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Pakistan thanked Sri Lankan Monday for helping them bring Test cricket back to the country for the first time since the 2009 attack.
Pakistan thank Sri Lanka for bringing Test cricket home
KARACHI — Pakistan thanked Sri Lankan Monday for helping them bring Test cricket back to the country for the first time since the 2009 attack on the same visitors led to international matches being suspended.Pakistan's players went to the Sri Lanka dressing room to thank them soon after the home team posted a convincing 263-run win in the second Test of the their first home series in a decade.The victory gave Pakistan a 1-0 series win following the rain-ravaged draw in the first Test in Rawalpindi.Pakistan captain Azhar Ali said his country owed a big thank you to Sri Lanka."They have given us immense happiness by playing in Pakistan," said Azhar after his team wrapped up victory in just 14 minutes of play on the fifth day.Sri Lanka — set 476 to win — were bowled out...
December 23, 2019

Pakistan thank Sri Lanka for bringing Test cricket home

India's cricketers celebrate after winning the third One Day International cricket match of a three-match series between India and West Indies to win the series 2-1 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. — AFP
Kohli declares 2019 'great year' for India after Windies win
NEW DELHI — Virat Kohli declared it "a great year" for India cricket after ending 2019 on a high with a series-clinching win over the West Indies.The India captain's masterful 85 set up a successful 316-run chase on Sunday to win the third One-Day International by four wickets and complete a 2-1 series triumph.Kohli's side end the year ranked No. 1 in Tests and second in ODIs, with the only regret being a World Cup semifinal defeat to New Zealand at Old Trafford in July."Apart from the 30 minutes in the World Cup, it's been a great year," Kohli said after his team's win in Cuttack."We'll keep chasing that ICC trophy. But apart from that, the way we've played has been satisfying."India lead the new world Test championship table with...
December 23, 2019

Kohli declares 2019 'great year' for India after Windies win

The victorious Pakistan team makes a happy picture.
Pakistan seals triumphant Test cricket return with Sri Lanka win
KARACHI — Pakistan celebrated the return of Test cricket for the first time in over 10 years with a convincing 263-run win over Sri Lanka in the second Test in Karachi on Monday, taking the series 1-0.It took just 14 minutes and 16 ball for Pakistan to wrap up the win on the fifth morning as they took Sri Lanka's last three wickets without any addition to their overnight 212.Pakistan had set a daunting 476-run target on Sunday and reduced the tourists to 212-7 at the close.Teenage quick bowler Naseem Shah at 16 years and 307 days became the second youngest bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings as he bowled an express spell to finish with 5-31.Fellow Pakistani and left-arm spinner Nasim-ul-Ghani holds the record and was just four days younger when he completed the feat against...
December 23, 2019

Pakistan seals triumphant Test cricket return with Sri Lanka win

Philadelphia's Carson Wentz threw for 319 yards and a touchdown to lead the Eagles over Dallas 17-9, boosting their hopes for an NFL playoff berth. — AFP
Eagles beat Cowboys to seize edge in NFL playoff chase
WASHINGTON — Philadelphia's Carson Wentz threw for 319 yards and a touchdown Sunday as the Eagles won a gritty 17-9 home victory over Dallas, seizing command of their NFL playoff-berth battle.The injury-hit Eagles improved to 8-7 but still need a victory next week over the New York Giants (4-11) to secure the NFC East division title and a playoff berth.The Cowboys fell to 7-8 and need to beat arch-rival Washington (3-12) next week plus have the Eagles lose in order to reach the playoffs.Wentz completed 31-of-40 passes without an interception and ran six times for 22 yards to spark the Eagles to their biggest win of the year despite an early rib injury that sidelined Eagles tight end Zach Ertz."It was a huge one for us," Wentz said. "Guys made plays. Defense down the...
December 23, 2019

Eagles beat Cowboys to seize edge in NFL playoff chase

Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas was suspended two games without pay by the NBA on Sunday.
Two-game ban for Wizards guard Thomas over frosty fan incident
NEW YORK — Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas was suspended two games without pay by the NBA on Sunday for entering the spectator stands to confront hecklers, the league announced.Thomas was ejected with 2:53 remaining in the fourth quarter of Washington's 125-108 loss at Philadelphia on Saturday after confronting the 76ers' fans in the stands for what he later said were obscene comments and gestures.NBA rules dictate ejections and potential fines and suspensions for players who enter the spectator areas during games -- measures aimed at preventing altercations or hostile interactions between fans and players.The verbal encounter between Thomas and the spectators did not escalate.Two spectators involved in the incident with Thomas have been banned by the 76ers from the team...
December 23, 2019

