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PARIS: Virgil van Dijk scored a dramatic late winner to grab Liverpool a 3-2 Champions League victory over Atletico Madrid, while Paris St-Germain kicked off their title defence by thrashing Atalanta on Wednesday. Elsewhere, Harry Kane scored twice as Bayern Munich downed Club World Cup winners Chelsea 3-1 as Pafos and Bodo/Glimt marked their Champions League debuts with hard-earned draws. Liverpool, with club-record signing Alexander Isak on debut, raced into a two-goal lead inside the first six minutes as Atletico struggled to get out of their own half on Merseyside. A Mohamed Salah free-kick flew in off Andy Robertson for…
TOKYO: The night was Keshorn Walcott’s from the start. Right from the second throw, he had the lead in the men’s javelin final. The highly-anticipated clash of the South Asian titans — Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra — failed to gain momentum in the sold-out Japan National Stadium that turned its attention to Walcott on his way to winning his maiden world title. Walcott’s win, thanks to a season’s best 88.16m throw, was pleasantly surprising but not entirely unexpected given he was ranked fourth in the world coming into the World Athletics Championships. Anderson Peters of Grenada was the favorite…
If England are to emulate their success from 2017 then new captain Nat Sciver-Brunt is likely to play a major role in the run given she sits high in all categories of the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings and was the side’s best player at the most recent World Cup in New Zealand in 2022. Sciver-Brunt also has the added pressure of being captain after she took over from long-time skipper Heather Knight earlier this year and Beaumont expects the star all-rounder to lead from the front at the World Cup. “I think it’s been brilliant for Nat to take…
For Hong Kong, the Asia Cup was more than just about results ©AFP What does the Asia Cup mean to a team like Hong Kong? It’s about gaining experience against Test-playing nations, brushing shoulders with stars like Rashid Khan, and understanding exactly where they stand in the bigger picture. Fielding, though, became their undoing. Dropped catches seemed to be a recurring theme – starting against Afghanistan and culminating in a disappointing finish against Sri Lanka, where they put down as many as six chances. In total, Hong Kong shelled 11 catches in the tournament, a costly lapse that denied them…
Rehan Ahmed is in contention to be included in England’s squad for this winter’s Ashes series in Australia.It is understood Ahmed is in the frame ahead of Liam Dawson, who played the fourth Test of the drawn series with India after Shoaib Bashir broke his finger. The all-rounder has had an impressive summer with bat and ball for his county Leicestershire, who were this week confirmed as champions of Division Two of the County Championship.Rehman has also featured for England in white-ball matches this summer, including in the T20I win on Wednesday against Ireland.Ahmed has not played for the Test…
Rehan Ahmed is in contention to be included in England’s squad for this winter’s Ashes series in Australia.It is understood Ahmed is in the frame ahead of Liam Dawson, who played the fourth Test of the drawn series with India after Shoaib Bashir broke his finger. The all-rounder has had an impressive summer with bat and ball for his county Leicestershire, who were this week confirmed as champions of Division Two of the County Championship.Rehman has also featured for England in white-ball matches this summer, including in the T20I win on Wednesday against Ireland.Ahmed has not played for the Test…
ASIA CUP 2025 Kuldeep has been India’s best bowler so far. © Getty Kuldeep Yadav, who is making up for lost time in this Asia Cup, has opened up about his time on the England tour, when he couldn’t break into the side across five Tests even though the pitches were in his favour. The legspinner called the tour “challenging” but was quick to add that there was “clear communication” with head coach Gautam Gambhir on the team’s desire for more batting depth. “Sometimes, in 3-4 matches, I felt that I could play, but unfortunately, I couldn’t play because they…
Injured captain Mitchell Santner headlines the list of notable names missing from New Zealand’s T20 squad to face Australia Michael Bracewell will captain a depleted New Zealand side in the upcoming T20I series against Australia, with regular skipper Mitchell Santner and several senior players ruled out through injury. Santner, recovering from abdominal surgery, is targeting a return later in the month against England, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said on Wednesday. In his absence, Bracewell will lead the side for the three-match series at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, starting October 1. New Zealand T20 squad: Michael Bracewell (c), Mark Chapman,…
ASIA CUP 2025 India have never faced Oman in international cricket © ACC At India’s optional training session on match eve, nine players turned up and one visual stood out: Gautam Gambhir, stationed behind the nets, closely instructing Harshit Rana during an extended batting stint. In the adjacent net, Arshdeep Singh went about his drills with noticeably less guidance from the head coach and had a much shorter hit. Make of that what you will. With India already qualified and Oman out of contention, and with the game set in Abu Dhabi, a fair distance from India’s base in Dubai,…
ASIA CUP, 2025 Kusal and Kamindu Mendis put on an unbroken 52-run stand off 23 deliveries to take Sri Lanka over the line © ACC Sri Lanka marched into the Super 4s with a 6 wicket win over Afghanistan in the final clash of Group B. In the process, they also confirmed Bangladesh’s progression and Afghanistan’s elimination. Mohammad Nabi’s heroic 22-ball 60, which pushed Afghanistan up to a competitive 169/8 from a position of almost certain doom, wasn’t quite enough to earn his side a victory and qualification. Where was the game won? In the PowerPlay. While Afghanistan were left…