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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday added pace-bowling all-rounder Aamir Jamal and three uncapped players to the Test squad for the two-match series against Sri Lanka, taking the strength of the team to 16. Batter Mohammad Tayyab Arif, fast bowlers Ali Shabbir and Saqib Khan have earned the...
Posted on 7 November 2026 | 10:41 am
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Usman Khawaja claimed on Saturday that the entire Australian team knew about the 2018 "Sandpapergate" scandal in Cape Town and said they also employed the tactic during the previous Test at Port Elizabeth. Captain Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sent home in disgra...
Posted on 7 November 2026 | 6:21 am
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Audio recording has been disabled on practice courts at the WTA Finals, the governing body's chair said on Friday, after private comments by Jessica Pegula about Mirra Andreeva were broadcast during a livestream this week. During a practice session at Indian Wells, California, that was streamed on...
Posted on 7 November 2026 | 12:00 am
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Kylian Mbappe headlined the France squad named Friday by coach Zinedine Zidane for their Nations League matches against Italy and Turkiye after picking up an injury on international duty in September, while Pablo Pagis was handed a debut call-up. Real Madrid superstar Mbappe, the France captain, sco...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 11:40 pm
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Carlos Alcaraz produced another miracle in the French capital as the seven-time Grand Slam champion fended off two match points to beat Taylor Fritz and reach the Paris Masters semi-finals on Friday. The 23-year-old Spaniard fought back to win 6-7(10/12), 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the last four of the ...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 11:24 pm
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Thierno Barry extended his red-hot streak with a double as Everton beat Coventry City 3-1 to climb into fifth place in the Premier League on Friday. David Moyes's side trailed to Yann Gboho's goal early in the second half at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. But Barry proved too hot for Coventry to ha...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 10:51 pm
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Portugal coach Jorge Jesus said on Friday he had expected Cristiano Ronaldo to return to the national team despite their highly publicised rift, but respected the veteran forward's decision to retire from international football. Ronaldo, 41, announced on Thursday that he would not play for Portuga...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 6:24 pm
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Opener Usman Khan struck a magnificent unbeaten century as defending champions Pakistan cruised to a nine-wicket victory over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their Group 'A' opener of the ACC Men's U-19 Asia Cup at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2) in Muscat on Friday. Chasing 2...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 2:56 pm
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Maliha Ali fought with a fractured toe, a severely bruised eyelid and a partially dislocated jaw. She fought anyway. When Omar Ahmed, president of the Pakistan MMA Federation, asked if she could compete, her response was simple. "Sir, we fight from the heart," she said. "These hands and feet a...
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 6:51 am
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The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on Thursday said it takes "full responsibility" for failing to inform players about active microphones on practice courts after private comments by Jessica Pegula about Mirra Andreeva were broadcast during a livestream ahead of the season-ending WTA Finals....
Posted on 6 November 2026 | 1:13 am
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Carlos Alcaraz moved into the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters on Thursday after his last 16 opponent Matteo Berrettini withdrew. Alcaraz, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, was scheduled to play the Italian, but Berrettini pulled out ahead of their encounter with an elbow injury. "Unfortunately...
Posted on 5 November 2026 | 11:14 pm
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Bournemouth extended their perfect Europa League record on Thursday as they came from behind to win 3-1 at 10-man Sparta Prague, while Ruben Amorim's AC Milan suffered a third defeat in four matches. Gambian Ebrima Singhateh ran from his own half to score a fine individual goal as Sparta took the ...
Posted on 5 November 2026 | 11:01 pm
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Pakistan scored twice in stoppage time, including a spectacular overhead kick by Alamgir Ghazi, but their late rally proved insufficient as Nolberto Solano's side suffered a 3-2 defeat against India in their SAFF Championship opener at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday. Trailing 3-0 at hal...
Posted on 5 November 2026 | 12:42 pm
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Cristiano Ronaldo said on Thursday he was retiring from the Portugal team, bringing the curtain down on one of the most illustrious international careers in the history of football. The 41-year-old announced that he would 'hand back the number 7 shirt' after the November international break. Ron...
Posted on 5 November 2026 | 12:24 pm
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Virat Kohli hit a brilliant 74 to lead India to a five-wicket win over New Zealand in their first One-day International at Auckland's Eden Park on Wednesday. The veteran right-hander hit his 80th ODI fifty off just 35 balls, showing his enduring class on a night when no other batsman was able to f...
