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Pakistan's Babar Azam in action during the ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match against Afghanistan at the County Ground, Bristol, Britain, on Friday. — Reuters
Pakistan's Azam primed to thrive under World Cup spotlight
LONDON — Comparisons with Virat Kohli have been a stumbling block for many batsmen in world cricket but Pakistan's Babar Azam has embraced the challenge wholeheartedly and will carry his country's hopes at the World Cup.Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur first mentioned Azam, the world's top-ranked Twenty20 international batsman, in the same breathe as Indian skipper Kohli early last year, based on the 24-year-old's potential across formats.Azam's international career is just over 100 matches old, but his prowess with the bat has already broken several records. He is the fastest batsman to reach 1,000 T20I runs, taking 26 innings to get there and dethroning Kohli in the process.He also reached 1,000 ODI runs in 21 innings, a record he shared with an elite group of...
May 24, 2019

Pakistan's Azam primed to thrive under World Cup spotlight

South Africa's skipper Faf du Plessis directs play during the ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match against Sri Lanka at the Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff, Britain, on Friday. — Reuters
South Africa's World Cup woes no worry for Du Plessis
LONDON — South Africa captain Faf du Plessis says the team's record of repeated World Cup heartbreak will have no bearing on a largely youthful squad at the 2019 tournament.Since making their World Cup debut in 1992 after decades of apartheid-enforced isolation, South Africa have won just one of seven knockout matches — a quarterfinal against Sri Lanka in Sydney four years ago.They have reached the semifinals four times but have yet to make a final, with a match-winning innings from South Africa-born all-rounder Grant Elliott seeing them beaten by New Zealand in 2015.And when the World Cup was last staged in England 20 years ago, a dramatic semifinal tie with Australia saw South Africa bow out on net run-rate.But Du Plessis said that even though he and fellow senior players such as...
May 24, 2019

South Africa's World Cup woes no worry for Du Plessis

ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit general manager Alex Marshall during a press conference at the Oval, London, on Friday. — Reuters
ICC warns off 'corruptors' from Cricket World Cup
LONDON — The head of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit said Friday he had been in direct contact with around 12 "corruptors" to warn them off the World Cup.Match fixing or spot fixing, where gamblers try to influence specific incidents in a game, remains one of the biggest problems facing cricket, particularly in countries such as India, the sport's financial powerhouse, where betting is unregulated.An education video urging players to "recognize, reject and report" any corrupt approaches has been shown to all 10 competing World Cup teams.The film also contains names and imagery of potential fixers, although their identities were obscured when the tape was shown Friday during a media briefing at the Oval — where the World Cup starts...
May 24, 2019

ICC warns off 'corruptors' from Cricket World Cup

Malaysia's Teo Ee Yi lies injured during their match against Japan's Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda in their men's doubles quarterfinal match at the 2019 Sudirman Cup world badminton championships in Nanning in China's southern Guangxi region on Friday. — AFP
Bloodied Malaysia exit Sudirman Cup after freak injury
NANNING, China — Malaysian badminton player Teo Ee Yi was bloodied and shaken after his doubles partner accidentally smashed him in the face with his shin during their Sudirman Cup quarterfinal defeat to Japan on Friday.The 26-year-old lay prone on the court floor for nearly 10 minutes with a gashed chin, blood pouring down his neck, with the men's doubles clash against top seeds Japan locked at 19-19 in the deciding game.Teo suffered the injury after he and playing partner Ong Yew Sin both dived in an attempt to retrieve the same shot, and Ong's trailing left leg caught Teo in the face.Although Teo eventually climbed off the floor to continue with a large bandage on his chin, the Malaysian duo appeared to have lost their edge.They saved a second match point against Takeshi...
May 24, 2019

Bloodied Malaysia exit Sudirman Cup after freak injury

Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios, seen in this file photo, withdrew from the French Open on Friday
Kyrgios pulls out of French Open — organizers
PARIS — Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the French Open on Friday, according to tournament officials, robbing the Grand Slam event of some guaranteed fireworks.No official reason was given although media reports stated the 24-year-old Kyrgios was suffering with an illness.He had been due to face Britain's Cameron Norrie in the first round but his place will now be taken by a qualifier who will almost certainly bring less to the party, good or bad, than the so-called wild child of men's tennis.The world number 36 divides opinion like no other in the sport, with his dazzling shot-making ability more often than not overshadowed by his behavior and disdain for authority.In the past he has been sanctioned for making inappropriate remarks about an opponent's...
May 24, 2019

