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UAE open to co-hosting World Cup if Qatar rift resolved
United Arab Emirates sports chief Mohammed Khalfan al-Romaithi believes the Gulf nation would welcome an approach to co-host the 2022 World Cup if its deep political rift with Qatar is resolved. FIFA President Gianni Infantino has backed a proposal to expand the next World Cup from 32 to 48 teams and has suggested that neighbouring countries could host matches.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain an... |
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Serena beats world number one to reach quarter-finals
Serena Williams subdued a stubborn fightback from world number one Simona Halep to take her quest for a record-equalling 24th major into the Australian Open quarter-finals Monday.
The 37-year-old American beat the Romanian top seed 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in an epic three-setter to line up a last eight clash with Czech eighth seed Karolina Pliskova.
It was Williams’ first match against a world number ... |
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Pakistan-UAE bilateral trade reaches $7 billion
Projected to reach $10 billion in next few years. Strengthening ties with brotherly countries, including the UAE, is the top priority of the Pakistan government, a senior Pakistan official said on Saturday
Governor of Pakistan's Punjab province Chaudhry Sarwar said that stronger, country-to-country ties benefited Pakistanis living in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the UK and other countries.
He reas... |
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Man Utd crank up pressure as Chelsea, Spurs search for striking solutions
Chelsea and Arsenal clash in the Premier League this weekend, with both managers looking nervously over their shoulders at a charging Manchester United as Tottenham adjust to life without the injured Harry Kane.
Arsenal have lost three of their past six Premier League matches to fall six points behind Chelsea in the race for a top-four finish.
Unai Emery’s side are now level on points with s... |
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Ronaldo seals Italian Super Cup for Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal to hand Juventus their first trophy of the season with a 1-0 win over ten-man AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia.
Ronaldo — signed by the Italian giants last year from Real Madrid as they target a first Champions League title since 1996 — headed in a 61st-minute winner.
AC Milan played the last quarter of an hour a man down a... |
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Google pays tribute to Abdul Hafeez Kardar on 94th birth anniversary
Google has released a doodle in honour of Pakistan's first Test captain Abdul Hafeez Kardar on his 94th birthday.
Kardar led Pakistan in its first 23 Test matches, which also includes the famous victory against England at The Oval in 1954.
He captained his team to victory over all the then Test-playing nations except South Africa, whom they never played against.
He also holds the unique d... |
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Kohli stars as India beat Australia by six wickets in second ODI
Virat Kohli smashed his 39th One-Day International (ODI) century as India claimed a dramatic six-wicket victory over Australia at a sweltering Adelaide Oval on Tuesday to level up the three-match series at 1-1.
Skipper Kohli contributed of 104 of his side's runs as they successfully chased down their victory target of 299 for the loss of four wickets to send the series into a decider on Friday ... |
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Johannesburg Test: South Africa edge ahead on second day
South Africa were 135-5 and had a second innings lead of 212 runs at stumps on the second day of the third Test against Pakistan in Johannesburg.
At the close of play, a steady Hashim Amla along with wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock were unbeaten on 42 and 34 runs respectively, while their sixth wicket partnership had yielded crucial 42 runs.
Home side’s fiery seamer Duanne Olivier took ... |
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Khawaja, Finch give conditional consent on playing in Pakistan
Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch and middle-order batsman Usman Khawaja are open to touring Pakistan, if the security situation in the country is under control.
Pakistan are scheduled to face-off in a five-match ODI series in March — later this year — and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hopeful that part of the series takes places on home soil, instead of entirely in United Ara... |
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Football legends Kaka, Figo arrive in Karachi
Football legends Ricardo Kaká and Luis Figo arrived in Karachi on Thursday. The Brazilian and Portugese soccer players are visiting the country to promote the 2019 World Soccer Stars event. The duo is scheduled to address media later today. During their stay in the port city, Kaka and Figo will make a special appearance at The Pearl Continental. They will be traveling to Lahore where they will mee... |
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