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TOKYO: Athletes could be kicked out of the Tokyo Olympics if they violate virus rules including daily testing and mask-wearing, organisers said on Tuesday as they unveiled updated guidelines just over five weeks before the opening ceremony. The latest and final version of the rules for athletes runs 70 pages, complete with comic strips intended to explain the complex web …

LAHORE: Locked in a financial dispute over the organisation of the ongoing HBL Pakistan Super League 6 in Abu Dhabi, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) are trying to solve it amicably, it is learnt. The HBL PSL 6 was abruptly shifted to Abu Dhabi from Karachi on May 19 with a proposed plan to …

KARACHI: Former champions Quetta Gladiators kept themselves alive in the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 after clinching a remarkable come-from-behind 18-run triumph against Lahore Qalandars at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. The only way Quetta could still make the playoffs is if both holders Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans lose all their remaining games — a …

KARACHI: Peshawar Zalmi handed Karachi Kings a demoralising six-wicket defeat in the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 encounter at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night after restricting the holders to their lowest-ever team score. From the outset, Karachi had no hope of stopping Peshawar from sealing a deserved berth in the playoffs while raising prospects of …

Five-time Ballon d’Or winning footballer Cristiano Ronaldo prioritises health over junk food — that much is clear. He also advocated the same for others — also understandable. That his sliding your product away in front of cameras can lead to a $4 billion devaluation of your company, however, was something we all learned recently. Ronaldo noticed two bottles of Coca-Cola …

SOUTHAMPTON: India’s players are positive ahead of the World Test Championship final against a New Zealand side primed for the encounter after a successful series in England, said batsman Cheteshwar Pujara. Friday’s final in Southampton comes after two years of Test series to determine the world’s top two teams. The Black Caps are coming off a confidence-boosting 1-0 Test series …

ABU DHABI: Islamabad United fast bowler Hasan Ali has decided to stay for the rest of the HBL Pakistan Super League after resolving an undisclosed family matter. Hasan was due to fly back home on Sunday, but will now remain in Abu Dhabi and complete franchise-based Twenty20 competition. “I was going through a personal family issue, which has been resolved …

SOUTHAMPTON: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday said percentage of points won will decide the next World Test Championship (WTC) finalists after the system was adopted in the Covid-hit inaugural event. India and New Zealand will play the WTC final in Southampton starting on Friday with the winner getting $1.6 million along with the Test mace. The runners-up will …

KARACHI: Karachi Kings paid heavily for an outrageous fielding effort which enabled Islamabad United to clinch an emphatic eight-wicket victory over the defending champions in their HBL Pakistan Super League 6 fixture at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Monday night. Cashing in on a series of horrendous lapses, Islamabad rode on an unfinished partnership of 151 in …

GLASGOW: Scotland’s return to a major international tournament for the first time in over two decades ended in a 2-0 defeat on Monday thanks to an excellent double from the Czech Republic’s Patrik Schick. The Scots, absent from showpiece summer events since the 1998 World Cup, were sunk by Bayer Leverkusen striker Schick in front of 12,000 fans at Hampden …