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Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, highlighting the sector's rapid technical advances. The race's inaugural edition last year was r...
Posted on 19 April 2026 | 1:56 pm
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KARACHI: The team bus was whistling and laughing after an 8-0 demolition. Four days later, the same players sat in a silent dressing room, a 1-0 loss to Mauritania playing on loop in their heads. Pakistan's first-ever FIFA Series campaign contained both extremes — a record-breaking win, a narrow...
Posted on 19 April 2026 | 6:02 am
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MILAN: Inter Milan's Piotr Zielinski (second R) shoots to score against Cagliari during their Serie A match at San Siro.—Reuters MILAN: Inter Milan took another step towards the Serie A title with a 3-0 win over Cagliari at the San Siro on Friday, when second-half goals from Marcus Thuram...
Posted on 19 April 2026 | 5:56 am
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KARACHI: Salman Mirza, the left-arm pacer who burst onto the international scene last year, has set his sights firmly on representing Pakistan at the 2027 ODI World Cup. Having broken into the national T20I setup just last year at the age of 31, Salman has never looked back, transforming himself fro...
Posted on 19 April 2026 | 5:51 am
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LAHORE Qalandars opener Fakhar Zaman hits out during the Pakistan Super League match against Rawalpindiz at the National Bank Stadium on Saturday. —Tahir Jamal/White Star KARACHI: Lahore Qalandars produced a clinical performance to register a 32-run victory over Rawalpindiz here at the Nation...
Posted on 19 April 2026 | 5:38 am
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Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has been appointed as head coach for the two-match Test series in Bangladesh next month, the Pakistan Sports Board (PCB) said on Saturday. The first of the two matches - part of the ICC World Test Championship — will be played at Sher-i-Bangla National Cricket Stadi...
Posted on 18 April 2026 | 7:42 am
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KARACHI: Defending champions Lahore Qalandars saw their playoff hopes darken further on Friday night as they slumped to their sixth defeat of the ongoing HBL Pakistan Super League season, losing to Quetta Gladiators by six wickets here at the National Bank Stadium. Rilee Rossouw's unbeaten 60 off ...
Posted on 18 April 2026 | 4:39 am
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DHAKA: Paceman Blair Tickner took four quick wickets as New Zealand held their nerve to beat Bangladesh by 26 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match One-day International series on Friday. Chasing 248 on a slow surface at the Mirpur stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh lost their last six wickets for ...
Posted on 18 April 2026 | 1:04 am
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PAKISTAN'S Aqsa Mushtaq in action during the FIFA Series match against Ivory Coast at the Alassane Outtara Stadium.—Courtesy PFF ABIDJAN: Pakistan concluded their FIFA Series campaign with a 2-0 loss to hosts Ivory Coast on Thursday, finishing third in their group after a match that require...
Posted on 18 April 2026 | 1:04 am
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday it is investigating Cricket Canada over allegations of match corruption, including the team's loss to New Zealand at the recent T20 World Cup hosted by India and Sri Lanka. The game in Chennai — which Canada lost by eight wickets — is unde...
Posted on 17 April 2026 | 11:45 am
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NEW DELHI: A crackdown on India's performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) production — the biggest globally — is key to tackling the doping menace and protect the athletes, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief Witold Banka told AFP on Thursday. Banka and his team have been in New Delhi as part of ...
Posted on 17 April 2026 | 4:36 am
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KARACHI: Karachi Kings suffered their third consecutive defeat in the HBL Pakistan Super League on Thursday night as Islamabad United chased down a modest 151-run target with eight wickets and four overs to spare here at the National Bank Stadium. The victory propelled United to second place in the...
Posted on 17 April 2026 | 12:54 am
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MUNICH: Late strikes from Luis Diaz and Michael Olise sealed a dramatic 4-3 win for Bayern Munich over Real Madrid on Wednesday, clinching a 6-4 aggregate victory and setting up a semi-final with holders Paris St-Germain. In the other last-eight tie on Wednesday, Arsenal edged past Sporting to reach...
Posted on 17 April 2026 | 12:54 am
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Lionel Messi has bought Catalan club Cornella and become the team's new owner, the Spanish fifth-tier side announced on Thursday. The eight-time Ballon d'Or winner is still playing in the United States for Inter Miami and is expected to play a key role in Argentina's World Cup title defence th...
