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GANGNEUNG: Japan carried the day on Wednesday when the long-time national rivalry with North Asian neighbors North and South Korea spilled on to Olympic ice, beating Korea’s unified women’s ice hockey team 4-1 in a game of firsts for both teams. For the Japanese, it marked their first Olympic win …

LONDON: England coach Trevor Bayliss has welcomed the return of Ben Stokes but said the all-rounder is unlikely to play the first one-day international of the New Zealand series. Stokes indicated a plead of not guilty to a charge of affray at Bristol magistrates’ court on Tuesday and will join …

DHAKA: Last year, playing in Sri Lanka, there had been nothing to separate these teams. The Tests, ODIs and T20Is were all shared 1-1, and Bangladesh left Sri Lanka having perhaps enjoyed their best-ever away tour. Now, disappointingly for the hosts, they have not been able to capitalise on the …

PORT ELIZABETH: Rohit Sharma ended a personal South African hoodoo and set up a series win for India in the fifth one-day international at St George’s Park on Tuesday. Sharma´s 115 was his first major innings in three tours of South Africa – and India´s 73-run win enabled the tourists …

JOHANNESBURG: India opener Shikhar Dhawan scored a century in his 100th One-Day International but scintillating South Africa claimed a five-wicket Duckworth-Lewis victory in a thrilling rain-curtailed clash at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Saturday. Dhawan’s brilliant 109 from 105 balls lifted India to 289 for seven in their 50 overs, …

PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA — Hallelujah, Canada. And “Hallelujah” Patrick Chan. Artistically and metaphorically, the classic song of praise and mourning by Leonard Cohen — as covered in this version by Jeff Buckley — was the perfect interpretive vehicle for the 10-time Canadian champion. It lifted him — and his Canadian …

VALENCIA: Another year, another Copa del Rey final for Barcelona. Philippe Coutinho came off the bench to score his his first goal since his blockbuster 160 million-euro ($192 million) move from Liverpool as Barca defeated Valencia 2-0 on Thursday to reach the Copa final for for a record fifth year …

DUBAI: Zimbabwe has been rocked by political instability and a prolonged economic slump, but a successful cricket World Cup qualification campaign has the potential to lift the entire nation, according to captain Graeme Cremer. “Our country has gone through some tough times,” the leg-spinner told Reuters in an interview at …

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Najam Sethi on Friday confirmed that West Indies will be touring Pakistan towards the end of March for a three-match T20I series in Lahore. Speaking to DawnNews from UAE where he is attending an ICC meeting, Sethi said that he has also signed a trilateral series …

PCB Challengers’ Bismah Maroof has been ruled out of the forthcoming Triangular One Day Women’s Cricket Tournament due to a hamstring injury. Maroof was supposed to captain the PCB Challengers but with her being sidelined, the selectors have appointed Sidra Amin as the new skipper of the side. Meanwhile, Sana …