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By Ijaz Ahmad PESHAWAR, : Pakistan Army girls have set up two new national records on the first day while Sami Ullah and Najma of Wapda declared as the fastest Men and Women Athlete after grabbing gold medal in 100m in the Athletic Meet of the 33rd National Games being played at Qayyum Sports Complex on Monday. The first record ...

ISLAMABAD: Shooter Gulfam Joseph has become the latest Pakistani shooter to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Khalil Akhtar and Ghulam Mustafa Bashir. “Joseph who is only 19 years old has qualified for the air pistol event of the Olympics. He had shown extraordinary talent by participating in the national senior category only a few months back,” Javed Lodhi ...

LAHORE: Punjab’s women hockey team showed excellent performance and reached in the semifinal stage of 33rd National Games women hockey event on Monday. Punjab thrashed HEC by 2-0 margin and booked a place in semifinal match. Punjab women team set up semifinal clash against Wapda while Railways will face Army in other semifinal encounter. The semifinals of women hockey will ...

In an attempt to test and boost the knowledge of local athletes regarding Pakistan’s sporting history, the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has staged a digital quiz for the participants of the ongoing National Games in Peshawar. The quiz, the first-ever in the history of National Games, is aimed at raising the athletes’ awareness about their well-being and also about the ...

Unbeaten Devin Haney successfully defended his WBC lightweight title for the first time with a unanimous decision over Alfredo Santiago on Saturday night. American Haney, who turns 21 on November 17, knocked Santiago down in the fifth round of a surprisingly close fight at Staples Center Arena in Los Angeles. This was Haney´s first defence of the 135-pound title which ...

Islamabad: Pakistan’s top-ranked badminton player Mahoor Shahzad has added another title to her collection after winning the Pakistan Series International Badminton Tournament in Islamabad. Mahoor, the highest-ranked Pakistani in international badminton ranking, was up against top seeded Iranian Soraya Aghaeihajiagha at Rodham Hall of Pakistan Sports Board sports complex in the federal capital. Both players showed their skills in the ...

PERTH: A jubilant Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia led France to its first Fed Cup title since 2003 on Sunday, winning a deciding doubles rubber to crush Australian dreams 3-2. In the last tournament played under the current format, the pair kept their focus at Perth Arena to overcome Ashleigh Barty and Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3, denying the home team ...

LONDON: Novak Djokovic began his quest for a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title and sixth year-end number one spot on Sunday with an imperious 6-2, 6-1 victory against Italy´s Matteo Berrettini. The Serbian was last week nudged off the top position in the rankings by Rafael Nadal, who is also in the eight-man field in London. Djokovic must reach the ...

By Ijaz Ahmad The historical and most awaited 33rd National Games got under way amidst great fun and enthusiasm with more than 10,000 athletes are taking part in 32 male and 27 female. Chief Minister KP Mahmood Khan was the chief guest on this occasion who formally inaugurated the Games. Corps Commander Peshawar Lt. Gen. Shaheen Mazhar Mehmood, Senior Minister ...

JOHANNESBURG: Wonder boy Mostafa Mohamed headed the goal that gave hosts Egypt a 1-0 win over Mali as an eight-nation African contest for three places at the Tokyo Olympics Games kicked off Friday. Later, Ghana snatched a late 1-1 draw with Cameroon in the second match of a Group A double-header at the 75,000-capacity Cairo International Stadium. Franck Evina, who ...