MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — England is on the verge of a famous cricket victory after Harry Brook smashed the second-fastest triple century in test history, Joe Root scored…
Read more Brook and Root set batting records with 800-run England close to famous cricket win over PakistanGREATER NOIDA, India (AP) — A wet outfield at the Greater Noida Sports Complex meant that day one of the solitary Afghanistan-New Zealand cricket test was abandoned without…
Read more First day called off in Afghanistan-New Zealand cricket test due to wet outfieldNEW DELHI (AP) — Rishabh Pant is set to complete his international cricket return after being included in India’s squad for the first test against Bangladesh next week.…
Read more Pant returns to India squad for the 1st cricket test against BangladeshRAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha is still interested in completing his contract with the men’s national cricket team to 2025 despite the recent political…
Read more Hathurusingha wants to complete coaching contract with BangladeshPARIS (AP) — A fired-up home crowd couldn’t push France past the South Korean juggernaut in the Paris Olympics men’s team archery final. The first set finished with…
Read more South Korea tops host nation France to win 3rd straight men’s team archery goldPAPARA, Tahiti (AP) — Tahitian dancers in palm-leaf skirts mingled with Olympic surfers, locals and tourists as the opening ceremony for the Summer Games commenced in French Polynesia…
Read more Singing, ceremonies and straw hats: Olympics opening ceremony in Tahiti centers Polynesian cultureCricket contests between India and Pakistan are difficult to organize but soccer may have shown the region’s most popular sport how to build bridges. The national football teams…
Read more Soccer official says the India-Pakistan game could be a turning point for sportsGENEVA (AP) — Indonesia was stripped of hosting rights for the Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday only eight weeks before the start of the tournament amid political turmoil…
Read more Indonesia stripped of hosting Under-20 World Cup by FIFATOKYO (AP) — He’d paid about $80 for his ticket. He wore a Japan cap above a blue Los Angeles Angels jersey. And as he enthused about the…
Read more Shohei Ohtani and Japan: It’s much more than just baseballTOKYO (AP) — He’d paid about $80 for his ticket. He wore a Japan cap above a blue Los Angeles Angels jersey. And as he enthused about the…
Read more Shohei Ohtani and Japan: It’s much more than just baseballSEOUL (AP) — Former Germany great Jurgen Klinsmann was hired Monday to coach South Korea’s national soccer team. The 58-year-old Klinsmann, who won the World Cup as a…
Read more Klinsmann hired to coach South Korea’s national soccer teamISLAMABAD (AP) — On Islamabad’s outskirts, burly men bind together in a scrum on a rugby pitch that has seen better days. The sign bearing the club’s name…
Read more Sports pitch for level playing field in cricket-mad PakistanMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka figures she’ll feel some jitters when she steps out on court to face Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open women’s final. Saturday’s…
Read more Rybakina meets Sabalenka in Australian Open women’s finalMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO TUESDAY Novak Djokovic is set to make his return to action at the Australian Open after being banned from the country a…
Read more Australian Open lookahead: Djokovic returns after COVID banADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic beat Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4 at the Adelaide International on Friday to set up a semifinal with Daniil Medvedev. The combined ATP-WTA…
Read more Djokovic advances to face Medvedev in Adelaide semisBOSTON (AP) — Former Boston pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka passed along some advice to Masataka Yoshida, another Japanese star who came over to play for the Red Sox. “His…
Read more Red Sox sign Japanese batting champ Masataka YoshidaDOHA, Qatar (AP) — The World Cup in Qatar has become a political lightning rod, so it comes as no surprise that soccer fans’ sartorial style has sparked…
Read more Fans’ wild World Cup fashion draws praise, scorn in QatarDOHA, Qatar (AP) — As Brazil’s big-time player made his return to the World Cup in Qatar, the superstar of South Korean soccer made his exit. Son Heung-min…
Read more Son exits World Cup without showing his best for South KoreaMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A year after Novak Djokovic’s high-profile deportation from Australia because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19, the 21-time Grand Slam champion is set to…
Read more Unvaccinated Djokovic set for visa to play Australian OpenSYDNEY (AP) — Players at this year’s World Cup had a few concerns about the competition, including the compact schedule and the timing of the tournament, and the…
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