Brazil’s World Cup winning footballer Ricardo Kaka, who is currently in Pakistan for an exhibition tour, has admitted that one-off tours by global stars like himself would create a temporary buzz but won’t create a sustainable football culture where the Beautiful Game could grow. Kaka, who along with Luis Figo, Nicolas Anelka and Carles Puyol, landed in Karachi on Saturday, ...

Pakistan’s Asif wins IBSF World Snooker Championship title in Turkey Pakistan’s Mohammad Asif on Saturday won the IBSF World Snooker Championship (amateur), beating Jefrey Roda of Philippines 8-5 in the final. It was Asif’s second IBSF World title, having triumphed in the same competition in 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf had also won the IBSF World Snooker Championship ...

Pakistan’s top badminton player Mahoor Shehzad has qualified for the final of Pakistan International Series badminton tournament taking place in Islamabad. Mahoor, country’s top ranked shuttler, downed Neela Najeeb of Maldives for 21-18 and 21-11 to qualify for the final of the tournament. She will face Iran’s top seed Soraraya Aghaeihajiagha in the final. The Iranian player defeated Pakistan’s Palwasha ...

LAHORE (Nov 8, 2019): Secretary Sports Punjab Nadeem Mehboob said Lahore School Sports 2019 has proved to be an effective platform to trace fresh sports talent. “We will organize similar sports events in future as well,” he said this while talking to media during the prize distribution ceremony of Lahore School Sports 2019 chess and karate competitions at Crescent Model ...

LAHORE (Nov 8, 2019): Punjab’s 450-member contingent will depart for Peshawar on November 9 (Saturday) to feature in 33rd National Games scheduled to be staged there from November 10, 2019. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh would be chef de mission of Punjab contingent during the National Games. President Punjab Olympic Association Amir Jaan and Director Admin Javed Chohan ...

Australia 0 for 109 (Finch 52, Warner 48) beat Pakistan 8 for 106 (Iftikhar 45, Richardson 3-18, Abbott 2-14, Starc 2-29) by 10 wickets At the home of the Perth Scorchers, Australia disposed of Pakistan with a brutal efficiency reminiscent of the West Australian Big Bash League club as coached by Justin Langer, completing a run of five wins in ...

Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters has delayed her WTA Tour comeback because of a knee injury. Clijsters, 36, says she will not be able to compete in January as she continues rehabilitation and treatment. “It’s a setback but I’m determined as ever to get back to the game I love,” the Belgian mother of three said. Clijsters, who first ...

Australia’s world number one Ashleigh Barty will play France’s Caroline Garcia on the opening day of the Fed Cup final in Perth on Saturday. Barty, who won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open, is on a 14-match unbeaten streak in the event. Ajla Tomljanovic will make her debut for Australia in Saturday’s first rubber against Kristina Mladenovic, ...

Teenager Mason Greenwood scored as Manchester United cruised into the Europa League last 32 with a 3-0 win over Partizan Belgrade at Old Trafford on Thursday, while Celtic stunned Lazio with a last-gasp goal in Rome to progress. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United knew that a third victory in four Group L games would be enough to send them through. The ...

Alvaro Morata returned to the Spain squad on Friday after scoring six goals in six games for Atletico Madrid. Spain have already qualified for Euro 2020 ahead of their final two group matches at home to Malta on November 15 and Romania on November 18. Coach Robert Moreno has rewarded Alvaro Morata for his rich vein of form after the ...