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Prime Minister Imran Khan is commending for- Juventus were handed a shock home defeat to NEW DELHI: India's senior-most pacer Ishant SILK Awards winner; Sri Lanka’s javelin throw- mer chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) promoted Empoli in Serie A by 1-0 on Saturday Sharma may not find place in the playing XI in er Dinesh Priyantha Herath has won the island’s Ehsan Mani after the completion of his three- in their first match of the post-Cristiano Ronaldo the remaining two Tests against England after an first gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, year tenure. era. indifferent show in the third match, which the setting a new world record, international reports visitors lost by an innings and 76 runs. said. This is Sri Lanka’s first ever gold medal at In a tweet posted on the premier’s official ac- Leonardo Mancuso's strike midway through the a Paralympics event. Herath had previously won count, he lauded Mani for constructing regional first half at the Allianz Stadium was enough for Ishant's figures of 22-0-92-0 were worst among a bronze for the same event in 2016 at the Rio domestic cricket structure in the country. a surprise win for the Tuscan team which left the Indian pacers as England scored 432 runs Paralympic Games. Juve with just one point from their opening two but more importantly, the veteran looked jaded. PM Imran also thanked Mani for his efforts in games. Superstar forward Ronaldo left Juve on The gingerly run-up never transformed into the Monday’s throw of 67.79 metres has set a new bringing cricket home and paving a way for in- Friday before signing for Manchester United in a bustling Ishant that the fans are accustomed to record in men’s F46 javelin throw category. ternational teams to return to the country to play. move that shocked European football. watch. He bowled primarily in the late 120kmph Herath served the Sri Lanka Army during the and early 130kmph but was hardly penetrative, island’s civil in which he was wounded in action, “Want to thank Ehsan Mani for his contribution Coach Massimiliano Allegri practically shrugged effectively turning India's attack into a three- reports said. to cricket in Pak during his 3 yr tenure as Chair- his shoulders and said "life goes on" when he pronged pace unit. man PCB,” wrote the prime minister. revealed on Friday that superstar forward Ron- Sri Lanka has so far has won two bronze med- aldo had told him he wanted to leave. But Juve There has been no confirmation whether Ishant, als at previous Paralympic games. The first was “I especially appreciate his setting up, for the missed a cutting edge in front of goal in what who has had a history of ankle injuries as well at the 2012 London Paralympic games for the first time, a regional domestic cricket structure was the worst possible start to life without the as side strain issues, was fully fit during the third men’s 400 metres (T46 category) by Pradeep Cricket in Pak & his role in bringing back international 36-year-old, who last year topped the Serie A Test match. Skipper Virat Kohli refused to speak Sanjaya. cricket teams to Pakistan,” he added. goalscoring charts and scored over 100 times for about Ishant's performance after the match but SLC Grants Chameera, the 'Old Lady' in three seasons in Italy. did indicate that there will be changes keeping in Exclusive Cricket mind the workload of the pace bowlers. Hasaranga NOC for They were whistled off the field by indignant Sports Minister Jos Buttler to Miss home fans who are used to watching their team However Ishant, who didn't play the first Test IPL 2021... roll over the lesser lights of Serie A and will has bowled 56 overs across three innings with Congratulates Dinesh Fourth Test at Kia be worrying about their chances of taking the five to show for his efforts. It's clear that league title back from fierce rivals Inter Milan. during this English summer since the World Test Priyantha for His Oval... Championship final Ishant does not seem to have Cricket the sting when he bowls third or fourth spell. Para Olympics Gold...