Kyrgios pulls out of French Open — organizers

Naomi Osaka, seen in this file photo, said Friday it would be
Osaka sets sights on 'cool' Grand Slam sweep
PARIS — Naomi Osaka said Friday it would be "cool" to complete a Grand Slam sweep in 2019 even if her meteoric rise to fame has left her feeling as if she's 35 rather than 21.The world No. 1 won her first major at the US Open last year and then backed it up with the Australian Open in January.Now she is top seed at a major for the first time at Roland Garros and sees no reason why she cannot take Paris, Wimbledon and finish the year with a successful defense of her title in New York."Roland Garros, that's what I'm dreaming about right now," said Osaka, the top seed when the French Open starts on Sunday."If you're talking about longer goals, of course I haven't won Wimbledon yet and it would be really cool to win everything in one...
May 24, 2019

Osaka sets sights on 'cool' Grand Slam sweep

Second seed Karolina Pliskova, seen in this file photo, wants to ensure she is battle-ready when the French Open begins.
Pliskova hopes hitting with Halep will pay off
PARIS — Second seed Karolina Pliskova wants to ensure she is battle-ready when the French Open begins by choosing reigning champion Simona Halep as her pre-tournament practice partner.The powerful Czech is being tipped as a potential champion this year after winning in Rome last week — her biggest claycourt title to date.And she can think of no better preparation than trading shots with Romanian Halep, who claimed her long-awaited first Grand Slam title by outlasting Sloane Stephens last year."I always enjoy to play with her, it's a guarantee that the practice is going to be a good level, because she always plays good. She always fights in the practice," the 27-year-old Pliskova told reporters on Friday.With Halep in the top half of the draw and Pliskova at the bottom she...
May 24, 2019

Pliskova hopes hitting with Halep will pay off

Roger Federer, seen in this file photo, admits he is stepping into the unknown as he returns to the French Open after a three-year hiatus.
Federer admits he's stepping into the unknown in Paris
PARIS — Having won 20 grand slam titles during a glittering career, one might think that Roger Federer has seen it all.Yet the 37-year-old Swiss admits he is stepping into the unknown as he returns to the French Open after a three-year hiatus.The former world number one won his only Roland Garros title back in 2009, and he wanted to give it another go after skipping the last three editions of the claycourt major.Asked if he thought he could lift the Musketeers' Cup on June 9, Federer replied: "I don't know. A bit of a question mark for me. Some ways I feel similar to maybe the Australian Open in 2017. A bit of the unknown," Federer told reporters on Friday referring to his comeback to the season's first major in 2017 after being out of action for six months."I...
May 24, 2019

Federer admits he's stepping into the unknown in Paris

Germany's Alexander Zverev serves a ball to Bolivia's Hugo Dellien during their quarterfinal match at the Geneva Open ATP 250 tennis tournament, on Thursday in Geneva.   — AFP
Zverev warms up for French Open by reaching Geneva final
GENEVA — World No. 5 Alexander Zverev warmed up for the French Open by reaching only his second final of the season at the ATP event in Geneva with victory over Federico Delbonis on Friday.The 22-year-old German came through a close match 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 in two hours and 40 minutes to set up a Saturday final against Chile's Nicolas Jarry.Zverev, who has never got past the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament, will open his Roland Garros campaign against Australian John Millman next week.He let a 5-1 lead slip in the opening set in Switzerland, but fought back to take it in the 12th game.Argentinian world No. 84 Delbonis again pulled back a break of serve in the second set to win a tie-break and level the semifinal, but Zverev broke twice in the decider and sealed victory on...
May 24, 2019

Zverev warms up for French Open by reaching Geneva final

Australia assistant coach Brad Haddin during a press conference prior to the ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match against England at the Hampshire Bowl, Southampton, Britain, on Friday. — Reuters
English crowds excite Australia's Haddin ahead of World Cup
SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom — Australia assistant coach Brad Haddin believes his side will relish the "theater" of an English crowd reacting to the returning Steve Smith and David Warner.The disgraced batsmen, who served year-long bans for their roles in a ball-tampering scandal, are set to face tournament hosts England in a World Cup warm-up match in Southampton on Saturday."I'd be disappointed if the England crowd weren't involved in the game," he told reporters at Southampton on Friday."One of the pleasures I had in my career was the theatre of touring to England and when the Barmy Army (England fans) come out to Australia and what it brings to the game."A crowd of fewer than 30 people gave the pair no trouble during an unofficial game against the...
May 24, 2019

English crowds excite Australia's Haddin ahead of World Cup

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