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Spurs upset NBA champion Bucks, Wizards win in double OT

Los Angeles, Oct 31 (AFP/APP):San Antonio used a balanced attack Saturday to beat the reigning NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks 102-93, snapping a four-game losing skid with their first road victory of the season. Point guard Dejounte Murray and reserve Bryn Forbes led the charge as […]

Australia v England T20 World Cup scoreboard

Dubai, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):Scoreboard from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match between Australia and England in Dubai on Saturday: Australia D. Warner c Buttler b Woakes 1 A. Finch c Bairstow b Jordan 44 S. Smith c Woakes b Jordan 1 G. Maxwell lbw […]

England thrash Australia by eight wickets in T20 World Cup

Dubai, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):Opening batsman Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 71 as England hammered Australia by eight wickets to register their third successive win in the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. England fast bowlers Chris Jordan and Chris Woakes shared five wickets between them to […]

Football: Italian Serie A results – 1st update

Milan, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):Italian Serie A results on Saturday: Atalanta 2 (Zapata 45+1, De Roon 90+4) Lazio 2 (Pedro 18, Immobile 74) Verona 2 (Simeone 11, 14) Juventus 1 (McKennie 80) Playing later (all times GMT) Torino v Sampdoria (1945) Sunday (1400 unless stated) Inter […]

Morgan hails Buttler and Woakes after England thrash Australia

Dubai, Oct 30 (AFP/APP):England skipper Eoin Morgan on Saturday lauded Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes as among the “world’s best” after their eight-wicket thrashing of Australia to close in on a semi-final spot at the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. Buttler smashed an unbeaten 71 […]

Pakistan’s Asif says confidence key in hitting sixes

Dubai, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Dashing batsman Asif Ali said he had been confident he would hit sixes after leading Pakistan to a hard-fought five-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the Twenty20 World Cup in Dubai on Friday. The 30-year-old smashed pacer Karim Janat for four sixes in […]

Cricket: Twenty20 World Cup standings

Dubai, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 standings after Friday’s matches (played, won, lost, no result, points, net run rate) Group 1 England 2 2 0 0 4 3.614 Australia 2 2 0 0 4 0.727 ————————— South Africa 2 1 1 0 2 […]

Coutinho rejoins Brazil for World Cup qualifiers

Rio de Janeiro, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho got the call-up from Brazil coach Tite on Friday after a year-long absence for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina. Coutinho, 29, was sidelined by a knee injury, but has recently resumed playing regularly […]

Chalmers breaks 100m freestyle short-course world record

Paris, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Australian Kyle Chalmers broke the 13-year-old men’s 100m freestyle short-course world record on Friday in Kazan, Russia. The Australian, who took silver in the event in the longer Olympic pool in Tokyo, touched in 44.84sec to take 0.10sec off the record set […]

Win or lose, Afghans turn out to cheer cricket heroes

Kabul, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Afghanistan’s new Taliban government was very clear with cricket fans before Friday’s much-anticipated clash with neighbours Pakistan. Celebrate the national team by all means, the interior ministry spokesman said, but: “If you win, you should not shoot in the air. “If you […]

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