Two-game ban for Wizards guard Thomas over frosty fan incident

In this file photo taken on Dec. 6, 2019 Anthony Davis No. 3 of the Los Angeles Lakers shoots a free throw during the second half of the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. With superstar LeBron James sidelined by a muscle strain, the Los Angeles Lakers suffered their most lopsided loss of the NBA season on Sunday as injury fears were raised about star big man Anthony Davis. — AFP
LeBron-less Lakers fall to Denver with Davis injury fear
LOS ANGELES — With superstar LeBron James sidelined by a muscle strain, the Los Angeles Lakers suffered their most lopsided loss of the NBA season Sunday as injury fears were raised about star big man Anthony Davis.Paul Millsap scored 21 points, Nikola Jokic added 18 and Will Barton had 14 points and 13 rebounds for Denver in a 128-104 road victory over the Western Conference-leading Los Angeles Lakers.The Nuggets (20-8) won their sixth straight game to pull within three games of the Lakers (24-6), who dropped their third game in a row.James missed his first game of the season due to a thoracic muscle strain, suffering the mid-section injury in the Lakers' Tuesday loss at Indiana but playing Thursday and producing a triple double in a loss at Milwaukee.Without James, the Lakers had...
December 23, 2019

LeBron-less Lakers fall to Denver with Davis injury fear

Lazio's players celebrate after winning the Supercoppa Italiana final football match between Juventus and Lazio at the King Saud University Stadium in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Dece.22, 2019. — AFP
Lazio down Juventus in Saudi for Super Cup win
Riyadh — Lazio won the Italian Super Cup for a fifth time on Sunday, defeating Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus 3-1 in a game played in Riyadh.Lazio, the only team to have defeated Juve in Serie A this season, were in front through Luis Alberto after just 16 minutes.Paulo Dybala levelled just before the break but Bosnian international Senad Lulic restored Lazio's advantage in the 73rd minute.Danilo Cataldi added a third in the fourth minute of stoppage time from a free kick after Juve's Uruguayan midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur had been sent off. — AFP
December 22, 2019

Lazio down Juventus in Saudi for Super Cup win

India's cricketers celebrate after winning the third One Day International cricket match of a three-match series between India and West Indies to win the series 2-1 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on  Sunday. — AFP
Kohli stars as India hold nerve to win ODI series
CUTTACK, India, — Skipper Virat Kohli smashed 85 to help India pull off a nervous chase of 316 to win the third One-Day International by four wickets against West Indies and clinch the series on Sunday.India relied on a key 58-run sixth-wicket stand between Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja, unbeaten on 39 off 31 balls, to achieve their target with eight balls to spare in Cuttack.Paceman Keemo Paul claimed three wickets, including that of Kohli in the 47th over, before Jadeja and Shardul Thakur, 17 not out, took the team home and win the series 2-1.Rohit Sharma, who made 63, and KL Rahul, on 77, lay the foundation of the team's chase with their opening partnership of 122 after the West Indies posted 315 for five.West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran put together 135 runs for...
December 22, 2019

Kohli stars as India hold nerve to win ODI series

Manchester United's English defender Luke Shaw (R) vies with Watford's Senegalese midfielder Ismaila Sarr (L) during the English Premier League football match between Watford and Manchester United at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford, north of London on Sunday. — AFP
Man Utd implodes against feisty Watford
WATFORD,United Kingdom — Manchester United collapsed to a humiliating 2-0 defeat against Premier League bottom side Watford on Sunday after a David de Gea howler, bringing their recent revival to a shuddering halt.Not even the returning Paul Pogba, on as a second-half substitute, could save his misfiring team, who again struggled to impose themselves against one of the league's lesser lights.The key moment in the match came in the 50th minute when De Gea somehow allowed a tame, spinning effort from Ismaila Sarr to creep through his hands and in at the near post.Watford doubled their lead four minutes later when Troy Deeney fired home from the penalty spot after the otherwise impressive Aaron Wan-Bissaka brought down Sarr with a misjudged sliding tackle.Nigel Pearson coaxed a battling...
December 22, 2019

Man Utd implodes against feisty Watford

England captain Joe Root admitted on Sunday that the illness of three front-line bowlers was a concern with the start of a Test series against South Africa only four days away.
Root admits concern over sick England bowlers
BENONI, South Africa, — England captain Joe Root admitted on Sunday that the illness of three front-line bowlers was a concern with the start of a Test series against South Africa only four days away.England's final warm-up match, a non-first-class three-day fixture against South Africa A, petered out in a draw at Willowmoore Park on Sunday with the sick trio — Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer and Jack Leach — yet to bowl a ball in a match situation in South Africa.James Anderson was easily England's outstanding bowler, taking three for 41 in 19 overs, as South Africa A made 325 for five in reply to England's 456 for seven declared before play was called off in mid-afternoon.Root said the England management would have to make some "very shrewd decisions" in finalizing...
December 22, 2019

Root admits concern over sick England bowlers

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