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Pak vs WI: T20 series schedule likely to be changed
LAHORE: The schedule of T20 series between Pakistan and West Indies is likely to be changed as Windies will play its last ODI match against Australia on 26th of July, Geo News reported.
The five-match T20 series between Pakistan and West…
Medvedev wins Olympic opener as Djokovic begins gold medal bid
TOKYO: Daniil Medvedev overcame "some of the worst" conditions he's ever played in to reach the second round of the Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament Saturday as Novak Djokovic prepared to launch his bid for a gold medal.
Second seed…
China’s Hou wins first weightlifting gold of Tokyo 2020
TOKYO: China's Hou Zhihui took the first weightlifting gold of Tokyo 2020 on Saturday as she dashed India's hopes of an elusive first women's Olympic title.
The 24-year-old world championship silver medallist Hou dominated the 49kg…
Athletes parade in empty stadium: Tokyo Games open in shadow of pandemic
TOKYO: Japan's global superstar Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity.…
West Indies-Australia ODI called off after coronavirus case reported
The second One-Day International (ODI) between West Indies and Australia was postponed in Bridgetown after a non-playing member of the host’s camp tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday.
The information came after the toss and minutes…
Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur to miss Australia T20 series
Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim will miss next month's Twenty20 International series against Australia after he was unable to join the team in time for quarantine because of personal reasons.
Bangladesh are undergoing a 10-day…
Olympics-Three more athletes test postive for COVID-19 at Games
TOKYO: Olympics organisers said on Friday that three more competitors at the Tokyo Games, including one resident of the athletes' village, had tested positive for COVID-19.
Olympics-related cases rose by 19, organisers said, bringing the…
France thrashed by Mexico in Olympic opener as Brazil beat Germany
TOKYO (AFP) - France s bid for men s Olympic football glory got off to a nightmare start with a 4-1 defeat by Mexico on Thursday, while Richarlison scored a hat-trick as reigning champions Brazil beat Germany in a six-goal thriller.…
China poised to bag first Tokyo gold
TOKYO: China's Hou Zhihui, current world record holder in the lightest women's category, may smash her own record on Saturday when the Tokyo 2020 weightlifting begins, and take the first gold for her country.
Hou, who holds the world…
Rizwan attains career-best T20 ranking after England tour
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has broken into the top-10 in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after finishing as the highest run-getter in the recently-concluded T20 series against England.
The opener accumulated 176…