[ad_1] KARACHI: Star pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and leg-spinning all-rounder Shadab Khan are notably missing from Pakistan’s 16-member squad announced Thursday for the three-match one-day international series against New Zealand.Shaheen injured his knee during the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia in November last year and has not played since.Shadab, meanwhile, …

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: Ahead of the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that each player of the Indian hockey team will get Rs 1 crore if they win the world cup.Patnaik, who visited Rourkela also inaugurated the World Cup Village at the …

[ad_1] PUNE: Former Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj is baffled that India’s best singles players are not able to win close matches on the ATP World Tour despite having a decent game to back them, saying it’s “worrisome”.Amritraj said that at the World Tour level, more than the ground strokes …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A powerful bomb cyclone slammed into the California coast Wednesday night, lashing the state with heavy downpours and hurricane-force winds as the storm advanced onshore, knocking over trees and killing a child. The low-pressure storm system moved in from the Pacific, bringing damaging winds, excessive rainfall and …

[ad_1] Britain’s Emma Raducanu retired at 6-0, 5-7 in her second-round match against Viktoria Kuzmova at the WTA 250 Auckland Classic on Thursday after rolling her ankle, casting doubt on her participation at this month’s Australian Open.Former US Open champion Raducanu swept the first set in 22 minutes but faltered …

[ad_1] Twenty Republican lawmakers are refusing to back a speaker they say is too “status quo”. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Police were conducting a welfare check when they found the bodies. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Rome CNN  —  Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor former Pope Benedict XVI Thursday, in a funeral at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City marked by pomp and tradition. The funeral marked the first occasion in modern times that a pontiff had presided over the funeral of his …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Prince Harry has accused his brother, William, of physically assaulting him during an argument over his wife, Meghan Markle, in 2019, according to The Guardian. The UK newspaper claims to have seen an advance copy of Prince Harry’s highly anticipated memoir, Spare, in which Harry, the Duke …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Thursday said that the Asia Cup, to be played in 50-over format, will be held in September this year, though the itinerary and the host country have not been announced yet.Pakistan is the original host of the Asia Cup this year, …