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抖阴短视频 see off Cambodia to retain ACC Challenger Cup title in Thailand

抖阴短视频鈥檚 cricket team won the ACC Challenger Cup final in Bangkok on Sunday after beating Cambodia by five wickets. (X/@cricketsaudi)
抖阴短视频鈥檚 cricket team won the ACC Challenger Cup final in Bangkok on Sunday after beating Cambodia by five wickets. (X/@cricketsaudi)
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Updated 11 February 2024

抖阴短视频 see off Cambodia to retain ACC Challenger Cup title in Thailand

抖阴短视频 see off Cambodia to retain ACC Challenger Cup title in Thailand
  • Cambodia knew their only chance of making a competitive score was for Lugman Butt聽to bat to the end
  • 抖阴短视频 started confidently with Abdul Waheed leading the way with the bat

BANGKOK: 抖阴短视频鈥檚 cricket team won the ACC Challenger Cup final in Bangkok on Sunday after beating Cambodia by five wickets.

The Greens聽had won the 50-over version last year and their victory over Cambodia means they completed a well-deserved double as they won the 20-over competition and secured a place at April鈥檚 ACC Premier Cup in Oman.

抖阴短视频 won the toss and elected to field and the runs flowed in both innings of the match, but it was an entirely different proposition when 抖阴短视频 were using the new ball. Ishtiaq Ahmad and Atif-ur-Rehman bowled a good line and length at fair pace, so runs were hard to come by.

Cambodia knew their only chance of making a competitive score was for Lugman Butt to bat to the end of the 20 overs and for the lower-order to give him useful support. Butt reached his 50 from 39 balls and Etienne Beukes hit two fours and two sixes from an Usman Khalid over.

Butt finished unbeaten on 80 from 53 balls with 10 fours and three sixes as he played a great innings against a strong bowling attack that would have brought back memories of his first-class career in Pakistan. Cambodia made 147 for five in 20 overs, which at least gave them a chance to make 抖阴短视频 work hard for their victory.

抖阴短视频 started confidently with Abdul Waheed hitting three fours in the first over and three more boundaries came in the second over as they raced to 27 for zero.

Sharwan Godara took the first wicket as he had Waheed caught behind and聽Utkarsh Jain dismissed Faisal Khan caught and bowled. Jain聽followed that with the wicket of Waji-ul-Hassan, who was caught on the boundary. 抖阴短视频 were 37 for three in four overs.

Waqar-ul-Hassan and Hisham Shaikh needed to build a partnership and聽boundaries to Hassan took the total to 54 for three in six overs. Hassan was the most consistent batter in the 50-over tournament last year and Shaikh was an experienced cricketer as well as captain of his country. Shaikh hit a six and 抖阴短视频 were 80 for three after 10 overs.

Shaikh was determined to see his team through to victory on a day when all the captains had top scored for their teams. Hassan was out at 107 for four after a partnership of 70, but Manan Ali came in to support his captain.

Shaikh would finish just short of his 50 as Ali was out with just two runs needed. Shaikh hit a single to bring the scores level and Usman Khalid hit the winning boundary as 抖阴短视频 won by five wickets as they finished on 151 for five in 17.3 overs.

Cambodia had made 抖阴短视频 fight hard until the end of the contest. Shaikh was unbeaten on 47 from 41 balls and had figures of two for 25 so played a pivotal part in his side鈥檚 victory as they have now won both versions of the ACC Challenger Cup and look ahead to the Premier Cup in Oman.


