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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…

CANADA’S Summer McIntosh competes during the World Aquatics Championships 200m butterfly final at the World Aquatics Championships Arena on Thursday.—Reuters SINGAPORE: Summer McIntosh came within a whisker of breaking a long-standing world record and Leon Marchand failed to improve on a new mark he set just a night earlier, but both young guns won gold medals at the world championships in Singapore on Thursday. Romania’s David Popovici also flirted with a record on day five at the World Aquatics Championships Arena, the 20-year-old claiming a thrilling 100 metres freestyle gold to go with his 200 crown on day three. The…

LAUDERHILL (Florida): Bolste­red by the return of their first-choice pace attack following a 2-1 series loss against Bangladesh, Pakistan are set to face the West Indies in a three-match Twenty20 International series starting on Thursday. Both matches are scheduled to be held at the Central Broward Park in Lauderhill, Florida before the national side flies to Trinidad and Tobago for as many One-day Intern­ationals against the Caribbean side. The shortest format, though, remains Pakistan’s primary focus as they look to prepare for next year’s T20 World Cup – to be staged in India and Sri Lanka. T20I skipper Salman Ali…

LAHORE: This year’s Asia Cup which among other nations will feature defending champions India and Pakistan, the two major cricketing giants of the continent, is facing a fresh challenge — this time from the broadcaster, Dawn has learnt. A highly exorbitant rate set for Pakistan’s region by official broadcaster of the Asia Cup based in India plus the uncertainty prevailing over the pinnacle clash of the event between Pakistan and India, the chances are bleak that any sports channel in Pakistan could buy the broadcasting rights for the continental showpiece. The Asia Cup is scheduled to be held from Sept…

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attends to testify before a Senate Appropriations hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump’s budget request for the Department of Education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 3, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle GordonAnnabelle Gordon | ReutersAn interest-free payment pause on student loan bills that has benefited millions of borrowers has come to an end.Starting Friday, borrowers who remain in the so-called SAVE forbearance will see their education debt grow again if they don’t make payments large enough to cover the accruing interest.”Any borrower enrolled in the SAVE Plan needs to start thinking about their next step,”  said…