By Nawaz Gohar Islamabad:-Pakistan Federation Baseball with the collaboration of Bahria Town Sports Wing is holding Bahria National Inter-School Baseball Championship at Aashqi Hussain Baseball Stadium, Bahria Town, Lahore from May 14 – 15, 2018. Participating teams are Govt. Higher Secondary School Maraka Quarters Lahore, Ali Garh Public School Manga Mandi, Govt. High Secondary School Manga Mandi, Message Grammar School ...

DUBLIN: Bowling coach Azhar Mahmood admitted Pakistan were “concerned” by Mohammad Amir’s early exit from the third day’s play against Ireland at Malahide just over a week before the start of a Test series with England. Left-arm quick Amir went off with what Mahmood said was a recurrence of a “chronic” left knee injury after a brief spell in Test ...

PARIS: Rafael Nadal’s surprise quarter-final exit at the Madrid Masters has seen the Spaniard replaced as world number one by Roger Federer in the latest ATP rankings published on Monday. Federer returns to the top spot despite not having played since March. Former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic slipped six places to 18th after his second-round defeat in Madrid, his ...

Pakistan beat Indonesia on penalties in the semi-final to qualify for the final of Street Child World Cup 2018. Photo: Twitter  Pakistan have qualified for the final of the Street Child World Cup 2018 in Russia, making history as they beat Indonesia in a nail-biting semi-final on Monday. The boys in green outclassed Indonesia 5-4 on penalties to secure their place ...

LAHORE:  Boxing enthusiasts saw some thrilling bouts on the 3rd day of Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship being staged under the directives of Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall on Monday. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Amir Jan, in a statement on Monday, praised the holding of Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship and said ...

MADRID — Second-seeded Alexander Zverev eased past fifth-seeded Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-4 to win the Madrid Open on Sunday, claiming his second title in a week. The German broke Thiem’s opening service games in each set and didn’t give his Austrian rival a single break chance, winning in 1 hour, 19 minutes. Zverev won his eighth career title and second ...

Stan Wawrinka was beaten 6-4 6-4 in the first round of the Italian Open on his return from injury. The Swiss three-time Grand Slam champion lost to 55th-ranked American Steve Johnson on the clay in Rome. The 33-year-old sat out the second half of 2017 after knee surgery following his first-round exit at Wimbledon and has not competed since February. ...

NEW DELHI: Teenage cricket sensation Sandeep Lamichhane said there was more talent waiting to be discovered in Nepal after an impressive Indian Premier League debut. Lamichhane, aged 17 and the first Nepalese player to land an IPL contract, took one wicket for 25 from his four overs opening the attack with his leg-spin for Delhi Daredevils against Royal Challengers Bangalore. ...

LONDON: Mohamed Salah set a new Premier League record of 32 goals in a 38-game season to guarantee Liverpool´s place back in the Champions League next season by beating Brighton 4-0 at Anfield on Sunday. Victory for Liverpool meant it didn´t matter what fifth-placed Chelsea did at Newcastle, but they failed to put any sort of pressure on the Champions ...

PARIS: With the 2018 World Cup in Russia starting in a month, AFP Sport takes a look at how the biggest names — who between them have won 13 of the last 20 tournaments — are shaping up: Germany Germany´s build-up has been marred by uncertainty as to the fitness of first-choice goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. The 32-year-old Bayern Munich man ...