MADRID: Rafael Nadal married his partner of 14 years, Xisca Perello, at a castle in Mallorca on Saturday. Nadal, the 19-time grand slam champion, tied the knot with 31-year-old Perello at La Fortaleza, with a reported 350 guests invited to a private ceremony. Juan Carlos I, the king of Spain from 1975 to 2014, was believed to be among those ...

Karachi:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U19 player Abuzar Tariq has been fined 20 percent of his match fee for level 1 offence relating to excessive appealing during a match in his team’s National U19 three-day match against Southern Punjab at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi. The incident happened on Friday, Abuzar, was charged for excessive appealing and advancing towards the umpire. Abuzar were charged by ...

LAHORE: After a positive response from the Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLC), the chances of holding Test matches in Pakistan after 10 years have increased. According to reports, the SLC has shown an interest for Test matches in Pakistan in December, after successfully playing a limited-match series in the country. The Islanders recently played a three-match ODI series in Karachi, ...

LAHORE: The three-day ACC Level 1 Women Coaching Course concluded on Saturday at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), according to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Served with presentations, practical skills and assessment tests under the NCA instructors, the 16 participants from 11 countries were put to task on different aspects of the game. The participants included four Pakistan women, namely ...

Faisalabad: Northern beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by seven wickets (DLS method) in the 12th match of the ongoing National T20 Cup at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. In a rain-affected contest, reduced to 16 overs per side, Imad Wasim put Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into bat. The decision paid dividends as a brilliant opening spell by Musa Khan reduced Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to 15 for three ...

Faisalabad :Northern beat Sindh by 66 runs in the 10th match of the ongoing National T20 Cup at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. Imad Wasim-led Northern scored 191 for seven in 20 overs after opting to bat first. Sohail Akhtar cracked a 36-ball 63, smacking six fours and three sixes, and crafted a 102-run partnership with Umar Amin, who scored 36 runs ...

Islamabad: Former Pakistan badminton coach Raziuddin Ahmed on Friday said that the rescheduling of the 33rd National Games was a real setback for the athletes who were approaching their peak form. “Players were in full form to perform in the 33rd National Games when the authorities announced new dates. Although it is only two weeks delay but it will badly ...

Lahore:Azhar Ali has been appointed national cricket team captain for Pakistan’s World Test Championship matches in the 2019-20 season, while Babar Azam has been named captain of the No.1 ranked T20I side until next year’s ICC T20 World Cup Australia 2020, which is now exactly one year away. The appointments were confirmed after Sarfaraz Ahmed was left out of both ...

LAHORE: Punjab’s 32-member men and women (16 each) taekwondo teams were selected for upcoming 33rd National Games 2019 scheduled to be held at Peshawar in November. Punjab Taekwondo Association conducted the trials for the selection of Punjab teams with the collaboration of Sports Board Punjab (SBP) on Friday. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Friday ...

Karachi: Top Group ‘H’ team Hungary was given a tough time by Pakistan players, who didn’t look minnows in any way in their last game of the 2nd Six-a-side Socca World Cup underway in Crete, Greece. According to information made available here, match favorites Hungary took the lead in the 6th minute with B. Hollauer scoring the goal. Pakistan players ...