Former NZ Cricketer Meanwhile, all-rounder 's knee scan report hasn't revealed any significant dam- Chris Cairns Left age but off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin looks Paralysed after Stroke favourite to start in the fourth Test at the Oval from September 2. It is still not clear whether Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday announced During Heart Surgery... India will plan to go in with two specialist spin- that No Objection Certificate (NOC) has been ners but Ashwin, who had a great county game given to Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu for Surrey at the same venue won't be benched Hasaranga to partake in the UAE leg of the In- at least in this game. dian Premier League (IPL) 2021 starting from 15th September. In case of Ishant going out, the choice would again be between Umesh Yadav and Shardul The two players will join the Sri Lanka Squad on Thakur. Shardul with his better batting abilities 10th October 2021 to play in the two warm-up has his nose ahead but Umesh is certainly a bet- games prior to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup ter red ball bowler than the Mumbaikar. Qualifiers," an official SLC statement said. During a phone call, Sports Miniter Namal Ra- But with Kohli clearly pointing out that workload japakse congratulates javelin thrower Dinesh will be monitored, it remains to be seen whether Priyantha who won Gold medal at Tokyo Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler will miss the fourth the seasoned Mohammed Shami with 11 wick- Paralympics today. Test against India starting on Thursday because ets from 96.5 overs is rested to keep him fresh his wife is expecting their second child. for the final Test or Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has While congratulates Dinesh & his coach. Min. bowled the maximum overs among Indian pacers Namal informed Dinesh to come home with the Jonny Bairstow, who played as a specialist bats- (108 overs) taking 14 wickets. The pacer is ex- gold medal soon. man in the first three Tests, will keep in pected to play most games for Mumbai Indians his absence. in the IPL and is a very important member of the Also the gold medalist Dinesh thanked the minis- Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns T20 World Cup team. ter to giving his fullest support for them to reach All-rounder Chris Woakes returns to a 15-man has been left paralysed after suffering a stroke this land mark on be half of our great mother- squad after a heel injury. during a heart operation, his family has con- The other pacer Mohammed Siraj, who is only a land. firmed. couple of months junior to Bumrah, has bowled Pace bowler Mark Wood has recovered from the 100.5 overs in the series. shoulder problem that kept him out of the in- Cairns needed emergency surgery at a Sydney nings-and-76-run win in the third Test. hospital earlier this month and was briefly on life support. In a statement, his family said he will Fast bowler Saqib Mahmood, part of the squad at now begin a "significant rehabilitation process" Emerald Headingley but overlooked for the final at a specialist spinal hospital in Australia. They XI, is left out to accommodate Wood's return. added the 51-year-old faces "a long road to re- covery." Sam Billings, who has 25 one-day and 32 Twen- ty20 caps for England but never played a Test, Considered one of the best all-rounders of his will provide wicketkeeping cover for Bairstow. generation, Cairns played 62 Tests, 215 one-day internationals and two internationals The five-match series is level at 1-1. for New Zealand between 1989 and 2006 before becoming a television pundit. His father Lance also represented NZ between 1974 and 1988. Samitha Dulan Kodithuwakku for securing the Bronze medal in TOKYO 2020 Paralympic Games Men's F44 Javelin Throw event at the Medals Table - Day 5 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.! Advertise with Us...!

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Ireland beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets at Japan's Naomi Osaka says she would handle her Andy Murray says players have a responsibility Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw smashed the Sri Lanka’s Mahesh Jayakody had to be content Clontarf to leave the Twenty20 series 1-1 with decision not to speak to the media at this year's to the public as they travel around the world, and women's half marathon world record at the Ant- with the sixth place in the rowing PRI Men’s three games remaining. French Open differently if she had the chance should therefore be vaccinated against Covid. rim Coast event in Northern Ireland. Singles Sculls event of the 16th Paralympics at now. the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo, Japan yes- The tourists were struggling on 64-5 before Mil- Many are reluctant to take the vaccine, and tour- Yehualaw, 22, clocked 63 minutes and 43 sec- terday. ton Shumba (46) and Ryan Burl (33) put on an Speaking at the US Open in her first Grand Slam naments are yet to make it a condition of entry. onds which cut 19 seconds off the previous mark unbeaten partnership of 88 as they finished on news conference since the controversy, Osaka set by Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich earlier this Jayakody, who created history as the first oars- 152-5. added she did not know "how big a deal" the But with spectators at the US Open having to year. man to represent Sri Lanka in Paralympics, end- move - to protect her mental health - would be show proof of at