Category: Sports

PARIS: France forward Kylian Mbappe marked his return to action with a vintage performance and a goal as champions Paris St Germain rediscovered their form with an impressive 3-0 win at Nice in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Mbappe fired PSG ahead with a 38th-minute penalty and had a big part in Angel Di Maria’s strike […]

MADRID: Iago Aspas scored twice, including a brilliant free-kick, as Valencia slipped to a surprise 2-1 defeat by Celta Vigo in La Liga on Saturday. After a turbulent summer in which the club has sold several key players, Valencia were beaten by a side that only just survived relegation last season. Maxi Gomez pulled Valencia […]

ROME: Clay court king Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Italian Open on Saturday, falling to a straight sets defeat to Argentine Diego Schwar­tzman in a tournament the Spaniard had won nine times. Eight-seeded Schwar­tzman meted out a punishing 6-2, 7-5 loss in Nadal’s final warm-up before his bid for a 13th French Open, and […]

LAHORE: All players and player support personnel of the six provincial cricket association First XI sides participating in the National T20 Cup, which starts in Multan on Sept 30, have tested negative in their second Covid-19 tests. “They will now enter the bio-secure zone today in which they will be able to roam and interact […]

ROME: World No.1 Novak Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal welcomed the decision to allow a limited number of fans to watch the Italian Open as the top men’s seeds advanced to the quarter-finals on Friday. Italy’s government has said that 1,000 spectators can be present at the Foro Italico from Sunday’s semi-finals, with matches […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday terminated the contract of the HBL-Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 international media rights partner following a series of breaches, including matters relating to payments. According to a press release issued by the PCB: “Techfront Inter­national FZE had secured HBL PSL’s international media rights from 2019-2021, but due […]

ISLAMABAD: After a long gap of seven years, the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) met here on Thursday, during which several important decisions were made including the approval of the national anti-doping governing board. The 11-member PSB board headed by Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coord­ination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza held its first meeting after its restructuring […]

MANCHESTER: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)’s successful completion of their summer schedule inside bio-secure ‘bubbles’ is a blueprint for other countries to stage matches amid the Covid-19 pandemic, limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan said. England returned to action following the Covid-19 stoppage in July with three Tests against the West Indies in bio-secure venues […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Wednesday that it has signed a three-year satellite broadcast deal with PTV Sports and a separate agreement to secure cable distribution with I-Media Communication Services. “The agreements were signed in the presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan who is a patron of the PCB. The broadcast deal will be for […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez reckons prolific batsman and limited-overs skipper Babar Azam should bat in the middle-order as to try different things. Hafeez, who was also appointed Pakistan T20 team captain back in May 2012, shared his opinion that the star batsman should bat in the middle-order to try different things. “I think […]