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KARACHI: Newcastle United cult hero Nolberto Solano landed in Pakistan on Saturday, being garlanded upon his arrival at the Pakistan Football Federation headquarters in Lahore after taking over as the head coach of the national senior and under-23 teams. The Peruvian wing wizard dazzled during his time in the English Premier League but the highlight of his coaching career came back in 2018 when, as assistant coach, he took his home country to their first World Cup finals in 36 years. “We need to work really had to make Pakistan competitive at international level,” Solano said in an in-house PFF…
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday announced the trials schedule for U-19 and Emerging women players as part of the two-week countrywide talent hunt which is set to begin on Thursday. Players born on or after Sept 1, 2006 are eligible to take part in the U-19 trials, while there is no cutoff date for the Emerging players. The minimum age for U-19 players has been sanctioned to 12. The trials are being arranged to select the next crop of U-19 players, who will be mentored, trained and then given a chance to develop in the four-team women’s…
SILESIA: Kishane Thompson laid down a marker ahead of next month’s world championships when the Jamaican came out on top in the highly-anticipated 100 metres against Olympic champion Noah Lyles at the Silesia Diamond League meeting on Saturday. A host of world and Olympic champions headlined by the likes of Keely Hodgkinson, Karsten Warholm, Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis, Faith Kipyegon and Femke Bol shone in hot and humid conditions in front of more than 40,000 fans in the Polish city. The men’s sprint brought together American Lyles and Thompson for the first time since their unforgettable Olympic final last year in…
Chase-master Maxwell chomps up Proteas with supreme 62no Like an algorithm constantly adjusting and updating, Glenn Maxwell’s calculation skills were on display in yet another masterful white-ball run chase. After his unbeaten 62 proved to be the difference in the BKT Tyes T20 decider against South Africa, the allrounder explained the thought process that helped him stay calm and orchestrate another successful closing act. All international sides factor in player match-ups, short boundaries, clues from field positions and many more variables when they approach an innings, but it was the speed at which Maxwell was able to analyse the situation…
MEN’S HUNDRED, 2025 Banton and Moores shared a 76-run stand. © Getty Trent Rockets beat Southern Brave by four wickets in a tense finish at Trent Bridge to register their third win of the season and move to second on the points table. Chasing 141 on a slow surface, Tom Banton anchored the innings with 49 off 38 while Tom Moores smashed a match-winning 55 off 30 balls with five sixes, earning the Player of the Match award. The pair’s 76-run stand broke the back of the chase and although both fell in quick succession, Marcus Stoinis finished the job…
Jordan Cox of Oval Invincibles bats during the The Hundred©ECB Images Oval Invincibles delivered a record-breaking performance in The Hundred 2025, scoring 226-4 to defeat Welsh Fire by 83 runs at the Kia Oval, with Jordan Cox starring. Match Analysis Oval Invincibles, led by an inspired Jordan Cox, smashed the highest score in the history of The Hundred, racking up 226-4 from their 100 balls as they crushed Welsh Fire by 83 runs at the Kia Oval. Asked to bat first in front of a packed home crowd, the Invincibles’ innings sprung into life inside the first 10 balls, Will…
WOMEN’S HUNDRED, 2025 Alice Capsey struck 55 before bagging two wickets © Getty Allrounders Marizanne Kapp (47* & 2-24) and Alice Capsey (55 & 2-16) gave Oval Invincibles their second win on the bounce, beating Welsh Fire by 39 runs. The duo led the middle-order fight to help the Invincibles post a strong 150 on the board before a disciplined bowling effort doused the Fire on 111 in reply. Invincibles were off to an ominous start losing Lauren Winfield-Hill on the very first ball after opting to bat at home. However, Capsey joined Meg Lanning (23 off 14) to resurrect…
Oval Invincibles Men set a new record for the highest total in The Hundred with 226-4 as they went on to complete a convincing 83-run victory over Welsh Fire.England batter Jordan Cox scored a fine unbeaten 86 off 29 balls – hitting 10 sixes – as the Invincibles bettered Manchester Originals’ score of 208-5 which was set against Northern Superchargers three years ago. Invincibles opening pair Tawanda Muyeye (33) and Will Jacks (38) laid the foundations in the 25-ball powerplay.Cox then delighted the home support by smashing four sixes off Ajeet Singh Dale, who was making his Hundred debut. Sam…
Richarlison scored twice on Saturday to give Tottenham manager Thomas Frank a dream home debut with a 3-0 win over Burnley, while Erling Haaland inspired new-look Manchester City’s 4-0 rout of Wolves on the opening weekend of the Premier League season. Frank was seconds away from launching his era in charge with a trophy until a late Paris Saint-Germain revival won the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday. The former Brentford boss replaced Ange Postecoglou despite the Australian ending Tottenham’s 17-year trophy drought by lifting the Europa League last term. Postecoglou was undone by Tottenham’s worst domestic season since 1976-77 as…
WOMEN’S HUNDRED, 2025 Tilly Corteen-Coleman bagged a career-best 4/13 © Getty Tilly Corteen-Coleman’s career-best 4/13 and Sophie Devine’s all-round show (2/30 & 41*) helped Southern Brave stretch their unbeaten streak in the Women’s Hundred 2025 to four games on Saturday (August 16). On a slow surface, Corteen-Coleman and Lauren Bell combined to keep Rockets restricted to just 106. In reply, Maia Bouchier and Devine led a nervy chase with two balls to spare. Corteen-Coleman struck twice in her first set to remove Bryony Smith and Nat Sciver-Brunt to reduce Rockets to 10/2 in nine balls. Ash Gardner (25 off 16)…