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Wera Rodsawang | Moment | Getty ImagesTo the average investor, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds may not seem very different.After all, they are both relatively liquid baskets of stocks, bonds and other assets overseen by professional money managers, and can help investors diversify their portfolios.But there are some key differences that may make one a better financial choice than the other for certain investors, according to experts.How they tradePerhaps the most obvious difference is how investors trade ETFs and mutual funds.ETFs trade like stocks: Investors buy or sell them on a stock exchange. By comparison, mutual fund investors transact directly…

LONDON: Gabriel Marti­nelli’s 93rd minute equaliser saved Arsenal’s Premier League title bid from a damaging defeat to Manchester City, while Aston Villa remain winless after a limp 1-1 draw at 10-man Sunderland. The Gunners were heading to a second defeat in five Premier League games due to Erling Haaland’s early strike on the counter-attack for City. Martinelli came off the bench to score for the second time in a week to salvage a 1-1 draw, but both sides lost more ground to Premier League leaders Liverpool. Arsenal went second, five points behind the champions, while City are eight points off…

TOKYO: American stars Mel­­i­­s­sa Jefferson-Wooden, Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone battled through the rain to add another gold to their tally and bring the curtain down on the world championships in Tokyo. For Jefferson-Wooden it was her third of the week, for Lyles and McLauglin Levrone their second. Their compatriot Cole Hoc­k­er had hoped for two but made up for his disqualification in the 1,500 metres to win the 5,000m. Jefferson-Wooden swept the women’s sprint titles at these championships as the United States won the 4x100m relay, to become only the second woman to achieve that feat. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the…

DUBAI: Opener Abhishek Sharma hit a blazing 74 as India beat Pakistan by six wickets and again refused to shake hands with their opponents in the Super Four clash of the Asia Cup on Sunday. Chasing 172 for victory, India rode on a 105-run opening stand between Sharma and Shubman Gill, who made 47, to achieve their target with seven balls to spare in Dubai. The rivals came into the contest of the regional tournament with tensions high after India angered Pakistan by also refusing to shake hands when the pair met in the group stage. Tempers flared on the…

India captain Suryakumar Yadav said matches against Pakistan can no longer be considered a real rivalry after his side extended their recent dominance over their neighbours with a six-wicket victory in their Asia Cup Super Four clash on Sunday. India’s second win over Pakistan at the Twenty20 tournament padded their head-to-head record in the format to 11-3 against their South Asian neighbours, with one match tied. Played against the backdrop of lingering tensions between the two nations in the wake of their military conflict in May, there were no handshakes between the players once again. “According to me, if two…

FOLLOWING a week of political mudslinging, the cricketers of India and Pakistan resumed the unequal music of their rivalry on Sunday. Pakistan’s only chance was posting a total that could pressurise India’s formidable batting line-up. Encouragingly, they took that chance in the first half of their innings and at the end, but a baffling seven overs of lethargy in the middle terminally damaged the team’s prospects. India’s openers, Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill, thrashed Pakistan’s bowling all around the Dubai International Stadium. By the 10th over, India had full control of the game and had lost no wickets. This shows…

Pakistani batters put up a competitive total — but with bowling lacking punch — India’s batting line-up ultimately chased it down with ease under the Dubai lights. India romped home in style with a six-wicket win, chasing down the 172-run target with ease in their second high-intensity encounter against Pakistan in the men’s Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday. Abhishek Sharma was adjudicated player-of-the-match — scoring 74 runs of 39 balls as he led the Indian effort from the front after getting a reprieve in Shaheen’s second over. The bitterness between the players, which started with India’s refusal of customary…

Most of us Pakistan fans may not admit it, but we hope. We hope against hope when our team takes on India. Before the first ball is bowled, we tend to somehow forgo a few harsh realities and the reality that underlines all of them; India are way better. “Farq hai yaar (there’s a difference),” as my colleague put it right after Tilak Varma clattered Shaheen Afridi past deep square-leg for a four to wrap things up. “It’s a gulf in fact, a huge gulf of quality,” he concluded. His short analysis summed up Sunday’s Super Four fixture, which India…

Pakistani batters put up a decent total — but with bowling lacking punch, it was easy pickings for India’s formidable batting line-up under the Dubai lights. India romped home in style by six wickets to win after Pakistan got 171 runs after being put into bat in their second high-intensity encounter of the men’s Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday. Live Coverage ends: India’s reply: Over 19 — India – 174/4 18.1: Shaheen starts with an absolute beast of a yorker, and Pandya manages to keep it out. 18.2: Pandya swings and misses. 92m six for Verma and follows it…

India seemed clueless with the ball and nervy in the field as Pakistan’s batters took the attack to them right from the get-go to get their highest first-innings score against the Men in Blue. Pakistan smashed India for 171 runs after being put into bat after losing the toss against India in their second high-intensity encounter of the men’s Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday. Live Coverage begins (Refresh for updates): Mid-match analysis by Abyan Amir: The Indian bowlers had no answers to the Pakistani onslaught with the bat. The Men in Blue’s fielding was nervy and even worse with…