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CULIACAN: A hat-trick from Vinicio Angulo helped get Diego Maradona’s managerial career in Mexico off to the perfect start on Monday as his new club Dorados beat Tapachula 4-1 in Culiacan. Ecuadorean striker Vinicio Angulo struck in the 59th and 61st minutes and although Argentine Sebastian Ibars got a goal …

SYDNEY: Banned Australian cricketer Steve Smith is likely to be welcomed back with open arms when he returns to club cricket in Sydney at the weekend, believes former captain Steve Waugh. Smith and David Warner were banned for a year for their part in a ball-tampering scandal during a test …

Spain: Cristiano Ronaldo admitted he was “a little tense” about his lack of goals before he opened his Juventus account on Sunday. The 33-year-old, who signed for £99.2m from Real Madrid over the summer, had gone goalless for the first three matches of the season in Serie A but scored …

Chelsea: Eden Hazard is really coming into his own under Maurizio Sarri. This was always part of the plan, writes Dan Levene. With five goals in five, and Chelsea top of the league, this already looks like being a big season for the Belgian. And the new boss, the 27-year-old’s …

Altaf Hamid Rao, MIRPUR (AJK): Local Karate Star Usama Arif secured silver medal in 17th All Asia Shin Kyokushin Karate championship in the Light Heavy Weight category held in Singapore, it was officially declared. He’s a student of AJK Shin Kyokushin Karate Academy Mirpur. Talking to this Correspondent here on …

Maryland: Everton forward Richarlison scored twice on his first start for Brazil as they beat El Salvador 5-0 at FedExField in Maryland. The 21-year-old won a penalty in the second minute, which was scored by Neymar for his 59th Brazil goal. Richarlison doubled the lead with a curling strike, before …

Melbourne: Australia great Glenn McGrath says he has great respect for James Anderson after the Englishman replaced him as the most prolific pace bowler in test cricket. Anderson bowled Mohammed Shami to seal victory over India in the fifth test at the Oval on Tuesday and claimed his 564th test …

By Rafiullah Mandokhail, ZHOB: The 22nd All Balochistan Inter-districts Wushu Championship 2018 concluded with an impressive ceremony held in the provincial capital Quetta. The championship was organized by Balochistan Wushu Association, where ten districts teams from Balochistan participated in the event. Quetta team dominated the tournament when its athletes scoped …

New York: Martina Navratilova, an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, says Serena Williams was wrong in her outburst at the US Open women’s finals even though she agreed there is a double standard. Writing in an opinion article for the New York Times, the 61-year-old Czech-born American said a higher …

MELBOURNE: Australia named the following 15-man tour squad on Tuesday for the test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates: Glenn Maxwell and Peter Handscomb have been deemed surplus to requirements in the first Australian Test squad since the Newlands ball-tampering scandal. They were left out, while the experienced …