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Pakistan booked their place in the Women's Asia Cup semi-finals after spinner Nashra Sandhu's triggered a 72-run drubbing of Hong Kong, China at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Monday night. Nashra took six wickets as Pakistan defended 143 runs — that included a stand-out contributi...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 6:30 pm
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Pakistan are at the "very start" of rebuilding their Test side, bowling coach Ashley Noffke said on Monday, as the team attempts to move past a tumultuous week that has seen sweeping changes to the squad and a shake-up of its coaching staff. "Every nation has a life cycle, and there'll be mo...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 5:21 pm
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Another UEFA Champions League season gets going this week with the beginning of the league phase as Paris Saint-Germain bid to join the tiny band of clubs to have won the competition three years running. PSG successfully defended their title last season when they beat Arsenal on penalties in Budapes...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 4:34 pm
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Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe said on Monday it was natural for people to consider him as a potential Ballon d'Or winner this year after his World Cup exploits. The France captain scored 10 goals at the tournament this summer to win the Golden Boot, with his country finishing fourth, and has n...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 4:09 pm
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Pakistan captain Fatima Sana has been fined 10 per cent of her match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the team's Women's Asia Cup match against India, according to an International Cricket Council media release published on Monday. The offence occurred in the Women's Asia Cup c...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 2:22 pm
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Mike Hesson was characteristically casual when he remarked that Pakistan players are used to a little bit of chaos. "The guys are probably more used to a little bit of chaos than I am," the interim head coach told reporters at Edgbaston on Friday. "There is no doubt they have been disappointed...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 9:48 am
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday confirmed that it had initiated an internal disciplinary inquiry following reports "concerning discipline and conduct" as the media alleged that investigations involving former Test players Imamul Haq and Mohammad Rizwan have been widened. In a statemen...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 8:51 am
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Out-of-form Marnus Labuschagne can "still make a positive contribution", chief Australia selector George Bailey said on Monday, after the struggling batsman was thrown a lifeline for the Test tour of South Africa. Number three Labuschagne has failed to score a century since 2023, and flopped aga...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 5:37 am
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Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz posted his most convincing win in his injury return at the US Open, downing Tommy Paul in straight sets on Sunday to line up a quarter-final clash with Ben Shelton. Two-time women's defending champion Aryna Sabalenka also advanced, booking a last-eight date with W...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 3:43 am
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Lassine Sinayoko scored a hat-trick as Paris FC continued their unbeaten start to the Ligue 1 season with a 3-2 away victory against Olympique de Marseille on Sunday. Liam Rosenior's Paris FC moved to second in the early table behind AS Monaco with seven points from their opening three games. "F...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 3:11 am
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Bavarian minnows Augsburg came from a goal down to a 4-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Sunday, while a dominant Mainz put five goals past Hamburg. Augsburg's victory brought them to the top of the Bundesliga table after two matches, the first time the club, who were promoted to t...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 2:11 am
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Federico Gatti came off the bench and scored an injury-time equaliser as Juventus snatched a 1-1 draw at home with AC Milan in Serie A on Sunday. Both teams arrived at the Allianz Stadium after starting the season with back-to-back wins and remained unbeaten after a hard-fought affair. The result le...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 1:48 am
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his side's performance in Sunday's statement 2-1 victory over Chelsea showed that they can become even better than last season's title-winning model. Goals by Kai Havertz and captain Martin Odegaard, after Morgan Rogers had scored for Chelsea in the second min...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 1:25 am
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Lamine Yamal struck twice for Barcelona as they demolished Valencia 5-0 on Sunday to maintain their 100 percent start in La Liga. The reigning champions moved three points clear at the top of La Liga, after Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid lost 1-0 at Real Betis on Friday. Fermin Lopez, Raphinha and Pe...
Posted on 6 September 2026 | 5:05 pm
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Ainsley Maitland-Niles marked his Everton debut with a superb strike with virtually the last kick of the game to snatch a 2-2 draw for the Toffees against Manchester United on Sunday. Maitland-Niles's arrival from Lyon on the final day of the transfer window was overshadowed by Everton's failure...
