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Karachi: A furious former skipper and chairman of selectors Inzamam ul Haq squarely blamed Pakistan Cricket Board's outgoing top boss Zaka Ashraf for being responsible for the country's disastrous ODI World Cup performance in India last year. Zaka, who was named head of an Interim...

Abidjan (Ivory Coast): Egypt star Mohamed Salah is leaving the Africa Cup of Nations — at least temporarily — and returning to Liverpool for treatment of a muscle injury, the Premier League club announced late Sunday. The influential forward was forced off during the first...

Al-Rayyan (Qatar): Saudi Arabia advanced to the knockout stage of the Asian Cup with a game to spare after beating nine-man Kyrgyzstan 2-0. Goals in each half from Mohamed Kanno and Faisal Al-Ghamdi at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, Qatar, put the three-time...

Mumbai: All-rounder Vikrant Keni will captain the 16-member Indian physically disabled cricket team for the five-match T20 series against England to be held in Ahmedabad between January 28 and February 6. The series is being organised by the Differently Abled Cricket Council of India (DCCI),...

Melbourne: Mirra Andreeva was a set away from being the youngest player since Martina Hingis in 1997 to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals. The 16-year-old Andreeva took the first set off 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova in the pre-quarterfinal Sunday, later admitting that's when...

New Delhi: Home favourites Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went down in a tense final against world champions Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Sang Jae at India Open, settling for their second successive runners-up finish, here Sunday. Satwik and Chirag, the Asian Games champions, lost...

Melbourne: Iga Swiatek's No. 1 ranking, four Grand Slam titles, and 18-match winning streak were no help against big-hitting teen Linda Noskova at the Australian Open. After crouching at the baseline and covering her face when she closed out the 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 third-round victory...

Melbourne: Taylor Fritz caused a major shock at the Australian Open Sunday, the American beating last year's runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(7-3), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals. The 12th seed produced brilliant tennis throughout as he wrapped up victory in just over three hours...

Melbourne: Top seed Novak Djokovic has reached the last eight at the Australian Open for the 14th time, surging past Adrian Mannarino 6-0, 6-0, 6-3. By overcoming the 20th seed Frenchman, the world No.1 secured his 58th Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance, equaling Roger Federer’s record....

New Delhi: Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya, after missing entire 2023 season due to injuries, made a comeback by securing a bronze medal at the Henri Deglane Grand Prix wrestling tournament in Nice, France. Dahiya won men's 61kg freestyle bronze medal bout 10-4...