Sports News from Saturday, August 16th, 2025
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Australia win T20 series against South Africa after Maxwell heroics
Australia's Glenn Maxwell produced an unbeaten half-century in a tense chase to help the hosts edge out South Africa by two wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International and complete a 2-1 series victory in Cairns on Saturday.
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Ten-man Aston Villa earn 0-0 draw with Newcastle
Aston Villa survived defender Ezri Konsa's dismissal to salvage a 0-0 draw at home to Newcastle United in their Premier League opener on Saturday, with the visitors missing want-away striker Alexander Isak as they created chances but failed to finish.
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Former Australia cricket captain Bob Simpson dies at 89
Former Australia test captain Bob Simpson, who ushered in the country's modern-day golden era of cricket as its coach, has died aged 89, Cricket Australia said on Saturday.
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Rybakina upsets Sabalenka to reach Cincinnati Open semis, Alcaraz through
Elena Rybakina powered into her first Cincinnati Open semi-final after stunning defending champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-1 6-4 on Friday, while five-times Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz recovered from a second-set blip to beat Andrey Rublev.
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Semenyo thankful for support after reporting racist abuse
Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo thanked his teammates, Liverpool and match officials for their support after the Ghana international reported racist abuse during Friday's Premier League season opener at Anfield.
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Parkin and e& to roll out 30-minute EV charging stations in DubaiParkin, Dubai's largest paid parking services provider, has partnered with a subsidiary of e& to roll out 200 ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the city, and reduce charging time to under 30 minutes.
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Dubai Humanitarian leads tribute in honour of killed aid workersDubai Humanitarian on Tuesday convened a community gathering alongside some UN offices to honour the "sacrifices of humanitarian workers" and to reaffirm that aid workers must never be a target, as the globe marked World Humanitarian Day.
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UAE joins efforts to extinguish Montenegro wildfiresA UAE taskforce has been dispatched to support efforts to extinguish the wildfires in Montenegro, under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
