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While you were asleep: Big wins in UEFA Nations League and Babar Azam’s heroics

insidetrack IndiaJune 9, 2022

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On Wednesday, Belgium thrashed Poland 6-1 in a UEFA Nations League. Substitute Leandro Trossard starred as he scored twice and helped Belgium crush the Poland side. After goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Trossard (two), Leander Dendoncker and debutant Lois Openda, they dominated and have not looked back.

Ireland vs Ukraine
Ukraine kickstarted their UEFA Nations League campaign with a 1-0 win over Ireland. As a halftime substitute, Tsygankov came in and scored a quick goal with his curling free-kick that bounced in front of the keeper and ended up in the corner of the net.Best of Express PremiumPremiumTo ease spends: UPI-credit link, rural bank home loansPremiumBibek Debroy writes: Under vague laws, bees are fish and cats are dogsPremiumDharmakirti Joshi writes: RBI leans harder to rein in inflation, but rebo…PremiumIs the box office failure of ‘Samrat Prithviraj’ a rejection of Bollywood…More Premium Stories >>

Wales vs the Netherlands
After an exciting late finale, the Netherlands outplayed Wales 2-1 bringing the hosts back down to earth after they secured World Cup qualification at the weekend. Wout Weghorst starred on the field for the Dutch, scoring with a header four minutes into stoppage time.

Scotland vs Armenia
Scotland started their Nations League run with a 2-0 win over Armenia as Anthony Ralston and Scott McKenna scored their first international goals. Scotland dominated the game and took the lead through Ralston when he made a run to the far post where the wing-back making his full debut connected with Stuart Armstrong’s cross to head the ball across goal and into the net.

Pakan squeeze West Indies
Babar Azam’s heroics with the bat helped Pakan squeeze West Indies five wickets here at Multan. Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Rizwan scored half-centuries as Pakan chased down a target of 306 to go 1-0 up in the three-match ODI series.

World No.1 Babar Azam rewrites record books as Pakan overcome West Indies in 1st ODI
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insidetrack IndiaJune 9, 2022

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