MELBOURNE: Marin Cilic advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday after top seed Rafa Nadal retired hurt when trailing 3-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 2-0 in their match at Rod Laver Arena. Nadal took a medical time-out late in the fourth set for treatment on an apparent hip injury and was clearly struggling as he battled on in ...

  LAHORE: “Punjab govt will carve out an effective system to run the dozens of top standard sports facilities across the Punjab province. We will introduce such a useful structure to function the valuable gymnasiums and playfields so that talented youth of the province can take maximum benefit out of these facilities; these views were expressed by Punjab Minister for ...

Pakistan’s tennis ace Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and his partner Marcin Matkowski of Poland crashed out of Australian Open after suffering a straight-sets defeat at the hands of famed American duo of Bob and Mike Bryan in men’s doubles quarterfinals. The Bryan brothers kept their hopes of a 17th grand slam title alive after wrapping up a 6-1, 6-4 victory ...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa have promised a ruthless approach as they seek to inflict an historic series sweep when they host India for the third and final test at The Wanderers in Johannesburg on Wednesday, says captain Faf du Plessis. The Proteas can complete a first clean-sweep of a three-test series against the sub-continent side, having already secured wins in Cape ...

Pakistan face off against South Africa at the Hagley Oval on Wednesday for a place in the semifinals of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup. Both the teams qualified for the quarterfinals with two victories and a defeat, but Pakistan emerged as winners of Group D, edging out Afghanistan on net run rate, while South Africa had to settle for ...

Unseeded Australian Open debutant Elise Mertens is in Australian Open semifinals after beating world number four Elina Svitolina MELBOURNE: Unseeded Australian Open debutant Elise Mertens blew away world number four Elina Svitolina in straight sets Tuesday to reach a first Grand Slam semi-final. The Belgian world number 37, on a 10-match unbeaten streak after winning in Hobart this month, knocked out ...

WELLINGTON: Australian Lloyd Pope´s record-breaking eight-wicket spell at the Under-19 World Cup on Tuesday has left the leg-spinner “on top of the world”, as the feat sparks comparisons to the legendary Shane Warne. Pope took eight for 35 against England to spin Australia into the semi-finals and set a new benchmark at the youth tournament, which is currently under way ...

LONDON: Manchester United narrowly pipped Real Madrid to remain the top revenue-generating club in the world as Premier League sides underlined their growing financial clout, Deloitte´s “Money League” report said Tuesday. It is the 10th time United have topped Deloitte´s list, with a revenue in 2016/17 of 676 million euros ($828 million, £593 million) — just 1.7 million euros ahead ...

RAWALPINDI: International hockey players, who have come for the World XI series, and Pakistan’s hockey legends met Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday. COAS appreciated Pakistan Hockey Federation’s initiative for bringing the international players to the country, according to Inter Services Public Relations statement. Moreover, COAS also assured PHF of Pakistan Army’s support for the provision of security ...

Date Teams Venue Umpires Referee Scorer 25 Jan Lahore Region (W)-Lahore Region (B) National Ground Islamabad Imtiaz Iqbal-Shamim Ansari Azizur Rehman Fazle Azeem Karachi Region (W)-Faisalabad Region KRL Ground Islamabad Ghaffar Kazmi-Tariq Rasheed Masood Anwar Muhammad Zeeshan Islamabad Region-Rawalpindi Rgn Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi Riazuddin-Muhammad Sajid Nadeem Arshad Adnan Farooq Peshawar Region-FATA Region Diamond Ground Islamabad Aley Haider-Qaiser Waheed Athar Laiq ...