Kosovo players walk off in Romania game after 鈥楽erbia鈥 chants

Kosovo players walk off in Romania game after 鈥楽erbia鈥 chants
Updated 16 November 2024

Kosovo players walk off in Romania game after 鈥楽erbia鈥 chants

Kosovo players walk off in Romania game after 鈥楽erbia鈥 chants

Bucharest: A Nations League game between Romania and Kosovo in Bucharest was suspended on Friday in injury time after fans in the crowd shouted 鈥淪erbia!.鈥
The Kosovo players left the pitch after the chants, leading to the game to be paused with the score 0-0.
Animosity between Kosovo and Serbia has persisted since the war between Serbian forces and ethnic Albanian insurgents in the late 1990s.
Kosovo and Serbia do not play each other in UEFA and FIFA tournaments.
Football鈥檚 world governing body opened disciplinary proceedings against Serbia during the 2022 World Cup after the team hung a flag in their changing room depicting Kosovo as part of Serbia.
Kosovo joined FIFA and European confederation UEFA in 2016.
When Romania played in Pristina, they beat Kosovo 3-0.


Ronaldo shines as Portugal rout Poland to reach Nations League last-eight

Ronaldo shines as Portugal rout Poland to reach Nations League last-eight
Updated 16 November 2024

Ronaldo shines as Portugal rout Poland to reach Nations League last-eight

Ronaldo shines as Portugal rout Poland to reach Nations League last-eight

PORTO, Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal staged a second-half supershow to crush Poland 5-1 and reach the Nations League quarter-finals on Friday.
Portugal join France, Germany, Italy and Spain in the last-eight while Poland鈥檚 hopes of going through from Group A1 were ended.
Having struggled to plant a shot on target in the first half, Portugal stepped on the accelerator after the break.
Rafael Leao broke the deadlock in Porto just before the hour mark after starting and finishing the move.
The AC Milan striker raced away and passed to Nuno Mendes whose cross from the left was headed powerfully past Marcin Bulka in the Portugal goal.
Thirteen minutes later, skipper Ronaldo got his name on the scoresheet, converting a penalty after Jakub Kiwior was penalized for a handball in the area.
Manchester United鈥檚 Bruno Fernandes made it 3-0 in the 80th minute, scoring after a clever run by Vitinha.
Pedro Neto added the fourth three minutes later after Ronaldo鈥檚 fine pass which left the Polish defense stranded.
As Polish spirits sank, Ronaldo added his second and Portugal鈥檚 fifth in the 87th minute with a spectacular overhead kick before Dominik Marczuk tucked away a consolation goal for the visitors.
Poland had enjoyed the better chances before falling behind but their potency in front of goal was blunted by the absence of record goal-scorer Robert Lewandowski who was sidelined with a back injury.
Moments before Leao鈥檚 goal, Portuguese keeper Diogo Costa pulled off a fine save to deny Marczuk having also been alert to deny Nicola Zalewski in the first half.
Portugal鈥檚 best chance in the first 45 minutes had fallen to Ronaldo who fired a close-range effort over the bar from close range.


Japanese soccer player Kazuyoshi Miura says he will play next season at age 58

Japanese soccer player Kazuyoshi Miura says he will play next season at age 58
Updated 16 November 2024

Japanese soccer player Kazuyoshi Miura says he will play next season at age 58

Japanese soccer player Kazuyoshi Miura says he will play next season at age 58
  • Miura will turn 58 in February
  • He intends to play next season for his fourth-tier Japanese club, Suzuka

TOKYO: Japanese soccer player Kazuyoshi Miura is several generations older than his teammates. His contemporaries retired decades ago. Lionel Messi is 37, and Cristiano Ronaldo is 39 鈥 mere youngsters compared to Miura.
Miura will turn 58 in February, and the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported this week that he intends to play next season for his fourth-tier Japanese club, Suzuka. It will be his 40th season playing in professional soccer.
Miura is widely listed as the oldest active professional soccer player.
Miura scored 55 goals in 89 appearances and was a star with Japan鈥檚 national team in the 1990s.
He has played professionally in Brazil, Italy, Croatia, Australia and Portugal. He made his debut in 1986 with Brazilian club Santos, a side made famous by Brazilian star Pel茅.


