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Neymar devastated over World Cup exit
PRAIA GRANDE:
Brazil superstar Neymar admits that after his nation’s quarter-final defeat to Belgium at the World Cup he couldn’t look at a ball and didn’t want to see any of the remaining matches.
“I wouldn’t go as far as to say I didn’t want to play again but, I didn’t want to see a ball, or to see any more football played,” 26-year-old Neymar told AFP in an exclusive interview on Saturday.... |
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Pakistan whitewash Zimbabwe in five-match ODI series
Pakistan have defeated Zimbabwe by 131 runs in the final ODI of the five-match series in Bulawayo, to complete a well-deserved whitewash.
Chasing a target of 365 runs, the home side could only muster 233 runs for the loss of four wickets in their allotted fifty overs.
Zimbabwe batsmen were guilty of throwing away their wickets after getting their eye in. Five batsmen got past the 30-run mark... |
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Neymar to stay in Paris
Brazilian superstar Neymar on Thursday sought to quash speculation about his future, insisting he planned to remain with French giants Paris Saint-Germain.
“I’m staying, I’m staying in Paris, I have a contract,” Neymar told reporters at an auction to raise money for his charitable foundation in Sao Paulo.
Neymar, who became the world’s most expensive footballer last year after moving to PSG ... |
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Records galore as Pakistan rewrite history in Bulawayo
Openers Fakhar Zaman and Imamul Haq stole the limelight after a record-breaking partnership of 304 runs at the top of the order, in the fourth ODI against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.
The duo broke the world record for highest opening partnership after they went past the previous best of 286 runs set by Sri Lankan pair of Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga against England at Leeds in 2006.
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FIFA World Cup 2018 victory party continues while Canada goes to work
With Champagne corks still popping in Paris as France celebrated their 2018 World Cup triumph, Canada coach John Herdman was hard at work on Tuesday thinking about how to get his side invited to the party in four years time.
For Canadians World Cup fun is something they have rarely had any direct interest in, instead living vicariously through others waving the flag of their ancestral homes.
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2019 FIFA Club World Cup has 'big chance' to be held in China, Infantino has told Jack Ma
The 2019 FIFA Club World Cup has “a big chance” to be held in China, FIFA President Infantino has agreed in a meeting with Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, the tournament’s top sponsor.
Alibaba’s sports arm Alisports CEO Zhang Dazhong, who was present at the meeting, told Xinhua, “The meeting lasted more than one hour. It was a very exciting dialogue betwee... |
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Putin presents Trump World Cup football made in Pakistan
Russian President Vladimir Putin presented his American counterpart Trump with a World Cup football, manufactured by Pakistan, a day after attending the final of the much-praised tournament in Moscow.
Throwing it to his wife, Trump said he was happy to pass the ball on to his 12-year-old son Barron.
The official match ball of the FIFA World Cup 2018, Adidas Telstar 18, was produced in Sialko... |
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Pakistan humble Zimbabwe in second ODI
Pakistan have defeated Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the second ODI at Bulawayo, which helps them take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Fakhar Zaman’s second ODI century kept Pakistan in cruise control while chasing a target of 195 runs. Zaman and Imamul Haq provided the Men in Green with a century stand at the top of the order to pave the side’s path to victory.
Imam was unfortunate to be... |
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France down Croatia in World Cup thriller
France overwhelmed Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup final at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium on Sunday to lift the trophy for the second time in 20 years.
The French, playing their third World Cup final, were made to sweat initially and were lucky to go ahead when Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic headed an Antoine Griezmann free kick into his own net in the 18th minute, the first own goal in a World Cup f... |
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Pakistanis are also allowed to get scared of bomb blasts!
It was an International Cricket Council (ICC) World T20 match in Dhaka and I was startled when the crowd and fireworks roared in the end.
A Bangladeshi journalist, who had just observed my surprise, asked me why I was overwhelmed as I was supposed to be accustomed to these things. “After all, you are a Pakistani? You must be used to such things,” he said.
Our country was indeed having terrib... |
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