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KARACHI: Pakistan will clash with arch-rivals India in Dubai on Sept 14 during the T20 Asia Cup as the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the venues for the event on Saturday. ACC president Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, announced the venues for the Asia Cup scheduled to run from Sept 9 to 28 in the United Arab Emirates. According to the ACC chief, the continental event will be played at two venues — Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai and the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The Zayed Cricket Stadium will host…

Jason Holder smashed a four on the final ball to give West Indies a dramatic two-wicket victory over Pakistan on Saturday, lifting the hosts level in their T20 international series. On the same night he took four wickets to reach a West Indies T20I record 81 for his career — breaking Dwayne Bravo’s old mark of 78 — Holder went 16 not out and West Indies ended a horrid losing streak with zero balls to spare. Pakistan, which won Thursday’s opener by 14 runs, will try to bounce back in Sunday’s series-deciding T20 match under the lights at Lauderhill, Florida.…

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…

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…

EUGENE: US sprint star Sha’Carri Richardson was at the centre of a new controversy on Friday after it emerged she was arrested for allegedly assaulting boyfriend Christian Coleman shortly before this week’s US Track and Field Championships in Oregon. Police in Washington State said the 25-year-old 100m world champion was detained on Sunday night after clashing with Coleman as the couple travelled through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. An account of Richardson’s arrest report e-mailed to AFP by Port of Seattle Police said security video footage captured Richardson in a verbal altercation with Coleman as the duo exited a security screening. “Richardson…

KARACHI: Pakistan will clash with arch-rivals India in Dubai on Sept 14 during the T20 Asia Cup as the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the venues for the event on Saturday. ACC president Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, announced the venues for the Asia Cup scheduled to run from Sept 9 to 28 in the United Arab Emirates. According to the ACC chief, the continental event will be played at two venues — Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai and the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The Zayed Cricket Stadium will host…

Jason Holder smashed a four on the final ball to give West Indies a dramatic two-wicket victory over Pakistan on Saturday, lifting the hosts level in their T20 international series. On the same night he took four wickets to reach a West Indies T20I record 81 for his career — breaking Dwayne Bravo’s old mark of 78 — Holder went 16 not out and West Indies ended a horrid losing streak with zero balls to spare. Pakistan, which won Thursday’s opener by 14 runs, will try to bounce back in Sunday’s series-deciding T20 match under the lights at Lauderhill, Florida.…

CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s Twenty20 captain Aiden Markram wants his team’s promising young batsman to use the opportunity of limited overs tours to Australia and England over the next eight weeks to develop their careers and display their international potential. South Africa have high hopes for powerful teenage slogger Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Dewald Brevis, the prolific 22-year-old run scorer who first competed in the Indian Premier League three years ago, as they continue preparations for next year’s T20 World Cup. “The last thing you want to do is to clip their wings. You sort of want to let them fly…

MONTREAL: Top seed Coco Gauff staged a thrilling comeback to reach the last 16 of the Canadian Open on Thursday, while former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev was knocked out of the men’s tournament by Australian Alexei Popyrin. World number two Gauff clawed her way back from a set down to defeat Russian Veronika Kudermetova 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 in a match that stretched over two and a half hours. “It was a tough match today,” the French Open champion said. “I thought I did well mentally, especially on the return. I was playing an opponent who served really well. Obviously,…

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…