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Babar Azam was dismissed for a duck in his comeback to T20 cricket as under-strength South Africa romped to 55-run win over Pakistan on Tuesday in the opener of a three-match series. Pakistan couldn’t recover from Corbin Bosch’s twin strike that included the wicket of Babar before South Africa bowled out the home team for 139 to the disappointment of 16,000 home fans at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. South Africa had earlier made 194-9 after captain Donovan Ferreira lost the toss and was asked to bat first. Opening batter Reeza Hendricks scored 60 off 40 balls and George Linde added 36 off 22 balls.

The accident near Milan saw Josep Martinez’s car hit an 81-year-old man, who died as a result. The Inter Milan goalkeeper, although in shock, was uninjured

Pakistan had qualified for the FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup 2025, to be hosted in Chennai and Madurai, and was placed in the same group as India

The world number one headed into the ATP-1000 event off the back of titles at the Cincinnati Masters, US Open and Japan Open, before withdrawing from the Shanghai Masters due to an injury concern

After securing second in the 2025 MotoGP™ World Championship standings with a runner-up finish in Saturday's sprint race, Álex Marquez raced to a dominant victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix at a sweltering Sepang International Circuit, leading home fellow Spaniard Pedro Acosta. Second place behind Francesco Bagnaia in the Sprint on Saturday secured the Gresini Racing Ducati secured Márquez the points he needed to wrap-up second place in the Riders' Championship and register an historic family 1–2 behind brother Marc - the first in MotoGP™ history. With the pressure off, Márquez attacked early in the GP. Starting from second on the grid, he made a brilliant pass on early race leader Bagnaia on Lap 2 and was never challenged again as he pulled away to win from Acosta by 2.676

Bharat Hooda’s 23 points powered Telugu Titans past Patna Pirates 46-39 into the semifinals. Ayan Lohchab made history with six 20+ point games, finishing with 316 raid points, but the Titans’ composure proved decisive