-run success against a Balochistan side missing their injured captain Imam-ul-Haq after the Pakistan batter had badly hurt himself in the field during Friday’s fixture against Southern Punjab. With the 18-match first leg schedule at …

LAHORE: Top-order batter Saud Shakeel on Saturday was named as captain of Pakistan Shaheens squad for the tour of Sri Lanka comprising two four-day matches and three 50-over games to be held in Kandy and Colombo from Oct 28 to Nov 14. Though the 26-year-old Saud holds very little experience of international cricket having played in just three One-day Internationals …

LONDON: Manchester United were held at home by Everton on Saturday after Cristiano Ronaldo was dropped to the subs bench as Chelsea scored two late goals against Southampton to top the Premier League table. Elsewhere, Leeds United beat Watford for their first league win of the season while Norwich avoided defeat for the first time during the campaign. United’s 1-1 …

JOHANNESBURG: Spor­ting assignments do not come much tougher than Lance Klusener’s role as head coach of Afghanistan as he tries to plan a World Cup campaign with a team who are 12,000km away. In an ideal world, Klusener and his squad would already be in the United Arab Emirates preparing for their first fixture of the T20 World Cup on …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is confronted with a lingering problem after both International Hockey Federation (FIH) and Hockey India (HI) made things difficult for them over the grant of visas for the Junior World Cup, which is scheduled to begin in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar from Nov 25. PHF secretary Asif Bajwa, during a news conference on …

KARACHI: Southern Punjab just can’t get it right in the ongoing National T20 Cup in Rawalpindi as pressure mounted on their underperforming wicket-keeper/batter Azam Khan. Change on the leadership front didn’t work either on Friday when Sohaib Maqsood relinquished the captaincy after four straight losses at the Pindi Cricket Stadium. Incoming skipper Aamir Yamin met the same fate as Balochistan …