By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Pakistan are 80 without loss in their second innings at tea on the third day of the second and final test against hosts South Africa, having been forced follow-on when they were earlier bowled out for 194 and trail by 341 runs at Newlands on Sunday.

Australia booked its place in the WTC final at Lord’s against South Africa after it clinched a six-wicket victory against India earlier on Sunday in the fifth and final test at

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to South Korea, Japan and France from Jan. 4-9, the State Department said on Friday, amid a political crisis in Seoul. South Korea's presidential guards and military troops on Friday prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol,

South Carolina takes on the No. 17 Mississippi State Bulldogs after Collin Murray-Boyles scored 22 points in the Gamecocks' 69-59 victory against the Presbyterian Blue Hose.

Josh Hubbard scored 21 points as No. 17 Mississippi State smothered visiting South Carolina in an 85-50 rout in both teams' SEC opener Saturday in Starkville, Mis.