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Sat, 09 Aug 2025 02:55:12 GMTNawaz sparks Pakistan to five-wicket ODI win over West Indies
Nawaz and Hussain Talat formed a sixth-wicket partnership of 104 not out to rally the visitors in the day-night affair, with game two on Sunday and the concluder on Tuesday.
West Indies went 280 all out with Evin Lewis leading the way on 60 from 62...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 02:55:11 GMTLions' Norris hospitalized after scary injury, NFL pre-season game suspended
"Morice Norris is in stable condition and has feeling and movement in all his extremities," the Lions said in a statement after the scary scenes unfolded at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
"He will remain at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta over...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 02:05:15 GMTPutin-Trump summit: what we know so far
Trump has spent his first months in office trying to broker peace -- after boasting he could end the war in 24 hours -- but multiple rounds of peace talks, phone calls and diplomatic visits have failed to yield a breakthrough.
Here is what we know ...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:59:12 GMTAustralia settle on Marsh and Head as T20 openers
Australia have had a series of different openers in the game's shortest format since David Warner retired last year, including Matt Short, Glenn Maxwell and Jake Fraser-McGurk.
Marsh will partner Head for the first time in three T20s against South ...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:19:12 GMTNew York declares total war on prolific rat population
Faced with an overwhelming and ever-growing problem, officials have moved beyond gassing burrows to suffocate rodents and are now using high-tech mapping tools to try and sterilize the population.
Alongside targeted interventions, officials are mou...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:43:11 GMTPatriots unveil statue honoring iconic quarterback Tom Brady
The ceremony revealed a towering bronze image of Brady with one arm aloft in triumph, the likeness mounted on a six-sided base in a nod to his championship seasons with the Pats.
The total 17-foot height marks the 17 AFC East division titles that B...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:41:16 GMTSlot's new-look Liverpool under the spotlight in Community Shield
Despite storming to a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title last season with four games to spare, the Reds have splashed out, spending nearly £300 million ($402 million) in the transfer market.
New forwards Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike,...
Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:29:09 GMTFive astronauts leave space station for trip back to Earth
US astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan's Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are expected to spend more than 17 hours in the capsule before splashing down off California's coast at 1533 GMT on Saturday.
Their return will ...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:41:13 GMTNBA to open season with blockbuster showdowns: report
The season will tip off on October 21 and the opening night games will be aired by NBC, marking the league's return to the broadcaster for the first time in 23 years.
The 2025-26 season is the first of an 11-year media rights deal for the NBA worth...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:31:08 GMTBrazil's Lula vetoes parts of environmental 'devastation bill'
Dubbed the "devastation bill" by its detractors, the text recently adopted by lawmakers would have loosened environmental licensing laws for projects considered "strategic" by the state.
For some permits, all that would have been required is a simp...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:01:13 GMTToronto champion Shelton to start Cincy against Argentine outsider
World number seven Shelton arrived in the American Midwest on a private jet after winning his first Masters 1000 title in Toronto on Thursday night and will make his start after a first-round bye in the final major tune-up before the US Open begins ...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:51:10 GMTUS astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97
The former Navy pilot, who was portrayed by actor Tom Hanks in the 1995 movie "Apollo 13," died in a Chicago suburb on Thursday, the US space agency said in a statement.
The astronaut's "life and work inspired millions of people across the decades...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:29:10 GMTFire extinguished, historic mosque-cathedral in southern Spain 'saved'
Widely shared videos had shown flames and smoke billowing from inside the major tourist attraction, visited by two million people per year.
"The monument is saved. There will be no spread, it will not be a catastrophe, let's put it that way," Mayor...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:49:09 GMTUS health chief based vaccine cuts on misinformation, researchers say
Kennedy on Tuesday announced the cancellation of contracts worth around $500 million, marking his latest attempt to infuse vaccine skepticism into the core of US health policy.
Citing medical experts, disinformation watchdog NewsGuard identified a ...
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:17:10 GMTFleetwood leads St. Jude in search of first US PGA Tour title
Fleetwood used birdie bursts early and late on TPC Southwind to build a 36-hole total of 13-under 127.
He had a four-shot lead over overnight leader Akshay Bhatia, Collin Morikawa and Justin Rose when play was suspended for the day because of thund...