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LAHORE: The trio of senior players including former captains Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik plus fast bowler Mohammad Amir were left out while uncapped players Abdullah Shafiq and Usman Qadir along with youngsters Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Musa Khan and Zafar Gohar were named by Pakistan selectors in a 22-member squad announced on Monday for the forthcoming limited-overs home series against …

LONDON: Ian Martin, the Head of Disability Cricket at the England and Wales Cricket Board has praised former dashing all-rounder Shahid Afridi for accepting the post of Honorary Chairman of the Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association recently. In his statement, Martin said that the inclusion of Boom Boom Afridi will give a big boost to disabled cricket around the world. “Pakistan’s …

NYON: As a second wave of coronavirus cases hits Europe, the Champions League is going to again send elite players criss-crossing the continent. But football’s biggest club competition has a back-up plan to ensure the group stage can be completed, even if there is a delay caused of the pandemic. The 32-team contest will begin on Tuesday, one month later …

The Zimbabwe cricket team arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday to play two limited overs series against Pakistan. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials welcomed the visiting team at the airport. Players of the Zimbabwe team — who are visiting the country after five years — will spend their first week (Oct 21 to 27) in quarantine in Islamabad. The team left …

Britain on Monday condemned what it said were attempts by Russian military intelligence to disrupt next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo with malicious cyberattacks. British officials said Unit 74455 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency had conducted “cyber reconnaissance” operations against Games organisers, logistics suppliers and sponsors. They declined to give further details about the types of attacks …

MILAN: Zlatan Ibrahimovic made a winning return after being sidelined with the coronavirus as AC Milan beat Inter Milan 2-1 in an entertaining derby match on Saturday. Ibrahimovic only resumed training this week after recovering from the virus but the 39-year-old Swede scored twice early on. Romelu Lukaku netted for Inter in the 29th minute. “I’m very hungry because they …

LONDON: Bruno Fernandes atoned for a missed penalty as Manchester United blitzed Newcastle United 4-1 with late goals in the evening kick-off on Saturday while Raheem Sterling grabbed the winner as Manchester City beat Arsenal 1-0 in their Premier League clash. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United went into their match at St James’s Park desperate to restore pride after a 6-1 …

ALCANIZ (Spain): Suzuki’s Alex Rins held off a spirited challenge from Repsol Honda rookie Alex Marquez to claim his first victory of the season at the Aragon Grand Prix in Spain on Sunday. Rins’ team-mate Joan Mir finished third to take a six-point lead at the top of the championship ahead of Fabio Quartararo, who started at the top of …

BARCELONA: Barcelona and Real Madrid lost for the first time this season on Saturday against modest La Liga opposition, increasing the doubts over their stalled attacks ahead of Champions League openers and their own Clasico clash next weekend. Zinedine Zidane made four substitutions at half-time but could not spark a lethargic Real into life as his team fell 1-0 at …

KARACHI: The RBG Warriors beat Logistics Lions by 21 runs in a thrilling final to win the NBP President’s T20 Inter-Group Cricket Tournament here at the NBP Sports Complex on Sunday. President NBP Arif Usmani was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed the prizes. He lauded the high standard of cricket played in the tournament and praised the …