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Roger Federer is the first tennis player to top the annual Forbes list of the world’s highest paid athletes, overtaking footballer Lionel Messi.Federer, 38, moved up four places after earning £86.2m in the past year – about £81m of it in endorsements.Cristiano Ronaldo (£85m), Messi (£84m) and Neymar (£77.5m) come next, while American basketball player LeBron James (£71.5m) completes the ...

The World Team Tennis (WTT) season, set to feature Grand Slam champions Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin, will begin on 5 July.About 500 fans will be able attend the matches, held at a 2,500-capacity court in Greenbrier, in the United States.“The overwhelming feedback is players want to play and are comfortable doing so in a safe environment,” said WTT chief ...

Hundred of lower-ranked tennis players are struggling to make a living during the coronavirus shut down as they depend solely on the tournament earnings to make ends meet. Subsequently, a debate is raging on about how to best help these players. Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has a surprising solution to do exactly that.Earlier, World No.1 Novak Djokovic, along with ...

Lahore: The International Netball Federation on Wednesday organised an INF Roadshow of Asia, discussing the impact of coronavirus pandemic that has affected the international sports activities across the globe. including that of netball events in Asia and elsewhere.President INF Liz Nicholl (CBE) chaired the meeting and briefed the participants from the various countries about the recovery and development plans for ...

Paris:The French Open tournament director says there are grounds for optimism that the championships will be able to take place in the autumn.The Roland Garros main draw was due to get under way on Sunday but has been postponed until September.Guy Forget says he is not resigned to playing the tournament behind closed doors, and hopes to “welcome as many ...

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has become the world’s highest-paid female athlete, displacing US rival Serena Williams at the top of the list.According to Forbes magazine, Osaka, 22, a two-time Grand Slam champion, made £30.7m in prize money and endorsements over the past 12 months.That was £1.15m more than the amount earned by 38-year-old Williams.Both shattered the previous single-year earnings ...

Karachi:The Pakistan Hockey Federation has announced to hold a five-a-side hockey tournament in Karachi in the first phase to revive hockey activities. Asif Bajwa, secretary of the federation, told national newspaper that the event would be held in the last week of July, with one or two matches likely to be held in Lahore. Eight teams will be in action ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned the former Paralympic champion Para powerlifter Esther Oyema for four years after she committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The Nigerian, who won gold at London 2012 in the Women’s 48kg, returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in a urine sample provided on 28 January 2019 after competing at the ...

Islamabad:Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Federal Minister for IPC distributed cheques among the members of Pakistan Asian Style Kabaddi team performed in the 13th South Asian Games held in Nepal from 1-10 December, 2019. The team Global attention to Pakistan in the arena of sports by securing bronze medal in the competition. The kabaddi players who got the cash prize include M/s ...

By Nawaz GoharBaluchistan to Khyber and from overseas Pakistani badminton community is extremely pleased on an affirmative decision of PTI Chief Organizer, Saifullah Khan Nyazee to take on board the International Badminton Coach Raziuddin Ahmad as Deputy General Secretary Punjab in PTI Insaf Sports & Cultural Wing, Central Committee. ISCW President Shahzaman Alam, SVP Shahid K Shinwari and General Secretary ...