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LAHORE: Top seed Aqeel Khan and national champion Ushna Suhail annexed men and women singles titles winning their respective finals in the 4th Sheheryar Malik Memorial National Grass Court Tennis Championship 2020 here at Punjab Tennis Academy Bagh-e-Jinnah on Saturday. Pakistan WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen (r) Muzammil Hussain was the chief guest and awarded prizes to the winners of all …

LONDON: Tammy Abraham scored in his third club game in a row as Chelsea beat Newcastle United 2-0 on Saturday to stay among the English Premier League leaders. Chelsea took the lead in the 10th minute at St James’ Park when Federico Fernandez knocked the ball into his own net, and the goal was given despite Fernandez’s protests that he …

KARACHI: Central Punjab’s title defence is progressively getting from bad to worse as Quaid-e-Azam Trophy holders were on the brink of another defeat — this time against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — at the UBL Sports Complex here on Saturday. At halfway stage of the fourth-round fixture, Central Punjab — who had lost to Sindh and Northern — had slumped to a …

LAHORE: Pakistan-born South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir has hailed Babar Azam as one of the best batsmen in the world and says captaincy will not have any negative effect on the right-hander’s batting. Talking to Dawn at the LCCA Ground, where he visited and coached the young cricketers training at its parent Shining Cricket Club, said: “Look Babar Azam is one of …

Karachi: Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi will lead Pakistani-owned franchise ‘Galle Gladiators’ in Lanka Premier League, scheduled to be played in Sri Lanka from November 26 to December 17.  Afridi has replaced Sarfaraz Ahmed as the franchise’s captain after the wicket-keeper batsman traveled with the national team to New Zealand to play Tests and T20Is. Afridi will leave for Sri …

LOUISVILLE: A fundraising campaign has been launched in an effort to raise enough money to renovate and reopen a museum at Muhammad Ali’s childhood home in Louisville, Kentucky. The nonprofit Muhammad Ali Childhood Home Museum is trying to raise $5.8 million that would be used to build a welcome center and for improving the grounds, creating community programmes as well …

MELBOURNE: Glenn Maxwell’s break from cricket a year ago to deal with mental health issues proved timely in helping him build the tools to handle the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Australia batsman said on Friday. Maxwell withdrew from cricket early in the last home summer before returning in the Big Bash League in January and has played his …

KARACHI: Asad Shafiq regained top form in the best possible way just days after being axed for the New Zealand tour by scoring a superlative century as Sindh thwarted leaders Southern Punjab in their Quaid-e-Azam Trophy clash here at the National Stadium on Friday. Elsewhere, bowlers were on song as no less than 14 wickets fell in the match between …

LAHORE: Having received an assurance from the Pakistan Cricket Board for a long-term captaincy of the national team, newly appointed Test captain Babar Azam on Friday said the upcoming tour of New Zealand would be challenging but added his squad was full of confidence and would give good results. “There is no pressure of the PCB on me that I …

CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s preparation for a limited-overs home series against England suffered a jolt with three players placed in isolation after one of them tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Nearly 50 tests were conducted before players and support staff entered their bio-secure base in Cape Town for the series featuring three Twenty20 Internationals followed by an equal number …