least one vaccination dose, there ed his final ‘B’ event with a time of 13 minutes Shane Getkate took 3-20 before Irish openers Osaka then withdrew from Roland Garros, re- is an increasing focus on the players. The Ethiopian was under world record pace all and 12.33s. Kevin O'Brien (60) and Paul Stirling (37) laid vealing she had suffered depression. the way. the foundation for the victory with nine balls to "I'm hoping that more players choose to have it Jayakody qualified to compete in the Repechage spare. "I feel there's a lot of things that I did wrong in the coming months," he said. Her compatriot Jemal Yimer won the men's phase of this event after he finished the first in that moment," said Osaka.v"But I'm also the event in 60:29 as he edged out another Ethiopian round heat with a time of 11.21.31s. George Dockrell hit an unbeaten 33 to take Ire- type of person that's very in the moment." Speaking before Monday's first-round match Tesfahun Akalnew. land over the line. with Stefanos Tsitsipas, Murray added: "Over Aleksey Chuvashev of the Russian Paralympic The 23-year-old, who is defending her women's the next few months things are going to probably Yimer had one second to spare from Akalnew Committee (RPC) finished first with a time of Zimbabwe clinched victory by three runs in Fri- singles title at the US Open, added: "I think end up changing quite a bit. with Kenyan Shadrack Kimining a further sec- 10.29.99s while Marcus Klemp of Germany fin- day's opener at the Dublin ground but they fell there's a lot of things that I learned to do better. ond back as he completed an all-African top ished second with a time of 10.32.27s. to defeat two days later. "I know the conversations with regards to the three. "Of course, I don't feel the same situation will Australian Open are already happening. The Meanwhile, Chef-de-Mission of the Sri Lanka Wesley Madhevere (21) and Tadiwanashe Maru- happen again." In the days leading up to the players that have been vaccinated are going to The men's winning time in the World Athletics Team Major General Rajitha Ampemohotti said: mani (11) put on 35 for the opening stand before French Open, which started at the end of May, potentially be able to - well, they're going to be Label race was two seconds outside the 60:27 “Being the first rower to the Paralympics, Jaya- five wickets fell for just 19 runs. Osaka announced she would not be taking part in having very different conditions to players who course record set by Sir Mo Farah when he won kody’s performance in this event cannot be un- the news conferences. are not vaccinated. last year's inaugural event. derestimated.” Shumba and Burl came to the rescue and set a competitive target for the Irish to chase. After her opening match she was fined $15,000 "They're going to be allowing the players that However, all the headlines from the Northern “He had to compete with high-ranking and world (£10,570) for not doing media, with Grand Slam have had the vaccination to train and move free- Ireland event will go to the new women's world renowned rowers at this event, which was al- Ireland were 59-0 when Stirling was dismissed organisers saying Osaka could face expulsion ly, potentially not having to quarantine." record holder Yehualaw, who benefited from ex- ways a good exposure as he was the only Asian and skipper Andrew Balbirnie (five) fell early from the tournament if she continued to avoid cellent work from her male pacemakers on the at this event,” he added. (Daily News) before O'Brien's excellent knock of 60 in 41 them. In New York, proof of vaccination is now re- coastal course around Larne. balls came to an end with the score 129-3. quired to access indoor dining, fitness and enter- Tokyo Paralympics That led to the player announcing her withdraw- tainment facilities. Her time cut 57 second off her personal best set Dockrell and Harry Tector (five) saw the Irish al the following day, revealing she had suffered in Istanbul earlier this year when Chepngetich South Africa Team home while all-rounder Burl was the best of the from "long bouts of depression" and adding she "I feel like I'm enjoying kind of a fairly normal set the then world record. st Zimbabwe bowlers with 2-24. planned to take time away from the court. Af- life," said Murray, who is fully vaccinated. Undergoes 1 Training ter missing Wimbledon, she returned to court at Yehualaw's opening 5km of 15:05 had her The sides now move to Bready with the first of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games where she won "Whereas for the players that haven't, it's differ- eight seconds inside world record pace and she Session at SSC... three games at the north-west venue on Wednes- her opening two matches before losing to Czech ent. I'm sure they'll be frustrated with that. remained six seconds ahead of schedule as she day. Marketa Vondrousova in the last 16. reached the 15km mark in 45:24. "Ultimately I guess the reason why all of us are Cricket "Whatever I feel, I'll say it or do it. I don't nec- getting vaccinated is to look out for the wider The Ethiopian went on to produce an amazingly essarily think that's a bad thing," added Osaka public. We have a responsibility as players that fast closing six kilometres - helped by a downhill when she spoke at Flushing Meadows on Friday. are travelling across the world to look out for section in the final two kilometres - as she oblit- Andy Flower Turns "I would say, maybe think it through a bit more, everyone else as well. erated Chepngetich's previous mark. in the way that I didn't know how big of a deal Down Offer to Coach it would become." "I'm happy that I'm vaccinated. I'm hoping that Yehualaw finished more than six minutes ahead Pakistan Team... more players choose to have it in the coming of Kenya's Vane Nyamboke [69:44] with En- Last week she lost to Swiss wildcard Jil Te- months." glish woman Rose Harvey a further 32 seconds ichmann in the third round of the Western and back in third. Southern Open in Cincinnati. A few days earli- Vaccines have been available at every ATP and er, she broke down in tears before resuming her WTA tournament in the run-up to the US Open, Tokyo Paralympics first news conference since the drama at Roland but many players remain concerned that side-ef- Garros. fects could disrupt their seasons. GB Beat USA to Win

