Delhi:-Hockey India  named PR Sreejesh and Rani Rampal as captains of the senior men’s and women’s national teams, respectively, until the end of 2018. Sreejesh returns to the leadership role after it was handed over to Manpreet Singh following the star goalkeeper’s anterior cruciate ligament injury that he suffered in his right knee at the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. ...

WUHAN (China):-Indian singles stars Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy settled for bronze medals after losing in the semi-finals of the Badminton Asia Championships on Saturday. London Olympic bronze medallist Saina lost to Chinese Taipei top seed Tai Tzu Ying 25-27, 19-21in 45 minutes. It was Saina’s third bronze medal in the Asia Championships. In the final, Tai will meet Chinese ...

Stuttgart:-CoCo Vandeweghe knocked world number one Simona Halep out of the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Friday with a commanding 6-4, 6-1 win but admitted she wasn’t even aware of the score for large parts of the match. The Californian’s 74-minute demolition of the Romanian top seed follows Maria Sharapova’s loss in the first round and the injury retirements of second ...

Mumbai:-Defending champions Mumbai Indians made heavy weather of the run chase but held their nerves in the end to beat table-toppers Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets and return to winning ways in the Indian Premier League match at the MCA stadium on Saturday night. Languishing at the bottom with only one win from six matches, Mumbai Indians restricted Chennai ...

BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal booked a place in the Barcelona Open final by breezing past David Goffin 6-4 6-0 on Saturday with his 18th successive claycourt win and 400th overall on the surface. World number one Nadal will meet Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s showpiece when he will target a record-extending 11th title in Barcelona a week after claiming the ...

Sarfraz Ahmed shakes hands with Kent captain at the toss. Photo: PCB CANTERBURY: Imam-ul-Haq top scored with 61 as Pakistan were bowled out for 168 on the first day of their tour opener against Kent at Canterbury on Saturday. Left-hander Imam, the 22-year-old nephew of chief selector and former Test batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq, resisted with 61 off 111 balls while Hasan ...

Lahore:- Pakistan Hockey Federation has named Mr Chaudhry Mohammad Riaz as the Chief Election Commissioner to conduct the forthcoming elections of the District Hockey Associations, followed by the elections of the Provincial Hockey Associations and finally that of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. The Chief Election Commissioner has announced the names of Election Commissioners and Members/Coordinators of Election Commission of the ...

By Nawaz Gohar ISLAMABAD: Second day of Chief of the Naval Staff Amateur Golf Cup ended today. On the second day of Golf Cup, 03 categories participated including final round of Senior Amateur, 2nd round of Amateur and Juniors. Second day of the event began with final round of Senior Amateur, 18 holes match for Juniors and 2nd round of ...

Lahore:-In the classification match for 5th-8th places at the Asian hockey qualifiers for the Youth Olympics in Bangkok, Thailand, Pakistan had a big 10-1 win over Hong Kong China. Murtaza Yaqoob: 3, Muhammad Waquas (captain): 3, Mohsin Khan: 2, Hammad Anjum and Zulqarnain  scored for Pakistan Pakistan now plays Japan in the 5th/6th position game on Sunday.

London:- Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur is hopeful that the time of the year will help them overcome the loss of legspinner Yasir Shah for the Tests against Ireland and England. Yasir has taken 89 wickets in the last two years – more than double Pakistan’s next most successful bowler in the period – but was ruled out of this tour ...