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England seal thrilling win in third test to keep Ashes alive

Headingley: Harry Brook's aggressive 75 trumped Mitchell Starc's five-wicket haul in a thrilling fourth day at Headingley that saw England record a tense win to keep the series alive at 2-1. England kept a raging Mitchell Starc at bay to pull one bac...

PCB bars Pakistan cricketers from attending Haris Rauf’s wedding

Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has stopped the national cricketers from attending Haris Rauf's wedding in Islamabad. According to the PCB spokesperson, the board has stopped the players from traveling to Islamabad due to unfavorable weat...

Dominant Sri Lanka thumps West Indies in CWC Qualifier

HARARE: Maheesh Theekshana’s astonishing figures of 4/34, followed by Pathum Nissanka’s century powered Sri Lanka to crush West Indies by eight wickets in the Cricket World Cup (CWC) Qualifier. Set to chase a modest 244-run target, Pathum...

Iraq’s militias: Double the size, double the money, double the threat

Mushrooming funding for the Tehran-backed Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi paramilitary movement in Iraq has almost doubled their size to 238,000 personnel and nearly $3 billion of the budget, according to the Iraqi parliament’s finance committee. When the H...

Bowlers-led Sri Lanka crush Scotland in CWC Qualifier

BULAWAYO: Sri Lankan bowlers put on a scintillating show and defended a modest total to muscle their side to a resounding 82-run victory over Scotland in the 19th match of the Cricket World Cup (CWC) Qualifier on Tuesday. Put into bat first, the Sri...

Ashleigh Gardner gives Australia women’s Ashes win over England

Trent Bridge: Ashleigh Gardner took eight wickets in England’s second innings as Australia’s women secured victory in the one-off Ashes Test match by 89 runs yesterday. Chasing the highest run chase in women’s test history of 268 to...

India's wrestlers take fight from sit-ins to court

NEW DELHI: Top Indian wrestlers who have accused their federation president of sexual harassment said they will rely on legal challenges rather than return to protests, local media reported yesterday. Olympic medallists and other Indian wrestling cha...

16th Special Olympic World Games conclude with spectacular closing ceremony

Berlin: The 16th Special Olympic World Games played in Berlin, Germany ended with a spectacular closing ceremony at the Brandenburg Gate on Sunday night. The next Winter Olympic World Games will be held in Italy in 2025. At the closing ceremony at th...

Sri Lanka crush Ireland’s in CWC Qualifier

HARARE: Dominant Sri Lanka crushed Ireland’s hopes of making it to the Super Sixes of the CWC Qualifier by handing a thumping 133-run defeat and paved the way for Scotland and Oman to progress. In the 15th match of the CWC Qualifier, tournament...

India hosts Pakistan footballers for first time since 2014, arch rivals face off today

Karachi: India faces Pakistan's football team on opening day of South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) Championship, first time it has hosted national team from its neighbour and arch adversary since 2014. While cricket reigns supreme in both nations,...

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Army top brass warns of ‘sure, decisive’ response, if India attempts to impose war

RAWALPINDI: The army’s top brass yesterday warned India of a “sure and decisive” response should it attempt to impose war, as relations deteriorated between Islamabad and New Delhi amid rising tensions after last week’s attack...

“Dr. Asim Hussain leads the charge: District Central says no to illegal constructions”

KARACHI: Dr. Asim Hussain, a senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party, has spearheaded a robust drive in District Central to eliminate illegal constructions. His initiative has brought together stakeholders from various political parties, l...

Zero Hunger in Pakistan: A Chemistry Student’s Vision for Sustainable Solutions

Growing up in the UAE with Canadian-Pakistani roots, my connection to Pakistan was always heartfelt yet somewhat distant. It wasn’t until I had the chance to intern there that I truly grasped the country’s struggles. The stark realities o...

India involved in state-sponsored cross-border terrorism: DG ISPR

ISLAMABAD: Director-General (DG) of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry presented yesterday "irrefutable" evidence of Indian-sponsored terrorism in Pakistan, days after New Delhi accused Islamabad of the Pa...
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