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New-look Bayern out to prove Spurs drubbing was no fluke
BERLIN:
Bayern Munich face Olympiakos away in the Champions League on Tuesday with key defender Niklas Suele sidelined as Niko Kovac’s side seek to prove their demolition of Tottenham was no fluke.
The summer overhaul of Bayern’s squad bore spectacular fruit a fortnight ago in a 7-2 thrashing of Spurs as winger Serge Gnabry scored four second-half goals.
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Marquez secures his first pole in Japan
MOTEGI:
MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will eye his tenth win of the season after snatching pole position Saturday in Japan.
The Honda rider clocked 1min 45.763sec for his first pole start in the premier class at Twin Ring Motegi, where he won in 2016 and last year, while coming second in 2017, 2014 and 2013.
“Finally we did it. So happy,” Marquez said, after securing his 90th career p... |
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Davis Cup: India hopeful tie against Pakistan will be shifted from Islamabad
NEW DELHI:
India’s tennis association will apply for visas for their Davis Cup tie against Pakistan next month but expects the fixture to be moved away from Islamabad, AITA Secretary General Hironmoy Chatterjee told Reuters on Wednesday.
The Asia/Oceania Group I tie, originally scheduled for September 14-15 in Islamabad, was postponed by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to late Novem... |
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France denied early Euro qualification with Turkey draw
SAINT-DENIS:
France must wait to claim a place at Euro 2020 after the world champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Turkey on Monday.
Turkey’s Kaan Ayhan equalised eight minutes from time after France substitute Olivier Giroud opened the scoring as the visitors stayed top of Group H with 19 points from eight games, ahead of Les Bleus by virtue of a 2-0 win in Konya last June.
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Two medals in a week: After silver, Pakistani weightlifter Rabia wins gold
Pakistan’s Rabia Shahzad gets her second medal over the weekend as the youngster finished with a gold medal at the Hampshire Weightlifting Championship based on Sinclair Total.
She got the gold out of nine competitors in her group with 144.8 points. Sinclair total in based on Sinclair Coefficient that is the actual total multiplied by Sinclair Coefficient giving the Sinclair Total.
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Pakistan’s Rabia wins silver at Welsh Open Weightlifting Championship
KARACHI:
Pakistan’s Rabia Shahzad grabbed silver medal at the Welsh Open Weightlifting Championship 2019 49kg event.
Rabia won international medals for Pakistan earlier this year in Singapore and has previously won in Australia as well. Her goal was to make sure that she makes the country proud in weightlifting too, after power-lifting.
She lifted 35kg, 37kg and 40kg in all three of her sn... |
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Belgium put nine past San Marino to reach Euro 2020
BRUSSELS:
Belgium became the first team to qualify for the 2020 European Championship finals as Romelu Lukaku scored twice in a 9-0 thrashing of San Marino in Brussels on Thursday.
Lukaku took his record Belgium international tally past 50 goals as Roberto Martinez’s Group I leaders opened up an unassailable 11-point lead over third-placed Cyprus with three games remaining.
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Dominant Sri Lanka complete T20I series whitewash
A dominant Sri Lanka side overpowered Pakistan to a three-nil whitewash after defeating the Men in Green in the third Twenty20 International (T20I) between the sides at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday.
Chasing a target of 148, Pakistan lost opener Fakhar Zaman early, after being bowled by fast-bowler Kasun Rajitha on the first ball of Pakistan’s innings.
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Clinical Sri Lanka overpower Pakistan to clinch T20I series
Sri Lanka overpowered a luckless Pakistan side in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Monday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Chasing a target of 183, Pakistan lost openers Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam early. Zaman was the first to depart when he was bowled by fast-bowler Kasun Rajitha while attempting a misguided lap-sweep.
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Pakistan women's football team captain Hajra Khan trains in US to expand experience
How it feels to be determined? How it feels to know that one has to pick themselves up after your national football federation has almost deprived of a chance of a professional career? Pakistan women’s football team captain and striker Hajra Khan is translating all that into action.
The 25-year-old trained with The St James FC Virginia in the US for almost a month now, an opportunity as she fee... |
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