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Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Monday decided to reduce the players' central contracts from three years to one year while announcing no pay cuts on the fees offered. During a meeting of senior board officials, it was decided not to reduce player salaries despite...

London: Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova returned to the WTA's top 10 for the first time in six months Monday, and runner-up Jasmine Paolini rose to a career-best No. 5. Krejcikova's run to her second Grand Slam title, capped by a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over...

New Delhi: One of football’s finest and most charismatic players Thomas Muller has called curtains on what has been an illustrious international career for the German international. The Bayern Munich legend was rumoured to be playing his last game for Germany at the Euros but...

Melbourne: Australia Monday announced ODI and T20I squads for their tour of the UK, where they play 11 white-ball matches in September. Australia will play three T20Is against Scotland and England followed by five ODIs against England in the UK in September. The UK tour...

Miami: If Lionel Messi is the brains behind this Argentina powerhouse then Angel Di Maria is the heart. ‘Fideo’ is one of the best players to don the Argentine shirt and he has worn it proudly through his long and illustrious career. Monday’s Copa America...

Morrisville: Pat Cummins is set to return to the USA once again. The Australian fast bowler, last seen in action during the T20 World Cup in the United States and West Indies, will join the San Francisco Unicorns midway through the ongoing Major League Cricket...

Harare: After leading India to a 4-1 series win over Zimbabwe, Shubman Gill believes that captaincy "brings out the best in him" as he discovered the side of him that he enjoyed on the field. Gill, who narrowly missed selection for the T20 World Cup,...

Berlin: Mikel Oyarzabal came off the bench and scored the winning goal in the 86th minute to help Spain beat England 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final in the Olympia stadium here late Sunday night. England played it safe from the outset, defending deep from...

Miami Gardens (USA): Argentina won its second straight Copa America championship, overcoming Lionel Messi's second-half leg injury to beat Colombia 1-0 on Lautaro Martínez's 112th-minute goal. Messi appeared to sustain a non-contact injury while running and falling in the 64th minute and covered his face...

New Delhi: Indian cricket's reigning superstar Virat Kohli has urged the nation to get behind its Olympic-bound contingent, asking the fans to join him in supporting the athletes as "they inch closer to the podium with dogged determination" in the quadrennial showpiece starting July 26...