ROTTERDAM: Roger Federer moved to within one victory of becoming the oldest man to take the world number one ranking on Thursday with a hard-fought 7-6 (10/8), 7-5 victory over Germany´s Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Rotterdam Open. The 36-year-old will now face Robin Haase in the quarter-finals on Friday. “Tonight was complicated, I had to fight and struggle,” said Federer. ...

KARACHI: Matloob Ahmed took the lead in second round of professionals with a gross score of 140 (04 under-par) in on the third day of the 37th CAS Open Golf Championship 2018. Muhammad Shabbir and Shahid Javed Khan were left behind with gross score of 141 (03 under-par) while Muhammad Alam, Waheed Baloch and Talat Ejaz remained third with gross ...

AUCKLAND: D‘Arcy Short anchored a high-powered Australian batting order to produce the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 international cricket to beat New Zealand by five wickets in their tri-series clash at Eden Park on Friday. Short, who started his innings with several edges and false shots that went for boundaries at the small ground, scored 76 from 44 balls ...

LAHORE : Chairman Steering Committee Sports Punjab Hanif Abbasi presided over a couple of important meetings about the playfields, E-Libraries and gymnasium halls at National Hockey Stadium on Friday. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, Deputy Secretary Planning Tehmina Habib, Director Admin Javed Rasheed Chohan, DSO Rauf Bajwa and other top officials attended the meetings. The concerned officials gave a ...

LAHORE : Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan stated that as many as 50 gymnasium halls are being constructed and some of them are near completion in different cities of the Punjab province; he said this while addressing an important meeting of Divisional Sports Officers at National Hockey Stadium on Friday. The concerned officials gave a thorough briefing to Secretary ...