MELBOURNE :Former champion Victoria Azarenka, who has been locked in a custody battle over her young son, pulled out of the Australian Open on Monday. The two-time winner had been handed a wildcard into the opening Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne, starting on January 15, but will not be making the trip. “It’s unfortunate that Azarenka is unable ...
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Athletics Federation of Pakistan to conduct open trials
Trials of 60 meter, 400 meter, long jump, triple jump and 1000 meter race would be conducted. ISLAMABAD:Athletics Federation of Pakistan is conducting open trials on Wednesday at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad to select athletes for upcoming international events. It will conduct trials in the events of 60 meter, 400 meter, long jump, triple jump and one thousand ...
Read More »Kyrgios wins Brisbane tennis title in Australian Open boost
Nick Kyrgios beat Ryan Harrison 6-4 6-2 in the Brisbane International final on Sunday to clinch his maiden tour title on home soil and gain a big confidence boost ahead of the Australian Open. Carrying a niggling knee injury, the mercurial Australian made a slow start and was forced to save five break points before he managed to carve out ...
Read More »Pakistan eye early wickets of Guptill, Munro in second ODI
Pakistan have set their eyes on getting New Zealand batting powerhouses Martin Guptill and Colin Munro out early in the second one-day international in Nelson on Tuesday. Bowling coach Azhar Mahmood, speaking to media during a team practice session in Nelson today, said he has faith in the team’s bowling attack to get the key wickets of openers early in ...
Read More »Australia rout England by an innings to win Ashes 4-0
Australia team poses with the Ashes urn, SCG, January 8, 2018/CA Twitter SYDNEY: Australia ruthlessly extinguished England´s resistance to claim an innings victory in the fifth Ashes Test and complete a 4-0 series rout on the final day in Sydney on Monday. The beleaguered tourists, with skipper Joe Root weakened by a stomach bug and unable to continue batting, dissolved ...
Read More »Australia’s Chris Lynn out of England ODI series
SYDNEY: Big-hitting Australian batsman Chris Lynn has been ruled out of this month´s one-day international series against England with a calf problem, Cricket Australia said Monday. Lynn suffered the injury to his right calf fielding in the Brisbane Heat´s Big Bash League match against the Perth Scorchers on Friday. It is expected the injury will sideline him for three to ...
Read More »Indian police arrests man for stalking Sachin Tendulkar’s daughter
Sachin Tendulkar with his daughter Sara Indian police arrested a man from Bengal for allegedly stalking former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s daughter in Mumbai. According to reports in Indian media, the man – a 32-year old man named Deb Kumar Maity – was arrested from West Bengal for passing lewd messages and making several calls to the cricketer’s daughter Sara Tendulkar. ...
Read More »Pak judokas to undergo training in Hungary
ISLAMABAD: Three judokas from Pakistan would undergo intensive two-month training in Hungary to prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Secretary Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) Mansoor Ahmed said on Monday. “The training of judokas, starting from next month would be held at Dunavarsany, which is one of the finest Olympic training centres in Hungary,” Mansoor Ahmed told Media. Ahmed said the ...
Read More »Pakistan qualifies for Tent-pegging World Cup
Following impressive performance in Tent-pegging World Cup Qualifiers, Pakistan, after a drought of ten years, has qualified for Tent-pegging World Cup 2018 scheduled to be held in Russia later this year. Pakistan’s Tent-pegging team won two gold and two silver medals in the Qualifiers, which were held in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. The tournament featured teams from Australia, United ...
Read More »Mohammad Shahzad is back in Afghanistan’s ODI
Mohammad Shahzad is back in Afghanistan’s ODI and T20I squads for their series against Zimbabwe in the UAE in February. The wicketkeeper-batsman’s retrospective one-year doping ban ends on January 17. The allrounder Samiullah Shenwari is also back in both squads, having been rested during Afghanistan’s ODI series against Ireland in December. Among the fast bowlers, Hamid Hassan, who last played ...
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