Category: Sports

KARACHI: Showing clear signs of resurgence after a long layoff, former celebrity Mohammad Sajjad thumped promising Haris Tahir 8-6 in the best of 15 frames final to recapture the 12th National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Championship for the third time at bank’s sports complex here on Tuesday. Sajjad, who is also former national […]

PARIS: Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska became the first qualifier in the Open era on Tuesday to reach the women’s semi-finals at Roland Garros after stunning third seed Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4. World No. 131 Podoroska had never won a Grand Slam main draw match before the tournament and is the only the third female qualifier to […]

KARACHI: Southern Punjab seemed to have struck a roadblock in the First XI competition of the National T20 Cup as they suffered their fourth defeat on the trot while going down by 16 runs against Balochistan in Multan on Sunday. After being denied by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a riveting contest at the Multan Cricket Stadium […]

KARACHI: Talented Haris Tahir has joined the three seniors — Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Sajjad and Mohammad Bilal — in the semi-finals of the 12th National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Championship at the bank’s sports complex on Sunday. Haris, the reigning national U-21 champion, was stretched to limits by another junior national U-16 and […]

LONDON: Arsenal moved into the Premier League top four as two goals in three minutes saw off Sheffield United 2-1, while Leicester City’s perfect start came to a shuddering halt with a 3-0 defeat at home to West Ham United. Arsenal have taken nine points from their opening four games as they look to return […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has called the much-awaited meeting with the franchises of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Oct. 7 after the Lahore High Court disposed off the case, filed by the franchises against the PCB for not meeting their demand of introducing new financial model of the league. LHC Justice Sajid […]

LAHORE: Australia-based David Hemp has been appointed as the head coach of the Pakistan women’s national cricket team, according to a press release issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday. Hemp, who turns 50 next week, has previously coached the Melbourne Stars’ and Victorian women’s cricket teams in Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League […]

PARIS: World No.1 Novak Djokovic took another confident stride closer to an 18th Grand Slam title with his 70th win at French Open on Thursday as Jelena Ostapenko stunned second seed Karolina Pliskova, throwing the chase for the women’s title wide open. Djokovic, the 2016 champion, needed just 83 minutes to complete a 6-1, 6-2, […]

KARACHI: Balochistan held their nerves when it mattered most to earn a narrow two-run victory against Sindh in their First XI National T20 Cup fixture in Multan on Thursday. On Day two of the competition at the Multan Cricket Stadium, Sindh made a belated charge when it seemed they would fall well short of the […]