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LAHORE: The Pakistan team couldn’t make it this far but a national hero was here at the Gaddafi Stadium for the semi-final of the Champions Trophy on Wednesday. Olympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem brought out the trophy to open the last-four clash between South Africa and New Zealand in front of a thin crowd that eventually swelled up as the day turned to night. Pakistan’s javelin thrower and Olympic gold medallist Arshad Nadeem (L) carries the ICC Champions trophy before the start of the one-day international (ODI) semi-final cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium…

Former Pakistan test coach Jason Gillespie has accused his successor, Aqib Javed, of undermining him and ex-white-ball coach Gary Kirsten to take charge of the national team across all formats. Gillespie’s comments came in response to a social media post containing quotes from Javed a few days after hosts Pakistan crashed out of the Champions Trophy without a win. Javed told reporters on Tuesday that Pakistan had changed 16 coaches and 26 selectors in around two years, stressing that any side would struggle under such circumstances. “This is hilarious,” Australian Gillespie said on social media. “Aqib was clearly undermining Gary…

TOKYO (AP) — Meet the world’s oldest female barber: She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans to retire anytime soon. Shitsui Hakoishi says the formal recognition by the Guinness World Records this week brought her much joy — other than her satisfied customers, that is. She was presented with an official certificate from the international franchise on Wednesday. Guinness World Records has a separate category for male barbers but the man who was certified at age 107 in 2018, Anthony Mancinelli of the United States, has died in the meantime, leaving Hakoishi as the only…

Emma Raducanu revealed on Tuesday she “couldn’t see the ball through the tears” after being targeted by a stalker during last month’s Dubai Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 1000 tournament. The British tennis star was left distraught after a man later said to be displaying “fixated behavior” appeared at a courtside seat during her defeat to Karolina Muchova. The man was escorted away by security, subsequently given a restraining order and banned from attending WTA Tour events. Former US Open champion Raducanu, 22, is making her first tournament appearance since her troubled Dubai campaign at this week’s event in California. Speaking…

PARIS: Real Madrid eked out a 2-1 home victory over crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid, while Arsenal and Aston Villa scored emphatic first-leg victories as the Champions League last 16 kicked off on Tuesday. In the night’s fourth tie, Lille gained a 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund. At the Santiago Bernabeu, Real, who sit third in La Liga, edged Atletico, who are second, in a game illuminated by three dazzling goals. Real took the lead on four minutes when Rodrygo Goes dribbled in from the right and placed a shot inside the far post. The visitors gradually gained control and levelled…

LAHORE: Back at their favoured hunting ground, on a Gaddafi Stadium pitch offering little spin, New Zealand batters Rachin Ravindra and Kane Willamson set the tone for their side with sterling centuries in their Champions Trophy semi-final victory against South Africa. Having come together following the departure of Ravinda’s opening partner Will Young, the duo stitched a 164-run stand to flay the South African bowlers and guide their side to an imposing 362-6 after skipper Mitchell Santner had elected to bat. Ravindra helped Willia­mson bide his time, being the aggressor in their stand, racing to his fifth ODI century in…

LAHORE: The spin web proved too tough for South Africa to handle as they looked to climb a mountainous target against New Zealand. Though David Miller did entertain the crowd in the end with a rearguard 67-ball unbeaten century which he achieved on the very last ball of the innings, the writing was always on the wall for Temba Bavuma and his brigade in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday night. As South African wickets started to fall regularly after the departure of Rassie van der Dussen who was undone by an unplayable delivery…

To the players who called her “Coach B,” Beulah Osueke was more than just a coach.Some looked at her as a parent. Others, as an older sister. Sometimes she was their financier. Often she was their disciplinarian.Osueke, 35, was whoever the girls basketball players at West Catholic Prep, a high school in Philadelphia, needed her to be — an experience that opened her eyes to their world of hardships.Coaching helped her understand “the magnitude of injustice and how it manifests so early,” Osueke said, “and how it thwarts people’s — particularly Black people’s — opportunity to reach whatever dreams they…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elevated mortgage rates and rising home prices are freezing out many would-be buyers, keeping the U.S. housing market in a sales slump dating back to 2022.While home sales are off to a soft start this year, it hasn’t been all bad news for home shoppers.The average rate on a 30-year mortgage, while still near 7%, has been easing in recent weeks. And the inventory of homes for sale is up sharply from a year ago, which makes for a more buyer-friendly market than in recent years.Still, after years of skyrocketing home prices, these trends may not…

Ambassador to the UK recalled after comparing Trump’s bid to end the war in Ukraine to the appeasement of Nazi Germany.New Zealand has sacked its ambassador to the United Kingdom after the diplomat publicly questioned United States President Donald Trump’s understanding of the events that precipitated World War II. The office of New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Thursday that High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Phil Goff’s position was “untenable” following his remarks during a panel discussion in London. New Zealand’s ministry of foreign affairs said it was in discussions with Goff about his return home and…