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Dubai, Apr 18: Dipendra Singh Airee continues to rise, closing in on the top 10 spots on the T20I rankings for all-rounders, as per ICC. Airee’s six-hitting heroics have been rewarded with the Nepal star making giant gains on the latest ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings. The Nepal all-rounder joined India great Yuvraj Singh and West Indies legend Kieron Pollard and became just the third player in T20I to smash six sixes in an over when he took 36 runs from one Kamran Khan’s final six balls on his way to an unbeaten 64* during an ACC Men’s T20I Premier Cup clash against Qatar in Al Amerat on Satu ..read more

Macao, Apr 18: Indian paddlers Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula suffered second-round group stage exit after going down to the top Chinese paddlers, Wang Manyu and defending champion Chen Meng respectively at the ITTF World Cup in Galaxy Arena here on Wednesday. World No. 39 Sreeja lost 1-3 (4-11, 4-11, 15-13, 2-11) to reigning Olympic champion and world no. 4 Chen Meng of China and finished second in the group. Manika Batra, too, finished second after losing 0-4 (6- 11, 4-11, 9-11, 4-11) to world no. 2 Wang Manyu of China. Earlier both the paddlers won their respective first-round group stage m ..read more

Barcelona, Apr 18: Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the UEFA Champions League semifinal after a thrilling 4-1 second-leg win (6-4 on aggregate) over FC Barcelona on Tuesday night at Estadi Olompic Lluis Companys. PSG recovered from a home defeat and falling two goals behind as Mbappe converted a penalty and struck a late clincher to seal their place in semifinals with a 4-1 second-leg victory. The Parisians got off to a challenging start, conceding the first goal of the match after Raphinha scored in the 12th minute to make it 1-0 and 4-2 on aggregate. Ronald Arau ..read more

Barcelona, Apr 18: Rafael Nadal expressed his determination to give his all at the upcoming French Open, describing it as the moment to “give everything and die” on the court. Nadal’s return from injury in Barcelona was cut short by Alex de Minaur, with the Australian defeating him 7-5, 6-1 in the second round. The 22-time Grand Slam champion, who missed most of the 2023 season, is aiming to compete at Roland Garros in May, where he has triumphed a record 14 times. Nadal, aged 37, sees this as a pivotal moment, targeting his return to the French Open as the time to fully commit, acknowledging ..read more

Islamabad, Apr 18: Heavy rains and lightning caused havoc in different areas of Pakistan causing 71 deaths and injuries to 67 others since four days, an official told the media on Wednesday. An official from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was the worst-hit region where 32 people lost their lives in different incidents, including roof collapse and lightning incidents. According to the official, 15 children and five women were among the deceased in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where 41 others were also injured and 1,370 houses were dam ..read more

Tel Aviv, Apr 18: Israel has clearly decided to retaliate against Iran for missile and drone attacks, Britain’s foreign minister David Cameron said during a visit to Israel on Wednesday, the starkest warning yet of another volley coming in regional escalation. World powers are striving to prevent a wider outbreak of conflict in the Middle East after Iran’s attacks on Saturday night, which involved hundreds of missiles and drones, the first time Iran has directly attacked Israel after decades of confrontation by proxies. Iran launched the attacks in response to a presumed Israeli airstrike on ..read more

Dubai, Apr 18: Authorities and communities across the United Arab Emirates were clearing debris on Wednesday after at least one person died and homes and businesses were damaged in a rare torrential storm. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear as emergency workers sought to drain flooded roads across the country hours after heavy rain subsided late on Tuesday. The UAE saw record rainfall with 254 mm (10 inches) falling in less than 24 hours in Al Ain, a city on the UAE-Oman border, according to the national meteorology centre. That was the most since records began in 1949, before ..read more

Disappointed over not getting a ticket for the Lok Sabha polls, two-time MP Sanganna Karadi on Wednesday joined the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar. Along with Karadi, three-time MLA from Belagavi Rural Shivaputra Malagi and other prominent leaders joined the Congress. After welcoming him to the party, Shivakumar said, “Amid the din of BJP about victory, Sanganna Karadi has joined our party for our principles. He has a huge base of supporters in two districts of north Karnataka,” Shivakumar said “I and CM Siddaramaiah are travelling across ..read more

A shrill election campaign in Maharashtra for the first phase of polling in five Lok Sabha constituencies where voters will exercise franchise on April 19 ended on Wednesday. The seats going to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls are — Ramtek (SC), Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST), and Chandrapur. A total of 97 candidates are in the fray in these five constituencies. The constituencies will see mostly triangular contests. The candidates have made a last-minute appeal for votes. Their fate will be sealed in EVMs by over 95.54 lakh voters, comprising more than 48.28 lakh ..read more