Anytime there’s the us versus them, and we paint these broad brush strokes against certain groups of people, everyone loses.
LAHORE, June 05(ABC): To mark the return of international cricket to the City of Saints – Multan – the Pakistan Cricket Board has set affordable ticket prices for the fans to watch their superstars in action during the upcoming three ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League One-Day Internationals against the West Indies. The ticket prices range from PKR300 to …
PARIS, June 05 (ABC): Iga Swiatek said equalling the longest unbeaten run by a female player in the 21st century made winning her second French Open title on Saturday even more “special”. The world number one drew level with Venus Williams’ run of 35 straight wins in 2000 by cruising past teenager Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-1 in the final at …
MELBOURNE, June 5 (ABC): Unbeaten American Devin Haney comfortably beat Australian George Kambosos on points Sunday to become the first undisputed lightweight world champion in modern boxing history. Highly-rated WBC title holder Haney, a clear favourite, successfully defended his belt for a fifth time and in the process took the WBA, IBF and WBO straps off Kambosos with a unanimous …
WEB DESK, June 04(ABC): International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Greg Barclay said women s test matches should be played over five days, but raised doubts over the place of the longer format in the future of women s cricket. Women s test matches are played over four days as opposed to five in the men s game, and the five test matches …
LAHORE, June 04(ABC): Pakistan opening batter Fakhar Zaman has received his ODI team of the year cap as he shared a picture of himself on his social media accounts. Zaman was named in the ICC ODI team of the year for his stellar run in 2021, where scored 365 runs in six matches at an average of 60.83 with two …
KARACHI, June 04(ABC): The three-match one-day internationals (ODI) series against West Indies in Multan from June 8 to 12 will neither have digital screens on the boundary nor a buggy camera. Sources privy to the matter said that the buggy camera and the digital screens on the boundary have been eliminated in the production set-up from the last historic home tour …
PARIS, June 03 (ABC): Coco Gauff will face world number one Iga Swiatek for the French Open title after the teenager eased into her maiden Grand Slam final with a straight-sets victory over Martina Trevisan on Thursday. The 18-year-old American claimed a 6-3, 6-1 win in a nervous match which saw both players featuring in a major semi-final for the …
COLOMBO, June 03(ABC): Sri Lanka named fast-bowling legend Lasith Malinga their “bowling strategy coach” on Thursday for the eight one-day matches against Australia starting next week. Sri Lanka Cricket said the 38-year-old s expertise and experience would be crucial for the three T20 matches and five one-day internationals to be played in Colombo and Kandy. “(He) will support Sri Lanka s bowlers, …
LONDON, June 03(ABC): England debutant Matthew Potts took four wickets against New Zealand only for the hosts to collapse as well on a dramatic opening day of the first Test at Lord s on Thursday. New Zealand, the World Test champions, were dismissed for 132 before England slumped to 116 for seven by stumps. Prior to this three-match series, there …
PARIS, June 02 (ABC): Croatia’s Marin Cilic fired 33 aces past seventh-seeded Andrey Rublev to reach his first French Open semi-final on Wednesday with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10/2) win. Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, also crashed 88 winners in the four-hour 10-minute tie and will play either eighth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway or Danish teenager Holger …
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