Posted on 16 April 2026 | 3:49 pm
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NEW YORK: A top US lawmaker called on FIFA to pay for World Cup public transportation costs on Tuesday following a report that local authorities in New Jersey are planning massive price hikes during the tournament. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, said on X that football's world g...
Posted on 16 April 2026 | 5:02 am
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MADRID: Atletico Madrid's Ademola Lookman (C) scores past Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia during their Champions League quarter-final second leg at the Metropolitano Stadium.—AFP MADRID: Atletico Madrid sent 10-man Barcelona crashing out of the Champions League and reached the final four w...
Posted on 16 April 2026 | 4:52 am
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KARACHI: The National Bank Stadium remained devoid of spectators on Wednesday night, in keeping with the government's austerity measures that have seen all matches of this HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) season played behind closed doors. The silence, now a familiar feature of the ongoing tournam...
Posted on 16 April 2026 | 2:08 am
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PESHAWAR ZALMI spinner Sufiyan Muqeem (L) celebrates with captain Babar Azam after taking a wicket during the Pakistan Super League match against Multan Sultans at the National Bank Stadium. —Courtesy Peshawar Zalmi KARACHI: When Sufiyan Muqeem marks his run-up at the bowling crease, the fall...
Posted on 15 April 2026 | 7:54 am
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MUNICH: Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany said ON Tuesday his side need to be ready to "push through the pain barrier" to make it past Real Madrid and qualify for the Champions League semi-finals. Bayern beat Real 2-1 in the first leg in Madrid and need to avoid defeat at home on Wednesday t...
Posted on 15 April 2026 | 4:36 am
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MANCHESTER: Leeds United's Noah Okafor scored twice as his side grabbed a morale-boosting 2-1 Premier League away win over bitter rivals Manchester United, who had Lisandro Martinez sent off in the 56th minute for pulling the hair of Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Manchester United remain third in the ta...
Posted on 15 April 2026 | 12:05 am
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A new trial over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, with seven members of his medical team charged with negligent homicide nearly a year after a previous case collapsed in a mistrial. An enduring presence in Argentina — from towering murals to tattoos — ...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 2:30 pm
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Wisden has criticised Indian political interference in global cricket administration, labelling the current situation "increasingly Orwellian". The UK-based Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, which dates back to 1864, is an annual record of all major cricket worldwide and is regarded as the sport'...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 10:14 am
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday barred Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani from participating in the next two editions of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). In a statement, the cricket board said that after a thorough disciplinary review, Muzarabani was declared ineligible to participate in...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 10:01 am
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ABIDJAN: Three days after scripting their biggest ever victory, Pakistan women's national team were brought back down to earth with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Mauritania on Sunday — but the result leaves Adeel Rizki's side still very much in contention heading into their final FIFA Series group ma...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 5:01 am
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KARACHI: In the top-of-the-table clash of the HBL Pakistan Super League, Multan Sultans kept searching for a weak link here at the National Bank Stadium on a breezy Monday night. Seemingly, Peshawar Zalmi had none. Whenever Sultans believed that they had weathered Shoriful Islam's incisive new-bal...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 4:57 am
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MILAN: Inter Milan put one hand on the Serie A title on Sunday after coming back from two goals down to win 4-3 in a thrilling match at Como and move nine points clear of Napoli. Trailing by two in the dying moments of the first half due to goals from Alex Valle and youthful virtuoso Nico Paz, Inte...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 2:39 am
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LONDON: Britain's former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury outclassed Russia's Arslanbek Makhmudov en route to a comprehensive points win on Saturday and then called for a showdown with compatriot Anthony Joshua. With Joshua watching from ringside, Fury fought for the first time since his se...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 5:36 am
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KARACHI: Inspired by captain Marnus Labuschagne's grit, Hyderabad Kingsmen produced a composed and clinical chase to secure their second successive victory in the HBL Pakistan Super League, defeating Islamabad United by six wickets with 11 balls to spare here at the National Bank Stadium on Sunday...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 2:12 am
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AUGUSTA: Rory McIlroy charged back late after squandering a six-stroke edge to share the lead with Cameron Young after a wild third round at the Masters on Saturday. A chaotic afternoon at Augusta National saw both men plunk key shots into water on the back nine but finish level atop the leaderboar...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 2:09 am
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Italy's Jannik Sinner dethroned defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5) 6-3 in Sunday's Monte Carlo final to claim his first Masters title on clay and snatch back the world number one ranking from the Spaniard. The victory capped a remarkable run for Sinner, who became just the second pla...
Posted on 12 April 2026 | 6:12 pm