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BTS takes over N.Y.C. before MetLife Stadium concerts
Fresh off their FIFA World Cup final halftime show, the group is set to celebrate two sold-out shows at MetLife Stadium in August with a citywide takeover stretching from Manhattan to Brooklyn. BTS THE CITY ARIRANG NEW YORK runs from 24 July through 3 August, lighting up landmarks including Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center and the…
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Hosts Pakistan to face Sri Lanka in Central Asian volleyball opener
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will take on Sri Lanka in the opening match of the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Men’s Volleyball Championship here at the Liaqat Gymnasium of the Pakistan Sports Complex on Wednesday. The championship will conclude on July 29. Following the opening fixture, Kazakhstan will face Nepal, while Uzbekistan will meet Bangladesh. India, despite…
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Thousands welcome home Argentina squad, without Messi, despite World Cup loss
BUENOS AIRES: Thousands of fans braved the cold and rain Monday to give a rapturous welcome to the Argentine football squad who landed back home without star Lionel Messi, after their World Cup final loss to Spain. It was not the homecoming Argentines had hoped for, four years after millions celebrated their team’s tournament victory in 2022,…
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Pakistan open Central Asian volleyball campaign with straight-sets win over Sri Lanka
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan opened their campaign in the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Men’s Volleyball Championship with a convincing straight-sets victory over Sri Lanka at the Liaquat Gymnasium of the Pakistan Sports Complex on Wednesday. Backed by the home crowd, Pakistan dominated from the outset, combining excellent serving with aggressive attacking, disciplined blocking and effective teamwork…
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Shimron Hetmyer holds nerve to guide West Indies to win in final New Zealand ODI
BRIDGETOWN: Shimron Hetmyer kept his composure under pressure to score an unbeaten 69 and guide the West Indies to a two-wicket victory over New Zealand in the fifth and final one-day international on Tuesday. New Zealand nevertheless won the series 3-2, having secured it in the fourth match. The visitors had won the second and…
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Pakistan to tour England next year for 5-match ODI series
The Green Shirts are set to tour England in May 2027 for a five-match one-day international (ODI) series, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday. In a press release, it said that the opening match is scheduled for May 15, 2027 in Southampton, with the series ending on May 26, 2027. The second ODI…
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Policeman martyred in S. Waziristan attack
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A police official was martyred after unidentified gunmen opened fire on him in Sarvekai area of Upper South Waziristan district on Wednesday, officials confirmed. They said Constable Mohammad Mehran, who was serving at Sarvekai police station, was on his way to perform official duty when he came under attack near a stream in…
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Curfew imposed in Mastung’s Khud Kocha after bus attack, bridge blast
QUETTA: Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in the Khud Kocha sub-tehsil of Mastung district on Wednesday after three people were killed and five others injured in a gun attack on a Karachi-bound passenger bus, while a bridge on the National Highway was damaged in an explosion in the area. Citing the deteriorating security situation, the…
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Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung
QUETTA: District and Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar and his guard were gunned down on Thursday, while another judge was among two injured when they came under attack while heading to Mastung, officials said. Judge Kakar and Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Lashari were on their way to Mastung from Quetta when unknown armed men attacked…
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Protesters rally against exclusion of road project from Annual Development Programme
CHITRAL: Enraged by the exclusion of the 157-kilometre Mastuj-Broghil Road from the current fiscal year’s Annual Development Programme (ADP), hundreds of residents from the remote Yarkhun and Broghil valleys of Upper Chitral, in a convoy of jeeps and motorcycles, started a journey towards the district headquarters two days ago, and is expected to reach Booni…
