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LAHORE (92 News) - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced details of its tour to South Africa for three T20Is, three ODIs, and two Tests in the second half of 2024.
Durban, Centurion, and Johannesburg will host the T20Is from December 10-14. The ODIs will be played from December 17-22 in Paarl, Cape Town,…
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LAHORE (92 News) - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced its 18-player squad for the upcoming T20I series against Ireland (10-14 May) and England (22-30 May).
The squad will be reduced to 15 players for next month’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 after the first T20I at Leeds on May 22…
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THE ANGELS:
American boxer Ryan Garcia failed a drug test just before his explosive victory over undefeated WBC super-lightweight Devin Haney last month, ESPN reported on Wednesday.
The sports broadcaster said Garcia tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance Ostarine on the day before the April 20 bout in New York as well as on…
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard is back on social media and showcasing a fresh, glamorous look after a brief hiatus. The 32-year-old, who was the victim of Munchausen by proxy at the hands of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, recently shared a TikTok showcasing her blonde hair transformation and rhinoplasty.
Her posts mark a return…
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NEW YORK:
Golf superstar Tiger Woods still hopes to play one tournament a month for the rest of the year, despite his physical limitations in the wake of a 2021 car crash.
"I have the next three months -- three majors -- and hopefully that works out," Woods said in an interview on NBC's "Today"…
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EDINBURGH: Professional mountain bikers are testing a new wearable head impact monitor, designed to warn them when a rough ride could cause injury, even if they haven’t crashed.
The HIT device is attached to their helmet and measures the G-force of a head impact…
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MADRID:
Rafael Nadal bade an emotional farewell to the Madrid Open on Tuesday after crashing out in the last 16 to Jiri Lehecka in the Spanish star's last ever appearance at the tournament.
The 37-year-old 22-time Grand Slam singles champion -- winner of a record five Madrid Open titles -- bowed out 7-5, 6-4 to…
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LONDON:
Ipswich took a huge step towards a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2002 after a 2-1 win at Coventry on Tuesday.
The Tractor Boys move three points clear of Leeds in second place in the Championship with just one match for both sides remaining.
Ipswich need just a point…
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MILAN:
Bayer Leverkusen are gunning for revenge on Thursday when they travel to a second Europa League semi-final against Roma in as many years after yet another late escape kept their remarkable unbeaten run intact.
Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen staff were filmed celebrating Roma's passage past AC Milan in the last eight, and Thursday's first leg…
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LONDON:
A groundbreaking project was launched Tuesday in the English Women's Super League to study anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention.
Players unions the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) and FIFPRO have joined forces with Nike and Leeds Beckett University to provide funding.
Research suggests such injuries are two to six times more likely to occur in…
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MUNICH:
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior scored a double, including an 83rd-minute equalising penalty, to snatch a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich on Tuesday that puts the Spanish side in the driving seat for the return leg of the Champions League semi-final.
Vinicius gave Real the lead after 24 minutes of the first leg but…
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MADRID:
Second seed Carlos Alcaraz extended his Madrid Open winning streak to a record-equalling 14 with a hard-fought victory over familiar foe Jan-Lennard Struff to move into the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
In a rematch of last year's final at the Caja Magica, Alcaraz snapped Struff's six-match winning streak with a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/4)…
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RAWALPINDI:
In a land where cultural barriers often deter young girls from physically demanding sports, 15-year-old Afaf Khattak rides a horse fearlessly in the polo field. Despite all the challenges from cultural and societal norms to a lack of resources and funding, she is determined to make her name in the field.
According to Britannia,…
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NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup scheduled to be played in June.
The event will be co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States.
Read more: England announces T20 World Cup squad
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WEB DESK: Australia’s Jake Fraser-McGurk has made a strong case for inclusion in their Twenty20 World Cup squad, former skipper Michael Clarke said after the top-order batsman lit up the Indian Premier League (IPL) again with his pyrotechnics.
Fraser-McGurk blasted 84 runs off 27…
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LAHORE (92 News) - Babar Azam stroked an entertaining half-century and Shaheen Shah Afridi produced a performance he is well-known for as Pakistan defeated New Zealand by nine runs in the fifth T20I to ensure the series ended in a two-all draw at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday.
Babar scored a 44-ball…
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KARACHI (92 News) - West Indies women’s captain Hayley Matthews produced another stellar performance with the bat and the ball to inspire her side to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Pakistan Women, taking a 2-0 lead in the five-T20I series at the National Bank Stadium on Sunday.
Matthews returned figures of 4-0-25-3 to limit…
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KARACHI (92 News) - West Indies women eked out a thrilling one-run win over Pakistan women after a hard-fought contest in the first T20I of the five-match series at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi on Friday night.
The visitors' bowler Shamilia Connell defended 12 runs in the last over as Pakistan’s duo of Tuba…
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LAHORE (92 News) - New Zealand overcame a spirited challenge from Pakistan before romping to a four-run victory in the fourth T20I at the Gaddafi Stadium to take a 2-1 lead on Thursday evening.
Fast bowler William O’Rourke, who was later adjudged player of the match, returned with figures of three wickets for 27…
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KARACHI (92 News) - Former captain Bismah Maroof has announced her retirement from all cricket with immediate effect.
A left-handed batswoman, Bismah made her ODI debut against India in 2006 and her T20I debut against Ireland in 2009. She went on to represent Pakistan in 276 international matches, the most by any Pakistan women…
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LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory over relegation-threatened Luton Town on Wednesday despite fielding a much-changed side.
Captain Martin Odegaard opened the scoring after 24 minutes and an own goal by Daiki Hashioka after good work by Emile Smith Rowe put the hosts…
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LAHORE (92 News) - Uncapped middle-order batter Muhammad Irfan Khan and flamboyant opener Usman Khan have been named in the 17-player Pakistan men’s cricket team for the five-T20I series against New Zealand to be played in Rawalpindi and Lahore from April 18 to 27.
The two highly-talented players have earned the selectors’ nod following…
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NEWCASTLE (AFP) - Newcastle stormed into the Premier League's top six as Alexander Isak scored twice in a 4-0 thrashing of Tottenham to rekindle their outside hopes of a place in next season's Champions League.
Spurs' lead over the Magpies is cut to 10 points with six games remaining, but Newcastle have a far…
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OLYMPIA, Greece (AFP) - The torch relay for the Paris 2024 Olympics set off Tuesday from Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Games, after the flame was lit in a ritual inspired by antiquity and marked by messages of hope amid multiple global crises.
"The Olympic flame that we are lighting today symbolises this…
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KARACHI (92 News) - Pakistan women’s team will aim to earn maximum points in the upcoming ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 fixture against the West Indies when the three-ODI series will commence at the National Bank Stadium on here Thursday.
The second and third ODI will be played on April 21 and 23, respectively.
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