Posted on 5 November 2026 | 12:15 am
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Alexander Zverev said he was "annoyed" to have to justify being world number one after losing his opening match at the Paris Masters. At the same time, 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic also fell on a Wednesday full of upsets. Carlos Alcaraz avoided a similar fate, however, as the seven...
Posted on 5 November 2026 | 12:01 am
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Federico Valverde struck in stoppage time to give Real Madrid a dramatic 3-2 Champions League victory at AEK Athens on Wednesday, while Liverpool surrendered the lead twice in a 3-2 defeat at Fenerbahce. Manchester City avoided the same fate at RB Leipzig, with Erling Haaland's 78th-minute winner ...
Posted on 4 November 2026 | 11:28 pm
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Mohammad Rizwan made a commanding unbeaten double century on the second day of the opening round of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold tournament, putting Peshawar Blues in a strong position against Faisalabad at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium and delivering a timely response after a turbulent period foll...
Posted on 4 November 2026 | 4:33 pm
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Russia arrived at the IMMAF World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, with more than 60 athletes, government backing and one of the best-funded programmes in the sport. On Tuesday, a 24-year-old from Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, beat one of them. Maliha Ali defeated Veronika Drozdova, a two-time European...
Posted on 4 November 2026 | 7:05 am
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Novak Djokovic battled from behind to beat Valentin Vacherot 6-7(5/7), 7-5, 6-1 in the first round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday, while Ben Shelton opened his campaign with a comfortable win. For the Serbian 24-time Grand Slam champion, it marked a return to winning ways at ATP 1000-level tourname...
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 11:47 pm
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Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain underlined their Champions League title credentials with victories over Atletico Madrid and Villarreal, respectively, on Tuesday, while Manchester United came from two goals down to snatch a dramatic win over AS Roma. Bayern broke down a stubborn Atletico side i...
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 11:26 pm
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Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel died on Tuesday as a result of injuries he suffered in a sickening collision with FC Andorra's goalkeeper in a Spanish second division match. "Broken with pain, with a lump in our throat and unable to believe this is real, CD Tenerife announces the tragic death, ...
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 3:34 pm
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The Asian Cup has been postponed from early 2027 to December next year following recent attacks on hosts Saudi Arabia, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Tuesday. A strike on Riyadh's international airport last month killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 300, with Yemen's I...
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 8:01 am
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Posted on 3 November 2026 | 7:41 am
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Explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell announced his international retirement Tuesday after being overlooked for Australia's upcoming Twenty20 series against England. The mercurial 38-year-old, who had not played a Test since 2017, called time on his one-day career last year but kept the door open for T2...
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 6:53 am
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Maaz Sadaqat and Hasan Nawaz have been included in the 15-member Pakistan Shaheens squad for the ACC Men's Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026, with Abdul Samad appointed captain for the 50-over tournament to be held in Qatar from Nov 19 to 29. The Pakistan Cricket Board announced the squad on Tuesday, wit...
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 6:25 am
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Pakistan have been fined five per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate during their three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the One-day International tri-series final in Lahore on Saturday. The hosts were found to be one over short after time allowances were taken into considerat...
Posted on 2 November 2026 | 11:55 am
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Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam and One-day International skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi will headline the opening round of the 69th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, which gets under way across Islamabad, Abbottabad and Rawalpindi on Tuesday. Babar will turn out for Lahore Whites, who face Shaheen-...
Posted on 2 November 2026 | 10:41 am
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A tearful Kimi Antonelli became Formula One's youngest world champion at 20 years and 68 days old on Sunday when he finished third for Mercedes in a red-flagged and restarted Mexico City Grand Prix won by Red Bull's Max Verstappen. The first Italian champion since 1953 sobbed with joy over the t...
Posted on 1 November 2026 | 11:25 pm
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Whatever there is to be said about Fakhar Zaman has been said. And he has usually said it himself - first when he made his debut and steered Pakistan to their greatest triumph of the past decade, then countless times for Lahore Qalandars, then on that one rainy day in Bangalore, climbing a mountai...
Posted on 1 November 2026 | 2:16 pm