LAHORE: Punjab has reported 42 Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, showing a constant decrease in the transmission of the virus and new confirmed cases. According to Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, 42 cases were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases across the province to 96,741. One more person died from …

NEW DELHI: India on Sunday reported the biggest single-day jump in coronavirus infections of any nation in the COVID-19 pandemic, as the epicentre shifts to the south Asian giant. India’s 78,761 cases exceeded the 77,299 recorded in the United States on July 16, a Reuters tally of official data showed. The world’s second-most populous nation is, with 3.54 million cases, …

SOUTHAMPTON: Cri­cket behind closed doors may have its drawbacks, but it should at least spare Australia all-rounder Mar­cus Stoinis from being pelted with fruit again if he makes a return to international action in the upcoming limited-overs series in England. The 31-year-old batting all-rounder has not featured for his country since their World Cup semi-final loss to eventual champions and …

MELBOURNE: The women’s cricket teams of Australia and New Zealand will make their return to the field for the first time since March in a condensed series in Brisbane in September, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Saturday. The World Twenty20 champions Australia will play their trans-Tasman neighbours in three T20 Internationals and three One-day Internationals over 12 days — the …

SAN FRANCISCO: Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk late on Friday demonstrated progress made by his Neuralink startup in meshing brains with computers, saying the work is essential to the future of humanity. Musk has long contended that a neural lace merging minds with machines is vital if people are going to avoid being so outpaced by artificial intelligence that, under the …

NEW YORK: After two days of little sleep and unexpected stress, Naomi Osaka rose to the moment. The two-time Grand Slam champion returned to the court after bringing the push for racial justice to the forefront on the tennis tour, and she advanced to the finals of the Western & Southern Open on Friday with a straight-set victory. This one …

LAHORE: Taking into account performance of past two years, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the six provincial squads from which First XI and Second XI teams will be picked by the respective coaches for the next season, which starts with the National T20 Cup on Sept 30. The first round of the T20 event will be staged in Multan …

UNITED NATIONS: The tourism global industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with $320 billion lost in exports in the first five months of the year and more than 120 million jobs at risk, the UN chief said. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a policy briefing and video address that tourism is the third-largest export sector of the global …

TAUNTON: Pakistan star batsman Babar Azam will rejoin Somerset for this year’s domestic Twenty20 Blast, the English county announced on Saturday. Babar, the world’s top-ranked Twenty20 batsman, was the leading run-scorer in the 2019 edition. Babar, currently captaining Pakistan in their T20 series in England after featuring in all three Tests earlier in the tour, had agreed to return to …

Former cricketer Azhar Mahmood has no qualms about coaching England during the ongoing Twenty20 series, saying he is happy to “pass on my experience” regardless of nationality. Mahmood, 45, appeared in 164 international matches for Pakistan and was the bowling coach under Mickey Arthur before a new regime led by former captain Misbahul Haq was installed last year after a …