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  • Bangladesh A defeats Pakistan Shaheens by 5 runs in second Test

    Bangladesh A defeats Pakistan Shaheens by 5 runs in second Test

    Bangladesh A defeated Pakistan Shaheens by just five runs in the second four-day match after an exciting contest.

    Pakistan Shaheens had a target of 296 runs to win, but the team was dismissed by scoring 290 runs on the last day of the match. The eighth-wicket partnership of fast bowlers Muhammad Ali and Khurram Shahzad gave hope of victory, but as soon as both were dismissed, The situation changed, and Bangladesh A took the last three wickets to achieve a dramatic victory.

    In the first Test match, Pakistan Shaheens defeated Bangladesh A by 148 runs.

    Pakistan Shaheens started their second innings on 136 for 4, needing 160 more to win with six wickets remaining.

    Haseebullah added only seven runs and got out for 51 runs. Tayyab Tahir and Umirr bin Yousuf added 65 runs in the sixth-wicket partnership. Umair scored 45 with four fours, and Tayyab scored 43 with three fours.

    Pakistan’s seventh wicket fell for 230 runs. On this occasion, Muhammad Ali and Khurram Shehzad made 57 runs in the eighth wicket partnership while batting responsibly, but both were dismissed one after another.

    Muhammad Ali scored 21 runs with four fours, and Khurram Shahzad played an innings of 28 runs with one six and three fours.

    The last player, Faisal Akram, was also bowled by Murad for one run, and Bangladesh won this match by five runs.

    Pakistan Shaheen’s white-ball side will play two ODIs against NT Strike and Bangladesh A on August 4 and 6. After that, they will participate in the top-end T20 series starting on August 9.

  • Malala Yousafzai meets Pakistani athletes at Paris Olympics

    Malala Yousafzai meets Pakistani athletes at Paris Olympics

    Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai met Pakistani athletes Faiqa Riaz, Jahan Ara Nabi, and Ahmed Durrani at the Paris Olympics. During the meeting, she encouraged the athletes and took pictures with them.

    Her husband, Asser Malik, was also present on this occasion.

  • Gaza wins: Belal Muhammad becomes first Palestinian fighter to win UFC title

    Gaza wins: Belal Muhammad becomes first Palestinian fighter to win UFC title

    Belal Muhammad has created history, becoming the first Palestinian-American mixed martial arts fighter to win a UFC title on Saturday. He snatches the welterweight crown from English champion Leon Edwards. His winning scores were 48-47, 48-47, and 49-46.

    Muhammad fell to his knees right after winning his 11th straight fight and getting the championship belt. He hasn’t lost a fight since 2019.

    The 36-year-old Palestinian-American fighter was born in Chicago to Palestinian immigrant parents.

  • Brazil’s Alpha7 wins PUBG Mobile World Cup

    Brazil’s Alpha7 wins PUBG Mobile World Cup

    Brazil’s Alpha7 won the PUBG mobile World Cup 2024, securing $470,000. They won $70,000 from the league stage while $40,000 from the finals. This event, with a prize pool of $3,000,000, consists of three stages: the League Stage, the Survival Stage, and the Final Stage.

    Here is the distribution of the Prize Pool:

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    League stage

    A total of 24 teams participated in the league stage. The top 12 teams qualified for the final, while the remaining 12 teams advanced to the survival stage.

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    Survival Stage

    In the survival stage, four more teams were invited from the regional Pubg Mobile Super League events. From the survival stage, the top four teams qualified for the final.

    Results Credit: liquipedia

    Finals

    A total of 16 teams participated in the final stage. In the three-day final stages, Alpha7 dominated from day one and finished in the first spot at the end of day three.

    Here is the final result:

  • Failed to qualify: Pakistani swimmers, shooters couldn’t make it to the finals

    Failed to qualify: Pakistani swimmers, shooters couldn’t make it to the finals

    The Olympics looks grim for Pakistan as four contestants don’t make it to the finals.

    Pakistani swimmer Jehanara Nabi finished 26th out of 30th in the 200m freestyle heat at the Paris Olympics 2024. Nabi did not manage to break through in the top 16. Swimmer Ahmed Durrani finished last in the 200m freestyle heats and missed the semifinals.

    Earlier, Pakistani shooters Gulfam Joseph and Kishmala Talat failed to qualify for the finals in the 10m air pistol event.

    In the Olympics, Australia is leading the race for medals at the Paris Olympics, winning three gold and two silver medals to take the top spot with five medals. Kangaroos won one gold medal in cycling and two in swimming.

