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SINGAPORE: Summer McI­n­tosh capped a brilliant world championship with the 400 metres individual medley (IM) title and a fourth individual gold medal while Leon Marc­hand roared to victory in the men’s event in Singapore on Sunday. World record holder McIntosh blitzed the field in the 400 IM with a time of 4:25.78, more than seven seconds ahead of joint silver medallists Jenna Forrester of Australia and Japan’s Mio Narita. The US set a world record in the women’s 4×100 medley relay to claim the final title and ensure they topped the medals table with nine golds, one ahead of Australia.…

BIRMINGHAM: Former captain A.B. de Villiers’ superb century helped South Africa outplay Pakistan by nine wickets in the final of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) here at Edgbaston on Saturday. Chasing a tough-looking 196, South Africa raced to their target in just 16.5 overs for the loss of only one wicket thanks to A.B. de Villiers’ swashbuckling unbeaten knock of 120 off just 60 balls. Hashim Amla (18) opened the innings alongside De Villiers who struck 12 fours and seven sixes in his breathtaking innings. He added 125 runs in an unbeaten partnership with J.P. Duminy (50 not out…

Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub combined for a 138 opening partnership and Pakistan defeated the West Indies by 13 runs on Sunday to capture their T20 International Series. Pakistan won the series opener by 14 runs but dropped the second match by two wickets to set up a Sunday night decider at Lauderhill, Florida. After winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Pakistan were rewarded with a powerhouse performance by Farhan and Ayub. Pakistan went 189 for four as Farhan hammered the hosts for 74 runs on 53 balls, smashing five sixes and three fours, while Ayub lasted 19…

Graduates listen as actor Sean Astin delivers the keynote speech during the commencement ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on June 14, 2024.Christina House | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesRecent graduates looking to enter an increasingly shaky labor market are painting a dire picture of their job search: “A black hole,” one said. “I’m disheartened,” said another. “I almost feel like it wasn’t worth going to school,” said a third.NBC News asked people who recently finished technical school, college or graduate school how their job application process was going, and in more than 100 responses,…

England had moved to within 35 runs of securing a famous victory over India when bad light and torrential rain ended an extraordinary fourth day of the final Test at The Oval on Sunday. Harry Brook and Joe Root shared a superb fourth-wicket partnership of 195 to put England on the brink of completing a record run chase that would have given them a 3-1 series win. With India on the ropes, however, and England needing only another 73 runs, Brook played a wild stroke and skied a catch to depart for 111. That gave India a chink of hope…

Lando Norris trimmed McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri’s lead in the drivers’ world championship to just nine points on Sunday when he switched tactics to lead him home by just 0.698 seconds in a thrilling finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Briton, who moved from a two-stop strategy to one stop, held off series leader Piastri, on fresher tyres, over the closing laps of a strategic contest to claim McLaren’s 200th victory and their record 13th win in Hungary. It was Norris’s first win at the Hungaroring in the event’s 40th race, avenging his ‘team orders’ defeat in 2024…

England had moved to within 35 runs of securing a famous victory over India when bad light and torrential rain ended an extraordinary fourth day of the final Test at The Oval on Sunday. Harry Brook and Joe Root shared a superb fourth-wicket partnership of 195 to put England on the brink of completing a record run chase that would have given them a 3-1 series win. With India on the ropes, however, and England needing only another 73 runs, Brook played a wild stroke and skied a catch to depart for 111. That gave India a chink of hope…

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced a blanket ban on future participation in the World Championship of Legends (WCL), citing “hypocrisy and bias” in the context of Indian players being awarded points despite willfully forfeiting a match with the Pakistani team. Political tensions bet­ween the two nations over the years have cast a sha­d­ow over bilateral sporting events, causing major tournaments to hang in the balance. The countries’ teams have previously refused to travel across the border for sporting events, electing to play on neutral ground via a hybrid model instead. The Pakistani veterans team advanced into the…

Lando Norris trimmed McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri’s lead in the drivers’ world championship to just nine points on Sunday when he switched tactics to lead him home by just 0.698 seconds in a thrilling finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Briton, who moved from a two-stop strategy to one stop, held off series leader Piastri, on fresher tyres, over the closing laps of a strategic contest to claim McLaren’s 200th victory and their record 13th win in Hungary. It was Norris’s first win at the Hungaroring in the event’s 40th race, avenging his ‘team orders’ defeat in 2024…

SINGAPORE: Katie Ledecky beat Summer McIntosh to win a classic 800m freestyle final at the world championships on Saturday as the record-breaking United States hit back at their critics. On a Super Saturday for the embattled Americans, who have been struggling with illness in Singapore, Ledecky won her seventh career world gold in the event she has made her own. But the legendary American was pushed to the limit, touching the wall in a championship-record 8min 05.62sec, ahead of Australia’s Lani Pallister (8:05.98) and McIntosh (8:07.29). It was Canadian sensation McIntosh’s first defeat of the championships and ended her bid…