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Marcus Rashford marked his 200th Manchester United appearance in style by scoring twice as the Red Devils returned to winning ways by easily despatching bottom-of-the-table Norwich. Rashford, 22, became the third youngest player to reach the landmark for the club and opened the scoring in the first half by stabbing home Juan Mata’s deep cross to the back post. United ...

LAHORE: Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said young players exhibited excellent performance in the First SBP Junior Tennis Championship 2020 and this championship will play an important role in further popularizing the game of tennis in the province; he expressed these views while talking to media at the closing ceremony at State of the Art Nishtar Park Sports Complex Tennis Stadium ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Colombian powerlifter Nohemi Carabali for four years for committing an anti-doping violation. The athlete who competes in the up to 50kg returned an adverse analytical finding for three prohibited substances in a urine sample provided on 14 July 2019 after competing at the Nur-Sultan 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan. The substances ...

ISLAMABAD:  Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force met the    Pakistan Junior Squash Team, which participated in the recently concluded British Junior Open Squash Championship at Birmingham. Air Chief, who is also President Pakistan Squash Federation lauded their performance in this prestigious event and also awarded cash prizes among the players. Hamza Khan, ...

In the game of Educational Board, Lahore took 14 Medal with 8 Gold 5 Silver and one Bronze Medal, Pakistan Inter Board Girls Sports Gala 2020 to their name. Lahore Board defeated Islamabad in the Hockey Final by 14.0 Gujranwala defeated Faisalabad by 3.1 in the third position. In the final of badminton, Intermediate Board Karachi defeated Islamabad Board 2.0 ...

LAHORE: Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, on Thursday, said First Sports Board Punjab Junior Tennis Championship 2020 is a wonderful event for young boys and girls to express their tennis talent. “We are quite hopeful that several promising boys and girls will emerge through this championship,” he expressed these views in a statement on the second day of ...

LONDON: Former England captain Wayne Rooney has revealed a gambling addiction threatened to damage his glittering career. Rooney, who made his debut for Championship side Derby this week, said he was sucked in by his initial success as a gambler. Manchester United’s record goalscorer then lost large amounts of money and started “chasing his bets” to try and win it ...

Russia’s Maria Sharapova will compete at the Brisbane International in January after receiving a wildcard. The 32-year-old former world number one played just 15 matches in 2019 because of a long-term shoulder injury. Five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova last played a competitive match in the first round of the US Open in August. “Brisbane, I’ve missed you and I’m so ...

Britain lost their opening ATP Cup tie after Jamie Murray and Joe Salisbury were beaten in a thrilling match in Sydney. With the tie with Bulgaria locked at 1-1 after the singles, Salisbury and Murray lost 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (2-7) 11-9 to Grigor Dimitrov and Alexandar Lazarov. The Britons were unable to convert two match points in the match tie-break. ...

Karachi: Young Almas Football Club overcame Young Kharotabad Football Club on penalty kicks in the climax of Quetta District League Football Championship (Division-A) at Sardar Yar Muhammad Bareach Football Ground in Quetta. During the regulation time, both teams seemingly put their best as the score-line remained leveled at 2-2 when the referee blew the final whistle. However, Young Almas FC ...