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Nine of the world’s top-10 men and nine of the top-10 women have officially entered into the US Open’s revamped mixed doubles event, tournament organisers said on Tuesday, with former singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu teaming up. The competition, which will take place a week before the singles main draw during its “Fan Week”, will award $1 million in prize money to the winning team. Sixteen teams have entered and the entry window closes on July 28, after which the top eight teams with the best combined singles ranking will be in the draw via direct acceptance, with…

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday named 60 U-19 men’s cricketers for a Skills Assessment camp starting at the Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Centre in Multan on Wednesday. Thirty cricketers will participate in each of the first and second phases. The players in the first phase will undergo match-based skill assessment from June 18 to 23 while the second phase will run from June 25 to 30. Additionally, 10 players who have previously represented Pakistan U-19s and are eligible to feature in the 2026 ICC U-19 World Cup will be called up in the third phase of the camp. The…

STOCKHOLM: Swedish double Olympic pole vault champion Arm­and ‘Mondo’ Duplantis increased his own world record again on Sunday, clearing 6.28 metres to the delight of the home crowd at the Stockholm Diamond League meet. With victory in the event already guaranteed, Duplantis broke the world record for the 12th time as he sailed over the bar at the first attempt to improve on his 6.27m effort at Clermont-Ferrand in February. The 25-year-old ripped off his shirt in celebration and raced down the track in front of jubilant spectators at the Olympic stadium built for the 1912 Games. “It’s a magical…

D3sign | Moment | Getty ImagesWomen who invest began at an average age of 31, but most wish they had started putting money in the market earlier, a recent survey said.Nearly all — 90% — of the women investors surveyed said they’re “on the right track” to achieve their financial goals, according to the survey, by Charles Schwab, an investment and financial services firm.However, 85% share a common regret — they said they wish they had started investing at an earlier age, the survey said.When the age is broken down by generation, Schwab found that millennials began investing at age…

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday named 60 U-19 men’s cricketers for a Skills Assessment camp starting at the Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Centre in Multan on Wednesday. Thirty cricketers will participate in each of the first and second phases. The players in the first phase will undergo match-based skill assessment from June 18 to 23 while the second phase will run from June 25 to 30. Additionally, 10 players who have previously represented Pakistan U-19s and are eligible to feature in the 2026 ICC U-19 World Cup will be called up in the third phase of the camp. The…

LAHORE: Newly-appointed Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Director High Performance Aaqib Javed said a comprehensive plan has been implemented to run cricket academies across the country, with tangible results expected within six months. Speaking to reporters here at the LCCA Ground on Monday — the opening day of a skill development programme for the senior men’s national team, Aaqib said the National Cricket Academy’s revival had started, with different programmes planned for not only the men’s side but the women’s team and the age-group outfits, promising that the step would start bearing fruit within the next six months. Fifteen players have…

Topline Tesla stock has soared 58% after CEO Elon Musk announced plans to leave DOGE. Can he restore the company’s brand value? If not, the company’s share price may be too high. WALNUT CREEK, CA – MAY 14: Matthew LeBrot is photographed with his Tesla cybertruck, bearing anti … More Musk slogans, in a park near his home in Walnut Creek, California on May 14, 2025. Lebrot lost his job as a Tesla sales manager after calling for Elon Musk to step down from the company after Tesla posted huge losses. (Photo by Martin Klimek for The Washington Post via…

The Supreme Court just declined to hear a penny stock broker’s legal challenge to FINRA’s constitutionality. Despite it, a new bill aims to strip the self-regulatory body of its key powers, moving them to the SEC.Win McNamee/Getty Images Wall Street’s top watchdog, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), faces a pivotal moment amid converging legislative and legal challenges that could potentially reshape the future regulatory landscape. The regulator notched a win on Monday, however, as the Supreme Court declined to hear a penny stock broker’s legal challenge to FINRA’s constitutionality. Until recently, adding pressure to FINRA’s current predicament was its…

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin speaks at the 2025 Forbes Iconoclast Summit.Jamel Toppin/Forbes Billionaire Ken Griffin, founder of $63 billion (in assets) Citadel hedge fund and market maker Citadel Securities, slammed the Trump Administration’s handling of the economy and the Republicans’ new tax and spending bill in remarks at Thursday’s 2025 Forbes Iconoclast Summit. A prominent Republican political donor who voted for President Donald Trump during the last election, Griffin criticized the GOP’s signature bill–which they’re dubbed the “One Bill Beautiful Bill”—over concerns about how it would increase the federal budget deficit and ballooning federal debt. (Just yesterday, the Congressional Budget…

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks at a press conference following the U.S. Senate Republicans’ weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura | ReutersAs Senate Republicans release key details of President Donald Trump’s spending package, some provisions, including the federal deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, remain in limbo.Enacted via the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA, of 2017, there’s currently a $10,000 limit on the SALT deduction through 2025. Before 2018, the tax break — including state and local income and property taxes — was unlimited for filers…