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KARACHI: Unseeded Mohammad Saleem reached the first quarter-final of a ranking event in his career when he inflicted a 5-2 defeat on Bahadur Khan in the 12th National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Championship at the bank’s sports complex here on Saturday. Saleem won the battle 72-7, 16-104, 75-42, 8-65, 58-22, 88-10, 75-8. Defending champion and top seed Mohammad …

KARACHI: Central Punjab suffered an inexplicable batting calamity as trophy-holders Northern surged to their third victory on the trot in the First XI segment of the National T20 Cup in Multan on Saturday. Chasing 156 at the Multan Cricket Stadium, Central Punjab were very much in the contest at 90-3 in the 13th over before losing the remaining seven wickets …

PARIS: Neymar scored twice for Paris Saint-Germain in a crushing 6-1 win over Angers on Friday as the French champions continue to build up momentum following a poor start to the Ligue 1 season. Alessandro Florenzi, Julian Draxler, Idrissa Gana Gueye and Kylian Mbappe were also on target at the Parc des Princes for PSG, who claimed their fourth consecutive …

DUBAI: India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most-capped IPL player even as his Chennai Super Kings team — currently bottom of the table — faltered in yet another run chase. The 39-year-old has now played 194 Indian Premier League matches, and overtook on Friday his former India and CSK team-mate Suresh Raina, who has 193 games. The former India …

GENEVA: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will face each other for the first time in more than two years after their respective teams, Barcelona and Juventus, were drawn together on Thursday in the Champions League group stage. Messi and Ronaldo will resume the rivalry they developed when the Portuguese superstar was at Real Madrid. Between them they have won 11 …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a 27-player high performance camp for women cricketers that will be staged at the Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre at the National Stadium in Karachi from Oct 8 to 31. As part of the PCB Covid-19 protocols, all 27 players and player support personnel will undergo first round of testing at their …

PARIS: Top seed Simona Halep and US Open winner Dominic Thiem swept into the last 16 at Roland Garros on Friday while Rafael Nadal anticipated a stiffer challenge after serene progress in his first two matches at the tournament. Title favourite Halep, the 2018 champion, avenged last year’s French Open loss to Amanda Anisimova by thrashing the American teenager 6-0, …

KARACHI: Half-a-dozen players completed the last-16 line-up in the 12th National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Championship at the bank’s sports complex on Friday. The remaining six players who stormed into the knockout round are Mohammad Sajjad, Babar Masih, Mohammad ijaz, Naseem Akhtar, Bahadur khan and Mohammad Asif Toba. Former national champion Mohammad Sajjad on hammered two century breaks …

KARACHI: Inspired by incisive bowling from Shaheen Shah Afridi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cantered to an eight-wicket drubbing over Balochistan in their First XI fixture while chalking up their first success of the National T20 Cup in Multan on Friday. Shaheen, the gangling Pakistan fast bowler, dismissed openers Imam-ul-Haq (9) and Awais Zia (24 off 16 balls, five fours) upfront before returning …

MUNICH: Bayern Munich wasted a two-goal lead and needed a lucky 82nd- minute winner from Joshua Kimmich to beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in Germany’s Super Cup on Wednesday and secure their fifth title of the year. Midfielder Kimmich snatched the ball in midfield, played a one-two with Robert Lewandowski and had his shot blocked before the ball bounced back off …