As the world’s elite chess players gather in Riyadh for the first time to prepare for battle, Saudi Arabia has called checkmate before any pieces have been moved. Claims by Qatari Chess Association that Saudi Arabia denied visas to Qatari nationals for the King Salman Blitz and Rapid Championship, set to take place this week in one of the biggest ...

LAHORE: Punjab wrestling team overwhelmed their rivals with a great professional performance and clinched all eight gold medals in the 2nd edition of Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games at Islamabad Sports Complex on Wednesday. Punjab contingent continued its marvelous medal-winning performance added 35 more medals on the third day of grand sports event. Overall Punjab’s medals tally has reached up to 86. ...

LAHORE : Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan says the big events like Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games broaden the vision of players and bring improvement in their performance as well; he said this while talking to media at a badminton match of Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games at Hameedi Hall of Islamabad Sports Complex on Tuesday night. Director Sports Muhammad Anees Sheikh, Deputy ...

MELBOURNE: Alastair Cook hit a long-awaited century and Stuart Broad snapped up four wickets as England´s much-maligned old guard finally enjoyed a day to remember in the Ashes series on Wednesday. At 3-0 down after three Tests, the Ashes urn is already lost to Australia but Cook and Broad showed their careers are not over yet after critics had questioned ...

LAHORE: Former bowler Aqib Javed has been named new head coach of Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Lahore Qalandars for the upcoming season, while opener Fakhar Zaman has been appointed vice captain of the team. Aqib replaces Paddy Upton, who was the head coach for the first two seasons of PSL, in which Lahore Qalandars finished at bottom on both ...

KARACHI: The former team captain and President Pakistan Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association (PDCA) Rashid Latif has launched the sixth National Disabled T-20 Cricket Championship, which will start from January 1 (Monday) simultaneously at Rashid Latif Cricket Academy and TMC ground Gulberg. President PDCA Rashid Latif said that it is the first event the under the new management and board of ...

LAHORE: The 4th All Pakistan Inter University Men Archery Championship organized by Punjab University at New Campus ground has been won by University of Central Punjab (UCP) while Punjab University obtained second and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal grabbed third position. PU Director Sports Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Butt distributed prizes among the winners in the closing ceremony of event. ...

Mitchell Santner and Trent Boult shared six wickets as New Zealand beat the West Indies by 66 runs in the rain-affected third One Day International Tuesday to complete a clean sweep of the three-match series. New Zealand made 131-4, batting first after winning the toss in a match reduced to 23 overs per side. The West Indies slumped to 9-5 ...

MELBOURNE: David Warner was handed a no-ball reprieve before posting a century to put Australia in a strong position over England on the opening day of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne on Tuesday. Warner, who had been marooned in the 90s for over 40 minutes, looked poised on 99 to bring up his century as he faced the last ...

LAHORE: Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Najam Sethi on Tuesday expressed complete faith in the Pakistan cricket team. “The team will be faced with tough competition in New Zealand but I have complete faith in our team,” Sethi said while addressing the kit unveiling ceremony held at the Gaddafi Stadium (Far End Pavilion) in Lahore. “The tour will ...