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SINGAPORE: China’s Qin Haiyang celebrated “a miracle” second gold at the world championships in Singapore on Fri­d­ay, on the eve of a blockbuster showdown between Katie Lede­cky and Summer McIntosh. Flying Dutchwoman Marrit Steenbergen stunned Mollie O’Callaghan to win the 100m freestyle, while Olympic champion Kate Douglass posted the second-fastest 200m breaststroke in history to win gold. Roared on by a large number of screaming Chinese fans, wor­ld record holder Qin touched the wall in 2min 07.41sec in a nailbiter of a men’s 200m breaststroke final. The 26-year-old won the 100m breaststroke earlier in the week but he celebrated his…

EUGENE: Reigning 100m world champions Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles cruised through their opening heats at the US Track and Field trials on Thursday as they build towards the defence of their global titles at September’s World Championships. Both Richardson and Lyles have already booked their tickets to Tokyo due to their status as reigning champions, but are using this week’s meeting at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, to hone their form. The charismatic Richardson finished ninth at the Prefontaine Classic at Eugene earlier in July in a modest time of 11.19 sec. But the 25-year-old Texan indicated she is…

LONDON: Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj took four wickets each as India fought back in the fifth and deciding Test against England at the Oval on Friday. England were 129-1 in reply to India’s 224 all out as they threatened to build a substantial first-innings lead. But they were dismissed for 247, just 23 runs ahead, following a rain delay. In a match India must win to end the series level at 2-2, the recalled Krishna had figures of 4-62 in 16 overs and fellow paceman Siraj 4-86 in 16.2. Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett shared a blistering first-wicket stand…

BULAWAYO: New Zealand captain Mitch Santner said a “great collective performance” enabled the Black Caps to beat Zimbabwe by nine wickets on the third day of the first Test here at the Queens Sports Club on Friday. But while the bowlers had excelled, he said the batting could have been better. Led by fast bowler Matt Henry, New Zealand bowled out Zimbabwe for 149 and 165 and needed only eight runs to win after taking a first innings lead of 158. Henry was named player-of-the-match, taking nine wickets for 90 runs across the two innings. “There was more in it…

Pakistan beat the West Indies in their opening T20 international on Friday as their spin bowlers inflicted the damage in a 14-run victory to extend a miserable run for the West Indies. The Pakistani spin specialists halted the West Indies’ chase of 179 to ease to a 14-run victory under the lights in Lauderhill, Florida. Saim Ayub posted a half-century and his teammates produced a steady flow of runs as the West Indies slumped to a sixth T20 defeat in a row, having been whitewashed 5-0 by Australia on home soil earlier in July. When Jason Holder dismissed Ayub for…

Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will participate in a tri-series of Twenty20 international matches to tune up for next month’s Asia Cup, followed by the Twenty20 World Cup next year, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday. “The tri-series will feature teams from Pakistan, Afghanistan and the UAE from 29 August to 7 September at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium,” the PCB said in a press release. The T20I tournament will serve as a “launching pad” for the teams to prepare for the Asian Cricket Council’s T20 Asia Cup, scheduled to take place in the UAE from…

Ozgur Donmaz | Photodisc | Getty ImagesThe U.S. job market has been showing signs of a gradual weakening. But new federal data issued Friday suggests it may have hit a long-awaited wall.”We’re finally in the eye of the hurricane,” Daniel Zhao, chief economist at career site Glassdoor, wrote in a note.”After months of warning signs, the July jobs report confirms that the slowdown isn’t just approaching — it’s here,” he wrote.’Very soft’ job marketEmployers added just 73,000 jobs in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That tally is less than expected.Economists generally think the U.S. economy needs to…

Pakistan beat the West Indies in their opening T20 international on Friday as their spin bowlers inflicted the damage in a 14-run victory to extend a miserable run for the West Indies. The Pakistani spin specialists halted the West Indies’ chase of 179 to ease to a 14-run victory under the lights in Lauderhill, Florida. Saim Ayub posted a half-century and his teammates produced a steady flow of runs as the West Indies slumped to a sixth T20 defeat in a row, having been whitewashed 5-0 by Australia on home soil earlier in July. When Jason Holder dismissed Ayub for…

Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will participate in a tri-series of Twenty20 international matches to tune up for next month’s Asia Cup, followed by the Twenty20 World Cup next year, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday. “The tri-series will feature teams from Pakistan, Afghanistan and the UAE from 29 August to 7 September at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium,” the PCB said in a press release. The T20I tournament will serve as a “launching pad” for the teams to prepare for the Asian Cricket Council’s T20 Asia Cup, scheduled to take place in the UAE from…

UNITED STATES – JULY 29: From left, Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., and ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., attend the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee markup of the ROAD to Housing Act, in Dirksen building on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesA Senate committee approved a major housing bill this week, with a range of provisions that could make it easier for people to buy a home.On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unanimously voted to advance…