Rauf leads Pakistan’s rout of Afghanistan in first ODI

Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Aug 22 (AFP/APP): Fast bowler Haris Rauf led a pace assault on Afghanistan with a career-best five-wicket haul to give Pakistan a thumping 142-run victory in the first one-day international in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota on Tuesday. Rauf’s fiery 5-18 condemned Afghanistan to […]

‘I’m here, I’m the champion’: Richardson

BUDAPEST Aug 22 (Online): American Sha’Carri Richardson crushed Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s hopes of a sixth women’s world 100m title when she stormed to victory in Budapest on Monday. Richardson sprinted to a championship record of 10.65sec despite being in lane nine to seal a US 100m […]

Suspected militants kill 12 Niger troops: state TV

Niamey, Niger, Aug 22 (AFP/APP): Suspected armed militants have killed 12 soldiers in Niger’s remote southwest, state television reported on Tuesday, in the latest attack since army officers seized power last month. An anti-militants operation by national guards was “the target of an ambush” Sunday […]

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