Osaka, who was brought up in Queen's, near Football First Wheelchair Flushing Meadows, said it "feels really nice" to Rugby Gold... The South Africa Cricket Team began their back at the place where she won her first Grand Cristiano Ronaldo preparations for the upcoming limited overs se- Slam title and is bidding for a third triumph in ‘To Get Man Utd ries against Sri Lanka with a training session at four years. the SSC Grounds in Maitland Place on Saturday. No7 Shirt’... "I think the biggest memory that comes back to The team led by Temba Bavuma arrived on the me is being a little kid, running around the entire island on Thursday and the entire squad was sub- site," she added. "I don't know if that may be ject to a PCR test. the reason why I play so well here, but there's definitely a lot of nostalgia. "I know I haven't Zimbabwean cricket coach Andy Flower has The South Africa cricketers will stay within a played that many matches. But actually I feel bio-bubble during the entire series, which begins turned down the offer to coach the Pakistan team pretty happy with how I'm playing." owing to his schedule already being occupied. on September 2 with the first One Day Interna- tional (ODI) at the R. Premadasa Stadium, the Reports had claimed that current head coach venue for all matches. Misbah-ul-Haq was looking to get replaced by Flower following the Green Shirts’ loss in the The second ODI will be played on September 4 and the third and final ODI will be played on T20I series that they recently played against En- Great Britain secured a tense 54-49 victory over September 7. gland. the USA to win their first wheelchair rugby gold at a Paralympic Games. Flower said he is focusing on franchise cricket at Meanwhile, the Twenty20 International series between the two teams will commence on Sep- the moment and is not looking to coach interna- The European champions led from the start but tember 10 followed by matches on September 12 tional teams presently. the US kept the scoreline tight until GB pulled and 14 respectively. (Daily News) away in a dramatic final quarter in Tokyo. The former left-handed batsman is also the coach of Pakistan Super League’s franchise Multan Top scorer Jim Roberts, 33, managed 24 tries Sultans, The Hundred’s Trent Rockets, CPL’s CRISTIANO RONALDO will become the Pre- as his side secured an historic win at the Yoyo- Saint Lucia Kings, T10’s Delhi Bulls and is also mier League's highest ever earner on around gi National Stadium. Britain previously lost the assistant coach of ’s £580,000-a-week, according to reports. bronze-medal play-offs at the 2004 and 2008 Punjab Kings. Games. And he will be the club's new No7, according to While the probable new Pakistan Cricket Board the Premier League website. "What am amazing shift for the guys - that was boss Ramiz Raja is not on good terms with Mis- one to remember," Roberts told Channel 4. "We bah, reports have claimed that it is unlikely that However, Edinson Cavani wore the famous shirt knew there would be some amazing teams, and he would be replaced before the ICC T20 World at Molineux in the 1-0 win over Wolves. USA always beat us in the major tournaments so Cup that is scheduled for October later this year, it was good to put a nail in that one." in UAE. The Uruguayan is set to do battle with fellow veteran Ronaldo for a starting berth but has no At the Paralympics, the sport is mixed gender Call Now 0717 797997 intention of leaving, according to reports. with Kylie Grimes creating history by becoming the first woman to win gold. Ronaldo's move to United is also set to mean a loan move for Dan James, most likely to Everton The 33-year-old, who competed at London 2012 or Leeds. but switched to athletics before returning for To- kyo, played a key role as part of the GB squad. And a move for Kieran Trippier is reportedly back on. Grimes and her team-mates learned from their pool match against the US where they threw Meanwhile Erling Haaland will leave Borussia away a half-time lead and eventually lost 50-48, Dortmund next summer even if they win the their only defeat on the way to the decider. Brit- Bundesliga, according to reports from Germany. ain led 26-24 at half-time in the final, although the USA's Chuck Aoki had converted an impres- PSG are keen to sign the Norwegian now, but sive try on the whistle from a long pass at speed. the club's poor relationship with Dortmund and his desire to stay in Germany this season are set That lead was down to one try heading into the to derail the move. final quarter, but GB dominated the final eight minutes and confidently extended their advan- And that would put United in pole position to tage to become the first European team to win complete the transfer over the coming year. wheelchair rugby gold at a Paralympics.