January 22, 2019
LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) replacement draft will be held at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Thursday. According to a media release issued by the league, the six teams will draft replacements for the forthcoming tournament and will also select their 21st player — a local one — if needed. The fourth edition of the PSL will be held …
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January 22, 2019
LAHORE: Seventeen national women players were awarded six-month central contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday. The contracts will be awarded with effect from from Jan 1 and will expire on June 30. “The contracts for the first half of 2019 have been awarded following the settlement of all outstanding payments from the July-December 2018 contract period,” read …
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January 22, 2019
DURBAN: After slipping to a five-wicket loss in the first One-day International against Pakistan, South Africa will be desperate to draw level in Durban on Tuesday and prevent the deficit from becoming even steeper in the five-match series. South Africa lost just two wickets in the series opener at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, but still couldn’t breach the …
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January 22, 2019
MELBOURNE: A fired-up Serena Williams slugged past world number one Simona Halep on Monday as she inches ever closer to a 24th Grand Slam title, while Novak Djokovic survived a battle to stay on course for a record seventh Australian Open crown. In a towering performance, the American great scored her biggest win since having a baby to grind down …
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January 21, 2019
PORT ELIZABETH: South Africa’s opener Hashim Amla has become the fastest batsman to reach 27 ODI hundreds in just 167 innings, breaking the record of India captain Virat Kohli, who had taken 169 innings to reach the mark. Amla scored a magnificent ton in the first ODI against Pakistan but his unbeaten 108-run knock went in vain as the Sarfraz …
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January 21, 2019
Melbourne: Australia’s Ashleigh Barty believes a decision to take a break from tennis and play professional cricket revived her career, giving her the drive to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final in Melbourne this week. Barty will became the first local hope to play in the last eight at the Australian Open in a decade when she faces Czech rival Petra …
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January 21, 2019
Spain’s Atletico Madrid are taking on a challenge tougher than winning La Liga ─ developing football in cricket-mad Pakistan, where bat and ball are king, pitches come with stumps not goalposts, and even the prime minister is a former World Cup winner. During a recent session at the club’s new facility in Lahore ─ the country’s first European football academy …
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January 21, 2019
MELBOURNE: Defending champion Roger Federer was stunned by fiery Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas who ended his bid for a record seventh Australian Open Sunday on a day of upsets that also saw second seed Angelique Kerber crash out. The Swiss master caved in under the energy and pressure of a man 17 years his junior to tumble out 6-7 (11-13), 7-6 …
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January 21, 2019
MELBOURNE: Swiss great Roger Federer denied on Sunday his defeat to Greek young gun Stefanos Tsitsipas signalled a changing of the guard as he announced he will play the French Open this year for the first time since 2015. The 20-time Grand Slam champion was shocked by a man 17 years his junior in the last 16 of the Australian …
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January 21, 2019
MELBOURNE: Australia’s One-day International captain Aaron Finch said on Sunday he only had himself to blame for his poor showings against India and looked forward to a quiet spell to work on his batting ahead of the World Cup. Opener Finch was axed from Test squad after making 97 runs at 16.16 in the first three of four Tests of …
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