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Lyles defends 200m crown as US sweep podium

Eugene, United States, July 22 (AFP/APP): Noah Lyles said rediscovering his “spark” powered him back on top of the sprinting world on Thursday after the charismatic American star successfully defended his world 200m crown in Oregon. Lyles produced a scintillating performance as US sprinters claimed […]

Sri Lanka seek Galle turner to pay back Shaheen-less Pakistan

Galle, Sri Lanka, July 22 (AFP/APP): Dimuth Karunaratne’s Sri Lanka will look to bounce back in the second Test starting Sunday against an upbeat Pakistan team that is fresh off a morale-boosting win. But the tourists have been hit by an injury to pace spearhead […]

England women rally to reach Euro 2022 semi-finals

Brighton, United Kingdom, July 21 (AFP/APP): England rallied from the brink of elimination to beat Spain 2-1 after extra time and reach the semi-finals of Euro 2022 thanks to Georgia Stanway’s stunning strike. Ether Gonzalez’s opener had the hosts heading for an early exit, but […]

Bayern sign De Ligt from Juventus

Munich, Germany – July 20 (ONLINE) German club Bayern Munich have signed Netherlands international defender Matthijs De Ligt from Italian giant Juventus, it emerged Wednesday. Juventus said the centre back was signed for a fee of 67 million euros ($68.55 million), rising up by a […]

IPL team owners to own all six teams in South African league

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – July 20 (ONLINE) All the six teams of South African domestic T2O league will be owned by the owners of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise owners, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said Wednesday. Cricket website Cricbuzz had revealed earlier that IPL team […]

Pakistan trounce Sri Lanka in first Test, lead series 1-0

GALLE – July 20 (ONLINE) Captain Babar Azam, young batting sensation Abdullah Shafique, spin guns Muhammad Nawaz and Yasir Shah shined as Pakistan trounced Sri Lanka in Galle Test on Wednesday by a margin of 4 wickets. Shafique completed the victory for Pakistan on the […]

Tennis: Hamburg ATP/WTA results – 1st update

Hamburg, July 20 (AFP/APP): Hamburg ATP/WTA results on Wednesday (x denotes seed; players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries): Men 1st rd Andrey Rublev (x2) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-3, 6-4 2nd rd Alex Molcan […]

Overseas Warriors hold trials for KPL season-II

ISLAMABAD, Jul 20 (APP): Kashmir Premier League (KPL) franchise Overseas Warriors organized trials for the second season of the league at Northern Cricket Ground Islamabad on Wednesday wherein over 150 Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri players participated. The trials were conducted in an impressive manner as the […]

Dybala set to join AS Roma on free transfer

ROME, Italy – July 18 (ONLINE) Argentina forward Paulo Dybala is set to join Italian club AS Roma on a free transfer, Reuters News Agency reported, citing sources. Dybala, who was linked with a transfer to Inter Milan after his deal with Juventus expired, will […]

Amir says no current Pakistan bowler ‘as classy as he is’

ISLAMABAD – July 18 (ONLINE) Pakistan pacer Muhammad Amir has recently claimed that no current Pakistani pace bowler is ‘as talented as he is’. “I don’t think there is a competition of myself with anyone. I was the only bowler who was in the ICC […]

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