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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi believes the Pakistan Champions are ready to go all the way in the upcoming World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 and clinch the title this year. The second edition of the tournament kicks off on Friday, July 18, at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham, with Pakistan Champions facing England Champions in the opening match. This season, Mohammad Hafeez takes over the captaincy from Younis Khan, who led Pakistan to the final in the previous edition. Speaking to a local news channel during a training session at Edgbaston, Afridi expressed faith in the…

Fresh but familiar needle has resurfaced between as England gear up for their crucial second ODI against India at Lord’s on Saturday. Indian opener Pratika Rawal has been fined 10 per cent of her match fee given one demerit point for making ‘avoidable physical contact’ during her side’s four-wicket victory on Tuesday. Rawal was pulled up regarding two incidents, the first of which she made contact with Lauren Filer while running to the non-striker’s end, and the second seeing her make contact with Sophie Ecclestone after being bowled out.”It [the incident with Filer] was not intentional, I was just running in…

ZIMBABWE T20I TRI-SERIES Devon Conway top-scored for New Zealand with an unbeaten 59 © Getty A clinical all-round performance helped New Zealand notch up their second straight win in the T20I tri-series, easing past Zimbabwe by eight wickets in Harare on Friday (July 18). Matt Henry’s 3 for 26, backed by a tight spell from the spinners, saw Zimbabwe restricted to 120/7 after New Zealand opted to bowl. Devon Conway then led the chase with a composed 59 not out off 40 and was involved in half-century stands with Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell as New Zealand got over the…

JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has once again raised his voice in support of Palestine, highlighting the ongoing violence and its devastating impact on children. The Test cricket star shared a heart-wrenching video on social media showing injured Palestinian children, condemning the atrocities in Gaza. Known for his advocacy on humanitarian issues, Khawaja’s post stressed the continued suffering of innocent civilians, especially children. He urged people not to ignore the violence, sharing UNICEF’s description of the situation as “a graveyard for children.” “Hard to watch… Imagine living it,” Khawaja wrote, expressing his shock at the ongoing killings,…

Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain feel a Herculean effort from England helped them deliver another classic Test finish against India in a series which is beginning to mirror the 2005 Ashes.The former England captains have compared the duel to arguably the most iconic and influential summer in English cricketing history when a titanic tussle with Australia enthralled a nation. England, with a team captained by Michael Vaughan, and Kevin Pietersen, Marcus Trescothick and Freddie Flintoff all in a star-studded line-up, went on to capture the famous Urn for the first time since 1986-87. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker,…

CNN  —  Women’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Thursday. Chepngetich smashed the previous marathon record by almost two minutes when she ran a time of 2:09:56 at the Chicago Marathon in October 2024, becoming the first woman in history to break the 2:10 barrier. According to an AIU statement, the 30-year-old tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic used clinically to treat fluid retention and hypertension, in a sample collected on March 14, which was then reported to the organization on April 3.…

Pakistan on Friday beat India 3-0 in the Asian Men’s U-16 Volleyball Championship semi-final being held in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. “Team Pakistan U-16 Men’s Volleyball continues its dream run at the 2nd Asian Men’s U-16 Volleyball Championship 2025 in Thailand by defeating arch-rivals India in the semi-final,” the Pakistan Volleyball Association announced in a post on Instagram. Pakistan beat India with a clean sweep by winning three straight sets (25-16, 25-19, 25-12) “Stellar performances from Junaid, Faizan, Irfan, and Talha powered the Green Shirts into the Final and one step closer to glory,” the association said. With this victory, Pakistan…

JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Thursday threw his support behind Australia’s current top-order lineup for the upcoming highly anticipated Ashes series against England later this year. Speaking on the ICC digital, Ponting offered his thoughts on who should occupy the top three batting positions for the Ashes and the start of Australia’s new World Test Championship cycle. “The batters that they’re talking about in the last couple of weeks in particular have been Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja, and then there was some talk about Cameron Green, whether he’s a long-term number three or not,”…

NEW ZEALAND TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 Glenn Phillips has been ruled out of New Zealand’s ongoing tour to Zimbabwe due to a right groin injury © Getty New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips has been ruled out of their ongoing tour to Zimbabwe due to a right groin injury. Phillips picked up the injury ahead of the tour, during the final of Major League Cricket. Phillips was assessed on arrival in Zimbabwe and it was deemed that he would require a number of weeks to recover. Tim Robinson, who joined the squad as a cover, will remain with the team for…

Atlanta CNN  —  Amid the chaos of a tumultuous Baltimore Orioles season, a veteran hurler has (re)emerged as a bright spot on a team fighting through injury and roster uncertainty. All in a year that has reminded him all too much of what it means to be a major leaguer. After struggling to find his footing in the big leagues throughout the first nine years of his major league career, Charlie Morton successfully reinvented himself and by the late 2010s had become a go-to starter. In 2017, he helped propel the Houston Astros to a World Series championship and did…