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Ben Shelton’s US Open campaign ended in tears on Friday after he withdrew mid-match with a shoulder injury he called the “worst pain” of his life, while milestone man Novak Djokovic battled through his own physical struggles to reach the fourth round. Canadian Open champion Shelton was locked in an entertaining contest with Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the day’s opening match on Louis Armstrong Stadium when his tournament suddenly unravelled. “I just did something to my shoulder, I don’t know what it is. I’m in a lot of pain,” the American sixth seed told his father and coach Bryan during…
ASIA CUP BUILD-UP File Photo: Haris Rauf took 4 for 31 in Pakistan’s win. © AFP Skipper Salman Agha’s unbeaten fifty and a four-wicket haul from Haris Rauf helped Pakistan make a winning start in the T20I tri-series in Sharjah. Afghanistan did a decent job in the first half of both the innings before floundering to eventually fall short comfortably by 39 runs. Sahibzada Farhan got off to a flying start with a couple of sixes early in his innings before his blitz was cut short by Azmatullah Omarzai. Pakistan finished with 54 in the powerplay but it could have…
SHARJAH: Skipper Salman Agha hit an unbeaten half-century and fast bowler Haris Rauf grabbed four wickets as Pakistan upstaged Afghanistan by 39 runs in the Twenty20 International tri-series opener in Sharjah on Friday. Right-handed Salman hit a 36-ball 53 not out with three sixes and as many boundaries which lifted Pakistan to a solid 182-7 in their 20 overs. Haris took 4-31 while fellow pacer Shaheen Afridi claimed 2-21, while spinners Mohammad Nawaz (2-23) and Sufiyan Muqeem (2-25) dismissed Afghanistan for 143 in 19.5 overs before a noisy capacity 16,000 crowd at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Afghanistan matched Pakistan with…
LONDON: Fenerbahce’s Jose Mourinho has left by mutual agreement, the Turkish club said on Friday, bringing an end to the Portuguese coach’s tenure in Istanbul two days after his side crashed out of the Champions League playoffs to Benfica. Another Turkish Super Lig side did the same when Besiktas sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after their 1-0 loss to Lausanne due to which they crashed out of the UEFA Conference League 2-1 on aggregate in their qualification playoff on Thursday. Mourinho, 62, took charge of Fenerbahce in July 2024 after leaving AS Roma. A statement from the Istanbul club, chasing their…
CA to make call on which Northern Territory and Far North Queensland venues will host Bangladesh Tests Darwin is in the box seat to host its first Test in 22 years with Cricket Australia keen to split next year’s Bangladesh tour between the Territory and North Queensland. Players are understood to have been impressed with international cricket’s return to Darwin this month, as part of the white-ball series against South Africa.More winter internationals are scheduled for next year with Australia set to host a two-Test series against Bangladesh in the top end. Mackay, Cairns, Townsville and Darwin all loom as…
NETHERLANDS TOUR OF BANGLADESH 2025 Bangladesh is set to host Netherlands for a three-match T20I series © Getty Phil Simmons, the Bangladesh head coach, said that his team is hoping to play like they did in Sri Lanka as they prepare to take on Netherlands in the three-match T20Is. Bangladesh clinched the three-match T20I series in Sri Lanka after losing the opening game. He is hoping that the team would be able to carry forward that momentum. “I’m for us to continue the levels that we’ve set in Sri Lanka,” Simmons said on Friday. “Take away a little bit from…
SRI LANKA TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 Dilshan Madushanka bowled a terrific final over, which included a hat-trick © AFP Sikandar Raza’s 87-ball 92 went in vain as Dilshan Madushanka bowled a terrific final over, which included a hat-trick, as Sri Lanka secured a thrilling 7-run victory over Zimbabwe in the first One-Day International in Harare, on Friday (August 29). Defending 10 runs from the final over, Madushanka cleaned up Raza off the first ball, and then followed it up dismissing Brad Evans and Richard Ngarava off the next two balls. Blessing Muzarabani took a single off the fourth ball to…
Skipper Salman Agha hit an unbeaten half-century and fast bowler Haris Rauf grabbed four wickets as Pakistan upstaged Afghanistan by 39 runs in the tri-series opener in Sharjah on Friday. Agha hit a 36-ball 53 not out with three sixes and as many boundaries, which lifted Pakistan to 182-7 in their 20 overs. Pacers Rauf took 4-31 and Shaheen Afridi 2-21, while spinners Mohammad Nawaz (2-23) and Sufiyan Muqeem (2-25) dismissed Afghanistan for 143 in 19.5 overs before a noisy capacity 16,000 crowd at the Sharjah stadium. Afghanistan matched Pakistan with opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 27-ball 38 with a six and…
DULEEP TROPHY 2025 Auqib Nabi picked up four wickets in as many balls © Getty North Zone vs East Zone Auqib Nabi’s all-round efforts put North Zone in a strong position in their quarterfinal clash against East Zone on Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy in Bengaluru. North Zone posted a strong total of 405 despite Manishi’s 6 for 111. Nabi (5-28) then combined with Harshit Rana (2-56) to prevent East Zone’s innings from taking off as they were bowled out for 230 to concede a lead of 175. Starting the day at 308/6, North Zone lost Mayank Dagar early…
The tickets for the Men’s Asia Cup 2025 — including the much-awaited Pakistan-India clash — are now available for sale, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) said on Friday. According to the board, the tickets are being sold starting from 40 dirhams (PKR 3,069.51) for the matches in Abu Dhabi and 50 (PKR 3,836.89) dirhams for the ones in Dubai. “Tickets for the most sought-after India v Pakistan match will initially be available in a seven-match tickets package starting at 1,400 [dirhams] (PKR 10,743.28),” the ECB announced. It said fans could buy separate (standalone) tickets for each of the remaining matches…