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LAHORE: The confidence radiating from Rizwan Ali is palpable. As he prepares to move into the cage on Sunday at the Pakistan Open MMA Championship, the undefeated lightweight fighter isn’t just predicting a win; rather he is forecasting a swift and decisive conclusion to his bout against Egypt’s Adham “Warrior” Mohamed. “It will, hopefully, be a knockout finish,” Rizwan told Dawn, a prediction backed by the momentum of two back-to-back knockout wins that have solidified his status as one of Pakistan’s top mixed martial artists. Speaking on his upcoming clash, Rizwan framed it as a classic striker versus grappler match-up.…
PARIS: Fabian Ruiz scored the only goal of the game while Ousmane Dembele missed a penalty as a rusty Paris Saint-Germain beat Angers 1-0 on Friday to make it two wins out of two at the start of the Ligue 1 season. Spain midfielder Ruiz drilled home from inside the box five minutes into the second half at the Parc des Princes, handing European champions PSG the win in a game in which they dominated but lacked sharpness. Luis Enrique’s side, who showed off their trophy haul from last season at the end of this game, edged Nantes 1-0 away…
THE HUNDRED, 2025 Welsh Fire strangled Phoenix’s innings in the middle of the game to restrict the opposition © Getty A rounded bowling effort and the flexing of batting muscles by the top-three helped Welsh Fire to a comprehensive win that keeps them alive in the race for the playoffs in the Men’s Hundred 2025. The win, coming at the cost of Birmingham Phoenix, puts both teams on eight points and with each team having two games left to play. The road to the knockouts is still arduous for both sides – they need to win both the games to…
DULEEP TROPHY, 2025 If Gill participates in the Duleep Trophy, he would have featured only in North Zone’s first game owing to national duty in the Asia Cup © Getty Shubman Gill is likely to miss the upcoming Duleep Trophy, starting in Bengaluru in a few days, as the India skipper is reportedly unwell. He was appointed skipper of the North Zone team. The North Zone selection committee has been anticipating the possibility of Gill’s unavailability for the inter-zonal competition, scheduled to begin on August 28 at the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru, for the last few days. However,…
The 2025 edition of The Hundred has hit the home stretch with places in the knockout stages up for grabs.The men’s and women’s sides to finish first in their respective tables will secure direct qualification to the finals at Lord’s on Sunday August 31. The teams coming second and third will meet in the eliminator at The Kia Oval on Saturday August 30, with the winners of those games then also making the final.Here is the state of play as the league phase enters its final week… The Hundred – Men’s standings Team Played Wins Losses Points Net run-rate Invincibles…
The 2025 edition of The Hundred has hit the home stretch with places in the knockout stages up for grabs.The men’s and women’s sides to finish first in their respective tables will secure direct qualification to the finals at Lord’s on Sunday August 31. The teams coming second and third will meet in the eliminator at The Kia Oval on Saturday August 30, with the winners of those games then also making the final.Here is the state of play as the league phase enters its final week… The Hundred – Men’s standings Team Played Wins Losses Points Net run-rate Invincibles…
London Spirit are still alive in The Hundred after an emphatic win over Southern Brave took them level with their opponents on 12 points and meant that both are still within reach of the third qualifying spot as this wide-open men’s competition heads into its defining week. Points Table Match Analysis Under the lights at Lord’s, the Spirit turned in arguably their most complete performance of the tournament to date. Jamie Smith was immense in the powerplay, pumping seven of his 18 deliveries either to or over the fence to dominate an opening stand of 66 in 36 balls with…
Trust in young guns Bangladesh have shown immense faith in up-and-coming talents, Nishita Akter Nishi and Sumaiya Akter. The duo had represented Bangladesh earlier this year at the U19 Women’s World Cup. Sumaiya Akter, who had captained the team at the tournament, had also finished as their leading run-getter in Malaysia. Akter made her ODI debut in March 2024 during the home series against Australia, and has been rewarded for her consistent returns in the domestic season and for the Bangladesh Emerging Team. Meanwhile, Nishita Akter Nishi also boasts a couple of ODI outings, having received her maiden ODI cap…
Who is playing in the ICC Women’s World Cup? Take a look at the squads for this year’s event in India and Sri Lanka.The eight-team, 50-over tournament runs from September 30 to November 2 – live on Sky Sports, with all countries playing each other in a round-robin group stage. The top four sides then progress to the semi-finals, with the final to be held in either Bengaluru or Colombo.Australia return as defending champions after their victory over England in the 2022 contest.EnglandNat Sciver-Brunt (captain), Em Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren…
CPL 2025 Shai Hope smashed 82 in his team’s victory © Getty The Guyana Amazon Warriors ran riot over the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in North Sound to win by 83 runs. The win was set up by monstrous batting performances from Shai Hope (82 off 54), Shimron Hetmyer (65* off 26) and a finishing touch from Romario Shepherd (25* off 8) to guide their team to 211 for 3. The Warriors scored a whopping 145 runs in their last nine overs before Imran Tahir picked up career best figures of 5 for 21 in 4 overs – including a…