    China is in second place, winning three gold and one silver medal, while Korea is in third place with five medals, winning two gold, two silver, and one bronze.

    All eyes are on javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem now who might take Pakistan forward for a win. He will compete on August 6.

  • Video: Shahrukh Khan scored fastest fifty in Tamil Nadu Premier League

    Video: Shahrukh Khan scored fastest fifty in Tamil Nadu Premier League

    In Tamil Nadu Premier League 2024, Lyca Kovai Kings captain Shahrukh set a record by scoring 50 off 17 balls.

    Chasing a target of 172 runs, Shahrukh came in to bat in the 13th over of the innings and hit two consecutive sixes in the 15th over.

    In the 17th over, he hit the bowler Harish Kumar for a boundary and two towering sixes and completed his aggressive half-century in 17 balls.

    However, the situation became interesting when they lost three wickets in four balls, and captain Shahrukh was also out. At that time, the team score was 168 runs in 18 overs, and eight players were out.

    Thanks to a four on the last ball of the last over, Shah Rukh’s team won this sensational match.

  • Paris Olympics opening ceremony ‘worst in history’?

    Paris Olympics opening ceremony ‘worst in history’?

    The opening ceremony of the Olympics is always a highly anticipated moment, marking the beginning of a global event that unites countries in the spirit of sportsmanship and unity. Olympics 2024 aimed to break new records in Paris with an innovative approach, but many sports fans slammed it as unrehearsed.

    For the first time in history, organizers decided to hold the ceremony along the famous Seine River instead of in a stadium.

    The bold move was adopted to showcase Paris’s beauty, but many viewers were left disappointed. Fans especially didn’t like the boat parade, feeling it lacked the impressive style expected for an Olympic opening.

    The streaming quality could have been better with fleeting and distant shots.

    Most Malaysian fans were disappointed with the ceremony. One fan expressed frustration, saying, “I’ve been waiting for more than one hour, and they just gave us a few seconds of screen time? I sacrificed my sleep for nothing and have work at 7 a.m.”

    Another fan criticized the planning and execution of the ceremony, stating, “Worst Olympic opening ceremony ever… super boring. It was a waste of beautiful outfits, but they didn’t match the occasion. Where are the lights to showcase the gold colour? @MSNMALAYSIA and @KBSMalaysia didn’t check the opening details before choosing the outfits for the contingent?”

    However, some fans appreciated the ceremony, praising the picturesque backdrop of the Seine River and the creative use of boats for the parade.

  • Arshad Nadeem led Pakistani delegation at Olympics

    Arshad Nadeem led Pakistani delegation at Olympics

    Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan’s only hope for a medal, proudly lead the country’s delegation at the Paris Olympics 2024. He recently got a chance to train in South Africa for a few weeks, after practicing most of the time at the Punjab Stadium in Lahore. Due to this, he had to undergo surgery on his knee in London.

    Arshad won gold in the Commonwealth Games and silver in the World Athletics Championship, which was Pakistan’s first medal in the championship’s history.

    Pakistan has not won a medal in the Olympics in athletics until now. Kishmala Talat will participate in the shooting event. The 21-year-old, who started shooting as a hobby at 13, will try to become Pakistan’s first woman to win a medal at the Paris Olympic Games.

    Pakistan’s hockey team has missed the Olympics for the third time. This is the third consecutive Olympics in which the team has not participated. They last participated in the 2012 London Olympics, in which they finished seventh.

  • Glaring mistake at Paris Olympics opening ceremony

    Glaring mistake at Paris Olympics opening ceremony

    The organizers of the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony made a glaring mistake by flying the Olympic flag upside down.

    Organizers are being criticized for having the Olympic emblem upside down on the white Olympic flag hoisted at the opening ceremony.

    The official Olympic emblem has three circles above and two circles below, while the flag hoisted at the ceremony at the Paris Olympics had two circles above and three below.

    The Olympics formally started with a colourful opening ceremony on river Seine in Paris.

  • Big names likely to be ruled out from Bangladesh series

    Big names likely to be ruled out from Bangladesh series

    Many big names from the Pakistan Test squad are likely to be ruled out of the Bangladesh series due to fitness, Sama has reported.

    Muhammad Huraira is expected to join the squad, while Faheem Ashraf, Wasim Jr., Saim Ayub, and Nauman Ali may remain in it.

    Imam-ul-Haq and Sahibzada Farhan will be included, while a decision about Amir Jamal and Hasan Ali will be made after their fitness test.

    The final decision for the squad will be made next week.