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Rivals have played amidst tense geopolitical tensions before but their strain has never trickled onto the cricket field before with PCB now contemplating withdrawal from Asia Cup. It all started with match referee Andrew Pycroft pulling the Pakistan captain aside for a bizarre request before the toss. Pycroft, about to officiate his 693rd match, asked Salman Ali Agha to skip the customary handshake at the toss with his Indian counterpart. He asked Suryakumar Yadav to do the same. Sunday’s match between India and Pakistan in the ongoing men’s T20 Asia Cup marked the first instance of these two countries coming…

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten speaks to the audience at the annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers Friday, July 13, 2018 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen | Getty ImagesThe American Federation of Teachers filed a class action complaint earlier this month against the Trump administration, related to its student loan policies.AFT, a teacher’s union representing some 1.8 million members, has said that the U.S. Department of Education is denying student loan borrowers their legally required rights to affordable repayment plans and loan forgiveness programs. The class action effort is part…

Pakistan captain Fatima Sana said on Monday that her team’s focus was on the Women’s World Cup ahead of the one-day international (ODI) series against South Africa in Lahore. The World Cup, to be hosted later this month under a hybrid model across India and Sri Lanka, will see all of Pakistan’s fixtures staged in Colombo, with political tensions ruling out travel between the two neighbours. Pakistan open their immediate run-in with a three-match ODI series against South Africa in Lahore from Tuesday, following the conclusion of a training camp at the National Cricket Academy and the Gaddafi Stadium. Speaking…

Annie NovaCourtesy: Annie NovaAt first, I thought it was another scam.A company I’d never heard of sent me an email on Aug. 15 notifying me that it is my new student loan servicer. It was the first I was hearing of the change. Since I finished graduate school in 2017, my servicer has been Nelnet.”The U.S. Department of Education (ED) authorized the transfer of your federal student loan(s) from Nelnet to CRI,” the message said.I searched through my emails to see if I’d missed a message about the transfer of my loans, but I couldn’t find one. Finally, I realized…

Steve Baleno has been in the workforce for more than 30 years. He started saving for retirement with his first job, and boosted his savings each year as his salary increased.Now at age 56, he’s run different scenarios over the last few years to see if his retirement plan is on track.”It gives me the security to know I could retire,” said Baleno, who has a degree in engineering. “I’m not working longer than I need to, if I don’t want to.” Many Americans are not as confident as Baleno in their ability to retire securely.More from Your Money:Here’s a look…

Pakistan suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands of India, who beat them by seven wickets after beating the paltry 128-run target set by the Green Shirts. However, the match had been marred by controversy from the beginning due to calls from across the border to “boycott” the fixture. It seems the pressure got to the players as well, with the Indian team refusing to shake hands with their rivals at the toss and after the match. Furthermore, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav was said to have “politicised” the win by bringing up the Pahalgam terrorist attack in India-occupied Kashmir, over…

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday lodged a complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) against the match referee for yesterday’s Asia Cup game between Pakistan and India over his alleged violations of rules pertaining to the “Spirit of Cricket”, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said. “The PCB has lodged a complaint with the ICC regarding violations by the Match Referee of the ICC Code of Conduct and the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) Laws pertaining to the Spirit of Cricket,” Naqvi posted on X, referring to referee Andy Pycroft. “The PCB has demanded an immediate removal of the match referee…

LAS VEGAS: Terence Crawford stunned Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to claim the undisputed super middleweight world boxing crown on Saturday, becoming the first man to win undisputed titles in three weight divisions. In a fight of razor-thin margins, Crawford poured it on in the closing rounds to earn a unanimous decision victory, improving his unblemished record to 42-0 with 31 knockouts. Crawford, 37, had jumped up two weight categories to vie for history, having already counted undisputed titles at super lightweight and welterweight among his titles in four — now five — weight classes. He silenced critics who claimed…

BARCELONA: Kylian Mbappe was at his brilliant best as Real Madrid showed grit to claim a 2-1 win at Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday, despite playing for an hour with 10 men after Dean Huijsen’s red card. Mbappe and Arda Guler’s first-half goals were enough for Los Blancos to maintain their 100 per cent record, with Mikel Oyarzabal pulling one back for the hosts from the penalty spot. Xabi Alonso’s side top the table on 12 points from four games, three ahead of second-placed Athletic Bilbao after they fell 1-0 against Deportivo Alaves to tarnish their own perfect…