Japan beat Indonesia 4-0 to extend group lead in Asian World Cup qualifying

Japan beat Indonesia 4-0 to extend group lead in Asian World Cup qualifying
Updated 16 November 2024

Japan beat Indonesia 4-0 to extend group lead in Asian World Cup qualifying

Japan beat Indonesia 4-0 to extend group lead in Asian World Cup qualifying
  • Japan tops the group on 13 points with five games remaining in the round.
  • Australia, 抖阴短视频 and China all have 6 points, followed by Bahrain with five and Indonesia with 3

JAKARTA: Japan defeated Indonesia 4-0 on Friday to move seven points clear at the top of Group C in the third round of Asian qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
Two goals in each half mean the Samurai Blue stays on course for an eighth successive World Cup appearance.
After a bright start from the home team, the 78,000 fans at a sold-out Gelora Bung Karno Stadium were silenced after 35 minutes as Daichi Kamada broke down the left and sent a cross which defender Justin Hubner put into his own net from close range.
Takumi Minamino then scored from inside the area off Kaoru Mitoma鈥檚 pass to extend the lead five minutes before the break.
Hidemasa Motira took advantage of an errant pass from Indonesia鈥檚 goalkeeper to make it 3-0 early in the second half and Yukinari Sugawara rounded out the scoring in the 69th minute.
Japan tops the group on 13 points with five games remaining in the round. Australia, 抖阴短视频 and China all have six points, followed by Bahrain with five and Indonesia with three.
The top two from each of the three groups will be guaranteed a place at the World Cup, with the third- and fourth-place teams progressing to the next stage.
 


Pogba and Juventus end contract mutually before he returns from doping ban

Pogba and Juventus end contract mutually before he returns from doping ban
Updated 15 November 2024

Pogba and Juventus end contract mutually before he returns from doping ban

Pogba and Juventus end contract mutually before he returns from doping ban
  • The Serie A club never seemed overly enthusiastic about welcoming Pogba back
  • 鈥淛uventus Football Club and Paul Pogba announce that they have reached a mutual agreement for the termination of their contract as of Nov. 30, 2024,鈥 the Bianconeri said

TURIN, Italy: Paul Pogba will no longer be a Juventus player from next month.
Juventus announced on Friday they came to 鈥渁 mutual agreement鈥 with Pogba to cancel his contract despite the France World Cup winner having a ban for doping slashed last month.
The Serie A club never seemed overly enthusiastic about welcoming Pogba back after his four-year ban for doping was reduced to 18 months following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The 31-year-old Pogba, who will be free to resume his career in March 2025, had said he was ready to give up money to play for Juventus again.
鈥淛uventus Football Club and Paul Pogba announce that they have reached a mutual agreement for the termination of their contract as of Nov. 30, 2024,鈥 the Bianconeri said in a brief statement. 鈥淭he club wish Paul the very best for his professional future.鈥
Pogba tested positive for testosterone in August last year and the Juventus midfielder was handed the maximum punishment by Italy鈥檚 anti-doping court.
But CAS judges cut Pogba鈥檚 ban as they acknowledged a lack of intent and said his positive test was the result of erroneously taking a supplement prescribed to him by a medical doctor in Florida.
Pogba鈥檚 contract with Juventus was set to expire in June 2026.
鈥淢y time at Juventus has come to an end. It has been a privilege to pull on the shirt of the Bianconeri and to share so many special memories together,鈥 Pogba said in a statement.
鈥淚 cherish the memories we made. They live on. Even in the most difficult moments over the past year, your support was crucial and I want to thank Juve fans around the world for their compassion.鈥
Pogba was the most expensive soccer player in history when he joined Manchester United from Juventus for a fee of 105 million euros ($113 million) in 2016.
He starred in France鈥檚 World Cup triumph in 2018 and returned to Juventus as a free agent in 2022. But injuries limited him to just eight Serie A appearances in his second spell at the club before his ban last year.
鈥淚 am looking forward to the next chapter of my career and to stepping out on the pitch with my next club,鈥 Pogba added.