Japan’s Forever Young wins $20m Saudi Cup
RIYADH: Japan’s Forever Young hunted down Hong Kong racing royalty Romantic Warrior to land the world’s richest race, the $20 million Saudi Cup in Riyadh on Saturday.
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Pakistan coach says fast bowlers key in India clash
DUBAI: Pakistan coach Aaqib Javed on Saturday said his fast bowlers are “match-winners” and will pull out something special against arch-rivals India in their pivotal Champions Trophy clash.
Inglis Lesson: Josh's Maiden Ton Pulls Off Australia's Record Chase In Champions Trophy Match Against England
Josh Inglis played the innings of his life, smashing his maiden ODI century (120 not out) to overshadow Ben Duckett's masterclass 165, as world champions Australia pulled off a record chase to beat England by five wickets in their Champions Trophy Group B opener in Lahore on Saturday. The five-wicket win marked the highest-ever chase by any team at an ICC white-ball tournament, the previous best being Pakistan's 345 against Sri Lanka at the 2023 men's World Cup. Duckett's career-best knock from 143 balls that had 17 boundaries and three sixes had propelled England to 351/8 -- the highest total of the Champions Trophy, surpassing New Zealand's 347/4 against USA way back in 2004.
"Going To Be Hard For Pakistan Now": Ricky Ponting Ahead Of Clash With India In Champions Trophy 2025
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Pakistan's chances of success in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 have taken a significant hit following their 60-run loss to New Zealand in the opening match. The injury to star opener Fakhar Zaman, who has been ruled out of the remainder of the tournament, has further compounded Pakistan's woes. Ponting discussed Pakistan's plight with host Sanjana Ganesan on the most recent episode of The ICC Review and the former Australia captain thinks it is going to be tough for the Asian side to put the loss of Fakhar behind them and return to winning ways against India on Sunday.
Australia's Inglis 'over the moon' after match-winning hundred
LAHORE, Pakistan : Australia's middle order enforcer Josh Inglis said their depleted side will draw a lot of confidence after pulling off a record chase against England in their Champions Trophy opener on Saturday.
Australia beat England by five wickets in Champions Trophy
LAHORE, Pakistan : Australia beat England by five wickets in a high-scoring Champions Trophy Group B match at the Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
Arsenal lose to West Ham to dent Premier League title challenge and have another player sent off
LONDON: Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge was dented by an unexpected 1-0 home loss to West Ham on Saturday that featured a fifth red card of the season for Mikel Arteta’s team. Second-place Arsenal squandered a chance to trim the gap to Liverpool to five points as Jarrod Bowen’s first-half header secured a win for West Ham, which arrived at Emirates Stadium with just one victory in their last eight games. There was worse to come for Arsenal, with left back Myles Lewis-Skelly handed a red card following a video review for his foul as the last man.
Patrik Schick scores for Leverkusen to send his coach Xabi Alonso a message before Bayern games
BERLIN: Patrik Schick showed Bayer Leverkusen what it was missing against Bayern Munich last week by scoring in a 2-0 win at Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Schick, who was omitted by Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso in the top-of-the-table clash with Bayern, got Leverkusen off the mark in the ninth minute in Kiel after Amine Adli did well against two Kiel defenders to set him up. It was Schick’s 15th league goal of the season. Alonso’s decision to only send Schick on late in stoppage time against Bayern raised eyebrows as his team had dominated without scoring for the previous 90 minutes and more with both Schick and fellow striker Victor Boniface watching from the substitutes’ bench. That 0-0 draw kept Bayern eight points clear with 12 rounds left to play. Florian Wirtz played Adli in to make it 2-0 before the break in Kiel, where Leverkusen’s win narrowed the gap to five points before Bayern host Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday. Leverkusen face Bayern again over two games in the last 16 of the Champions League on March 5 and 11.