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PERTH: Despite getting subjected to a crushing 360-run drubbing by hosts Australia in the first Test on Sunday, Pakistan team director and head coach Mohammad Hafeez believes that the team has got the ability to win a Test match Down Under, a feat that the national side achieved last in 1995. Pakistan were outclassed by the Australian bowling attack featuring …

NEW DELHI: India seamer Mohammed Shami will not play in two Test matches against South Africa while bowler Deepak Chahar has withdrawn from the ODI series, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Saturday. Shami, whose last Test appearance came during India’s World Test Championship final loss to Australia in June, had been picked in the squad for the two …

LONDON: Manchester City threw away a 2-0 lead at home against Crystal Palace on Saturday as the Bournemouth v Luton game was abandoned after defender Tom Lockyer collapsed on the pitch. Pep Guardiola’s champions dominated their match at the Etihad but two late goals from Roy Hodgson’s men, including a stoppage-time penalty, could have a major impact on the title …

GENOA: Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw at Genoa as Federico Chiesa’s first-half penalty was cancelled out by Albert Gudmundsson after the break, leaving the visitors a point off top spot in Serie A. Massimiliano Allegri’s side are second on 37 points behind Inter Milan, who visit Lazio on Sunday. Genoa are 14th with 16 points, four points clear …

Nathan Lyon took his 500th Test wicket on Sunday as Australia dismissed a rattled Pakistan for just 89 to post a thumping 360-run win in the opening Test at Perth. Pakistan’s unlikely bid to win their first Test in Australia since 1995 was left in tatters by the spin king and the home side’s formidable pace attack, who wrapped up …

JOHANNESBURG: Surya­kumar Yadav hit a dazzling century as India levelled their series against South Africa with a crushing 106-run win in the third and final Twenty20 International here at the Wanderers on Thursday. Suryakumar made 100 in a total of 201 for seven after India were sent in to bat. South Africa crashed to 95 all out with left-arm wrist …

ST GEORGE’S: Bran­don King scored an unbeaten 82 and skipper Rovman Powell blasted a quickfire 50 as West Indies defeated England by 10 runs to take a commanding 2-0 lead in their best-of-five Twenty20 International series in St George’s on Thursday. West Indies opener King produced a superb knock which included eight fours and five sixes from 52 balls as …

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will blood fresh talent in their home one-day series against Bangladesh starting on Sunday, giving several veteran stars a rest. The teams will meet in Dunedin for the first of three ODIs, following a drawn Test series in Bangladesh last week. Senior players including Kane William­son and Tim Southee will be rested. All-rounder Joshua Clarkson, 26, and …

LONDON: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) named Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka as its ‘world champions’ of 2023 after their performances at this year’s Grand Slams. Djokovic was given the men’s singles award for a record-extending eighth time after winning three out of the four majors, the game’s global governing body said in a news release. The 36-year-old Serb took …

LAHORE: Pakistan moved a step closer to holding the ICC Champions Trophy on Friday when the Pakistan Cricket Board signed the hosting rights agreement with the International Cricket Council. There had been doubts whether Pakistan will stay as the host country for the Champions Trophy after India had forced the PCB into hosting most of the matches of September’s Asia …