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Asian Games football: Pakistan bag first victory after 44 years
Pakistan football team won their first Asian Games match after nearly 44 years as they defeated Nepal 2-1 in their last group D match in Bekasi, Indonesia on Sunday.
The team made things impossible for themselves in an already dreary record at first when they scored an own-goal in the 12th minute, a mistake by Shahbaz Younus.
But they were dominant in the second half as Muhammad Bial scored ... |
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Imran Khan is heartthrob to millions: Navjot Singh Sidhu
Former Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan is heartthrob to millions, after arriving in Lahore via Wagah Border on Friday.
Sidhu was invited by Khan for the ceremony which is scheduled to take place on August 18.
“Imran Khan is heartthrob to millions,” said Sidhu. “I have come to Pakistan on [Imran’s] invitation.”
He also termed the ... |
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Tennis votes on radical Davis Cup changes
The most radical overhaul in the 118-year history of the Davis Cup could be given the green light on Thursday as the tennis world gathers in Florida to vote on sweeping reforms which have divided the sport.
Around 120 delegates at the International Tennis Federation’s annual meeting in Orlando will decide whether proposals by federation chief David Haggerty are to be given the go-ahead.
Hagg... |
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Falcao fires as Monaco start off with victory
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Second-half substitute Radamel Falcao scored one goal and provided the assist for another as last season’s runners-up AS Monaco cruised past Nantes 3-1 for a winning start to their Ligue 1 campaign on Saturday.
Skipper Falcao came on after 67 minutes at the Stade de La Beaujoire and sparked Leonardo Jardim’s team into action as they scored three times in 14 minutes to kill off the c... |
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Sohail Tanvir fined 15% match fee for obscene gesture
Left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir has been fined 15% of his match fee for making an obscene gesture during a game in the Caribbean Premier League.
Tanvir, who is playing for Guyana Amazon Warriors showed double-middle finger to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots hard-hitting batsman Chris Lynn after dismissing him with a yorker.
Prior to that delivery, Lynn smashed Tanvir out of the park over the long-o... |
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Sloane Stephens gets hard court campaign off to winning start at Citi Open
Sloane Stephens began the build-up to her U.S. Open title defence with a 7-5 6-4 win over wildcard Bethanie Mattek-Sands back on the American hardcourts at the Citi Open in Washington, DC on Tuesday.
Stephens, who won her first career title in Washington in 2015, finished off Sands with her sixth ace of the match to book a second round meeting with Germany’s Andrea Petkovic, who was a 6-1 6-1 w... |
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French Ligue 1 to compete with European counterparts
The dust has barely settled on France’s triumphant World Cup campaign, but Ligue 1 returns this weekend with French champions Paris Saint-Germain under new management and with Kylian Mbappe and Neymar taking superstar billing.
Less than four weeks after France beat Croatia 4-2 in Moscow to lift the World Cup for the second time, sparking huge celebrations on the streets of Paris and around the ... |
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Venus survives Dolehide scare
Venus Williams avoided an upset at the hands of fellow American Caroline Dolehide, holding off the 19-year-old 7-5, 6-1 to claim her first round match at the Rogers Cup on Monday.
Williams, coming off a disappointing quarter-final loss at the Silicon Valley Classic last week, fell down a break early but recovered to turn back her dangerous opponent.
“I think she had a really great second ser... |
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Zverev wins second consecutive Washington Open
World number three Alexander Zverev won his second consecutive Washington Open title Sunday, defeating Australian teen Alex De Minaur 6-2, 6-4 in the youngest ATP final since 2007.
The 21-year-old German captured his ninth career ATP title, and third of the year after Munich and Madrid, at the US Open hardcourt tuneup event.
Zverev joined a list of back-to-back Washington champions that incl... |
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Bangladesh seal T20I series with 19-run victory over Windies
Bangladesh withstood a withering assault from Andre Russell to complete a series-clinching 19-run victory on the DLS Method over the West Indies in the rain-affected deciding final fixture of their three-match T20 International Series on Sunday.
Russell smashed 47 off just 21 deliveries with six towering sixes and one four to keep the Caribbean side in with a chance of surpassing Bangladesh’s f... |
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