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England’s Potts gets Kohli before Pant leads India rally

Birmingham, United Kingdom, July 1 (AFP/APP): Virat Kohli became the latest high-profile wicket in paceman Matthew Potts’s fledgling England career as the India star’s long wait for another Test hundred continued on Friday. Kohli was out for 11 and India had declined to 98-5 in […]

PJL: mentors to earn more than Rs. 1 crore each

ISLAMABAD – July 1 (ONLINE) The mentors of Pakistan Junior League (PJL) will earn more than RS 1 crore each, media reports claimed Friday. Pakistan Junior League is a project of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), and according to media reports, is a brainchild of […]

SL’s Mathews tests positive for COVID-19, ruled out of Galle test

GALLE, Sri Lanka – July 1 (ONLINE) Sri Lanka’s veteran all rounder Angelo Mathews has tested positive for COVID-19, and was ruled out of ongoing test match against Australia, which eventually won by the Ausies by 10 wickets, it emerged Friday. According to media reports, […]

Charsadda King wins DC Charsadda Football League Trophy

PESHAWAR, Jul 01 (APP):King Stars Charsadda clinched the trophy after defeating Charsadda Bulls in the final of the DC Charsadda Football League played at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex Football ground on Friday. Deputy Commissioner Charsadda was the chief guest on this occasion, District Sports […]

Bank of Khyber Junior KP Badminton Championship begins

PESHAWAR, Jul 01 (APP): The first edition of the Bank of Khyber Junior Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Championship got underway at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex, Charsadda under the aegis of District Badminton Association with more than 150 players, both girls and boys, are taking part. […]

England bowl against India in delayed 5th Test

Birmingham, United Kingdom, July 1 (AFP/APP): England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to field in the Covid-delayed fifth Test against India at Edgbaston on Friday. Stokes started his reign as skipper with a 3-0 series whitewash of Test world champions New Zealand, […]

Copenhagen gives Tour de France rapturous reception

Copenhagen, June 29 (AFP/APP): Raucous crowds at the Copenhagen Tivoli theme park gave the Tour de France the kind of reception organisers could only have dreamed of on Wednesday. The loudest cheers were for Danish riders such as Jonas Vingegaard and for the biggest names […]

Pogacar favourite as Tour de France set for first Danish start

Copenhagen, June 28 (AFP/APP): Champion Tadej Pogacar is the hot favourite and Covid-19 continues to provide a troubling background but the tension and expectations for this year’s Tour de France, which gets underway on Friday, are as high as ever. The 109th edition of cycling’s […]

Nadal overcomes scare to reach Wimbledon second round..

London, June 28 (AFP/APP): Rafael Nadal overcame a scare in his Wimbledon opener on Tuesday, fighting back from dropping the third set and falling a break down in the fourth to eventually see off Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo. Second seed Nadal, playing on grass for the […]

Tennis: Wimbledon results

London, June 28 (AFP/APP): Wimbledon results on Tuesday on the second day of the 2022 championships at the All England Club (x denotes seeded player): Men 1st rd Steve Johnson (USA) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x18) 4-6, 5-2 – retired Women 1st rd Claire Liu […]

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