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9 IS terrorists killed in Balochistan
The police forces of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) conducted the intelligence-based raid on Friday after getting confirmed information about the militants hiding in the Roshi area of Mastung district of the province, CTD official Mehmood Ali told Xinhua news agency. The killed militants were involved in a number of recent terror activities in Balochistan, according to the CTD.
Clasico not decisive, but Koeman needs win to avoid questions over future
Spain's traditional rivals will play each other again in the semifinals of the Spanish Supercup in January, as well as in the second league game at the end of March, but this game will probably set the tone for the coming months. Barca go into the match after a 3-1 win at home to Valencia and a vital 1-0 victory against Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday night to keep their Champions League hopes alive.
ICC World T20: With Saqlain's rousing speech recalling successful CT campaign, Pak raise the tempo
Saqlain, who was made the interim head coach following the resignation of Misbah-up-Haq after Ramiz Raja took over as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, has "given pointers to the team on how to cope with the pressure and more". "You have beaten India before, and you can beat them again. We can win the World Cup, just like how we won the Champions Trophy," Saqlain was quoted as saying by cricketpakistan.com.pk on Friday.
T20 World Cup: Our real anger is with New Zealand, not India: Shoaib Akhtar
Ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 'Super 12' clash against arch-rivals India on Sunday (October 24), Akhtar trained his guns at the Kane Williamson-led side for cancelling their limited-overs tour of Pakistan hours before the start of first ODI in Rawalpindi last month due to "security issues". "Our real anger is with New Zealand. We will take it out on them, we have no issues with you (India)," said Akhtar, speaking to Salaam Cricket 2021 on Friday.
No mental scars from 2016 T20 World Cup final; we've moved on: Eoin Morgan
England were at the receiving end of Carlos Brathwaite's pyrotechnics in the 2016 edition of the ICC T20 World Cup final, as the Barbados-born West Indian smashed four consecutive sixes off England's Ben Stokes in the last over that propelled the Caribbean side to the title.
Premier League: Man United v Liverpool, big game in fascinating weekend
Both sides go into the match after important wins in the Champions League, although Manchester United rode their luck slightly to come back from 2-0 down against Atalanta and there is still a feeling that coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hasn't worked out how to get the best of the wealth of attacking talent in his squad.
El Clasico, this weekend's big game in La Liga
Sunday afternoon's meeting comes with Real Madrid second in the table, three points behind Real Sociedad and with a game in hand, while Barca are two points behind Real Madrid in seventh. That means that at this early stage, the result won't be decisive in the title race, but it would still be very significant for both clubs.
CLOSE-IN: India can't afford to get complacent in T20 World Cup
The Indian side, in their warm-up matches against both England and Australia, looked devastating. The stint in the Indian Premier League (IPL) seems to have tuned their players to perfection. One is only worried that the premium show that they showcased should not make them complacent and too confident.
In-form Ridhima breaks another national record in swimming
Much like her swim in the 100m backstroke on Wednesday, Ridhima got off to a quick start and built on her lead with powerful strokes to clock 29.94 seconds to erase Maana Patel's record of 30.37 seconds created in 2014, Bhopal. Shalini Dixit of Karnataka bagged the silver medal in this event with a time of 31.98 seconds while Sri Nitya Sago of Telangana took home the bronze medal with a time of 32.68 seconds.
T20 World Cup: Oman bowled out for 122 by Scotland in a must-win match
Barring Aaqib Ilyas (37 off 35 balls) and Zeeshan Maqsood (34 off 30 balls), Oman's batters struggled to score in their home conditions as only two boundaries were scored in the last 5 overs. They also lost the last six wickets for 29 runs. Electing to bat first, Oman had a disastrous start as Jatinder Singh was run-out in a big miscommunication with both openers at non-striker's end.
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