Posted on 6 September 2026 | 4:18 pm
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Gianni Infantino will stand in next March's FIFA presidential election, despite the backlash over his now-abandoned plan to bring private investment into the World Cup, football's global governing body announced Sunday. "The FIFA President announced in April that he will stand for re-election ...
Posted on 6 September 2026 | 4:11 pm
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ANYONE who has even casually followed Pakistan cricket over the years will know that our cricket board's response to losing the current Test series in England is a hysterical overreaction. After consecutive defeats at Headingley and Lord's sealed the fate of the three-match rubber, the Pakistan ...
Posted on 6 September 2026 | 5:40 am
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NEW YORK: Carlos Alcaraz got off to a sluggish start but stormed home, and Aryna Sabalenka was in control all the way as the defending champions led a stream of contenders into the third round of the US Open on Wednesday. Spain's Alcaraz, seeded second in his first tournament since a wrist injury ...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 11:08 pm
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LA PANDERA: German Marco Brenner fought off Santiago Buitrago to claim a mountaintop victory from a long-range breakaway on stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday. Overall leader Enric Mas extended his lead as he finished 25 seconds ahead of veteran four-time Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic, who...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 11:08 pm
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LONDON: New-look Manchester City overcame a spirited challenge from Coventry on Saturday courtesy of an Erling Haaland goal to stay perfect in the Premier League, as blunt Tottenham Hotspur were held to a goalless draw at Nottingham Forest. Enzo Maresca is now the man in the Etihad hotseat after ...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 11:08 pm
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MONZA: Frenchman Pierre Gasly snatched a surprise pole position for Alpine in qualifying on Saturday for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the first of his career at the 191st attempt. The 30-year-old Gasly clocked a best lap in one minute 21.786 seconds to beat hot favourite George Russell of Mer...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 11:08 pm
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India brushed Pakistan aside in an emphatic seven-wicket win when the two sides met during the Women's Asia Cup in Dubai on Saturday, marking India's seventh Asia Cup triumph against Pakistan in eight matches. Captain Fatima Sana won the toss and chose to bat first, trying to replicate the succe...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 6:45 pm
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West Indies batting great Brian Lara on Saturday joined an international appeal for proper medical treatment and dignified conditions for imprisoned former Pakistan captain and prime minister Imran Khan, saying the issue was one of "basic humanity", rather than politics. Last month, 22 internati...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 4:23 pm
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Defending singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka sailed into the last 16 of the US Open on Friday, as tennis icons Serena and Venus Williams suffered an agonising defeat on their long-awaited return to Grand Slam doubles. Alcaraz, coming off a four-month injury absence, beat China's ...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 8:31 am
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Paris Saint-Germain's slow start to the French season continued on Friday as the reigning European champions went in front only to lose 2-1 at home to AS Monaco, who are top of Ligue 1. Captain Marquinhos gave PSG the lead just past the half-hour mark at the Parc des Princes, where Luis Enrique'...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 12:23 am
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Alexander Isak struck twice in the opening 10 minutes as Liverpool delivered their first win for new manager Andoni Iraola with a 2-0 away victory against Ipswich Town on Friday. Isak's Premier League record 125 million pounds ($169 million) move from Newcastle United was matched this week by Manc...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 11:59 pm
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Kylian Mbappe missed a late penalty as Troy Parrott scored his first goal for Real Betis in a 1-0 win over Real Madrid on Friday, ending Jose Mourinho's side's perfect start to the La Liga season. Real had won each of their first three matches under Mourinho in his second spell in charge, but Be...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 11:33 pm
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Interim Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson hopes his drastically revamped squad can come through some all too familiar "chaos" with a much-improved showing against England in next week's third and final Test in Birmingham. Pakistan suffered an innings and 103-run loss in the series opener at Head...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 5:19 pm
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After Pakistan's infamous loss at the hands of the United States in the 2024 T20 World Cup, Mohsin Naqvi, then the newly appointed chief of the country's cricket board, promised a "surgery". Two and a half years into his tenure as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, a lot has taken place ...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 1:04 pm
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Former Pakistan Test coach Jason Gillespie said on Friday chairman of selectors Aaqib Javed needs to "look at himself in the mirror" with the national team "playing with fear". In a shock move Pakistan this week replaced head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and pace-bowling chief Umar Gul, and sent sev...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 6:00 am