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DUBAI: The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) is confident that the high-voltage Pakistan-India clash at the Asia Cup will go ahead. The neighbours have been at loggerheads since a terrorist attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam sparked a brief war and saw the cricketing relations between the two nations nose-dive. Recently, two World Championship of Legends fixtures between the two countries were called off as the India Champions players decided not to play against their Pakistan counterparts. The Asia Cup was originally scheduled to be staged in India but was shifted to the UAE due to tensions between the two countries. India…

Hasan Nawaz made a triumphant one-day international (ODI) debut, going 63 not out on Friday to power Pakistan over the West Indies by five wickets in their ODI series opener. Nawaz and Hussain Talat formed a sixth-wicket partnership of 104 not out to rally the visitors in the day-night affair, with game two on Sunday and the concluder on Tuesday. West Indies went 280 all out with Evin Lewis leading the way on 60 from 62 balls with three sixes and five fours while Shai Hope added 55 and Roston Chase contributed 53. Needing 281 to win, Pakistan got 53…

Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty ImagesConsumers are racing to buy electric vehicles before a fast-approaching deadline to claim tax credits worth up to $7,500, according to auto analysts.Legislation championed by Republicans on Capitol Hill and signed by President Donald Trump in July eliminates the tax breaks — available for new, used and leased EVs — after Sept. 30.The Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act had originally offered the tax breaks to consumers through 2032.”We’re expecting Q3 may be [a] record for EV sales because of the tax incentives going away,” said Stephanie Valdez Streaty, a senior analyst at Cox Automotive.”People are…

A year ago to the day, Arshad Nadeem stunned the world with a monstrous javelin throw that propelled him to global stardom and salvaged Pakistan’s plummeting sports glory with its first individual gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The javelin star sweetened the deal when his 92.97m throw shattered the Olympic record — not once, but twice, to the delight of a roaring crowd at Paris’ Stade de France. But a year on from the historic triumph, Arshad is undergoing physiotherapy in London following surgery on his calf muscle. The two upcoming Diamond League championships he was set to…

Johner Images | Johner Images Royalty-free | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” overhauled the so-called Standard Repayment Plan for federal student loan borrowers.Next year, millions of current borrowers will have access to the changed program. For new borrowers, it will be one of just two options available to pay back their debt.That may not be to their benefit, experts say: For some borrowers, the new Standard Plan will keep them in debt longer and add tens of thousands of dollars to the total they must repay.”The design of the new plan, in which a borrower’s payment term is scaled up…

BARCELONA: Barcelona stripped Marc-Andre ter Stegen of the captaincy on Thursday as a feud escalated between the Germany goalkeeper and the club over his injury status amid the Catalans’ attempts to register new signings. Ter Stegen’s place is under threat from one of the summer signings, 24-year-old Joan Garcia, and 35-year-old Wojciech Szczesny, the Polish veteran who has been rewarded with a contract extension for taking over during last season’s Liga title-winning campaign. Barca were likely expecting to sell Ter Stegen, 33, to make space in their wage bill for Garcia and Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford. However, Ter Stegen…

10’000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesCriminals are increasingly pilfering the retirement and other financial accounts of older Americans via so-called “imposter” scams, the Federal Trade Commission reported Thursday.The frauds tend to go like this: Scammers conjure a fake crisis and pose as trustworthy sources — perhaps a representative for a bank or companies like Amazon, Apple or Microsoft, or workers at a federal agency like the Social Security Administration or FTC — who can supposedly help them fix it.In the process, they persuade unsuspecting victims to transfer their money to “keep it safe” or for another bogus reason, the…

TAROUBA: Pakistan will enter the territory they reportedly tried their best to avoid recently when they take on the West Indies in the opening fixture of the three-match One-day International series in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago on Friday. The format hasn’t been Pakistan’s cup of tea lately. They had a disastrous run in the 2023 World Cup before they bounced back to beat Zimbabwe, Australia and South Africa on the road under Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy. But failing to register a victory in the ICC Champions Trophy earlier this year before getting whitewashed by New Zealand away from home restored Pakistan’s…

KUALA LUMPUR: Pakistan will face hosts Kyrgyzstan, Yemen, Laos, Cambodia and Guam in the six-team Group ‘B’ in the qualifiers for next year’s AFC Under-17 Asian Cup after the draw was conducted in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Matches will be held from Nov 22 to 30 in a single league format with the group winners of the seven qualifying groups progressing to the tournament finals in Saudi Arabia, where they will join the nine AFC representatives from the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025 who have automatically qualified, namely Qatar, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Korea Republic, DPR Korea, Japan, Tajikistan, United…

Cricketer Haider Ali was provisionally suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday due to his involvement in an investigation being carried out by police in the UK, according to a statement. The PCB announced last month that Saud Shakeel would lead an 18-member Pakistan Shaheens squad to tour England from July 17 to August 6 for two three-day and three 50-over matches. Ali was a part of the squad. According to the statement, the PCB was informed about the investigation by the Greater Manchester Police regarding an incident that reportedly took place during the tour. The nature of…