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SAINT-DENIS: France must wait to claim a place at Euro 2020 after the world champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Turkey in a high-octane qualifying game on Monday. Turkey’s Kaan Ayhan equalised eight minutes from time after France substitute Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 76th as the visitors stayed top of Group H with ...

DOHA/KARACHI: Pakistan’s champion wrestler Inam Butt added another feather to his cap on Monday when he bagged gold at the World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar. Inam, 30, remained undefeated throughout the day in 90kg weight category of wrestling competition to outclass all his opponents. In the final bout, Inam was once 0-2 down against Georgian Dato Marsagishvili but things ...

Hong Kong: Natixis HKFC saw off the challenge of SCAA First Pacific Causeway Bay on Saturday, 25-7, to claim sole share of fourth place in the Premiership rankings. The top three emerged unscathed after table leaders Societe Generale Valley beat Bloomberg HK Scottish Kukris 52-5, Gai Wu Falcons blanked Transact 24 Tai Po Dragons 44-0, and Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers ...

Karachi: Pakistan socca football team, which has been placed in Group ‘H’, lost its first game of the 2nd Socca World Cup to Slovenia in Crete, Greece on Monday. According to the information made available here, A. Malivojevic put Slovenia 1-0 up in the 6th minute of the game while J. Kandare doubled the lead in 12th minute to make ...

PARIS- Roger Federer announced Monday he will compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics in a bid to win the men’s singles gold medal, the only major prize he has yet to obtain. “I’ve been debating with my team for a few weeks now, months actually, what I should do in the summer time (of 2020) after Wimbledon and before the ...

Daniil Medvedev won his fourth title of a spectacular year with a thumping 6-4, 6-1 victory over Alexander Zverev in the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday. Victory for the 23-year-old Russian, contesting a sixth final in a row, was more evidence that he is the prime contender to join the “Big Three” of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. ...

Teenage prodigy Coco Gauff won her first WTA title on Sunday following a 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 win over Jelena Ostapenko in the final in Linz that saw her hold her first trophy aloft aged 15. Gauff, who only entered the field as a lucky loser after failing to qualify, completed a dream week in Linz in front of a supportive ...

Islamabad:Pakistan Netball Federation has announced 13-members  Pakistsn Junior Girls Netball team for South Asian Junior Girls U-16 Netball Championship-2019 at Nepal. President, Pakistan Netball Federation, Mudassar  Arain told that Chairman, Pakistan Netball Federation,  Captain (R) Zafar Iqbal Awan, has approved the 13-members teams. He said that Zainab Shujat has been appointed as Captain while Mahreen Sagar will be the Vice ...

Karachi, October 12: Pakistan Socca Team coach Kevin Reeves conducted training session for Pakistan team in Crete, Greece on Saturday ahead of their first Socca World Cup match against Slovenia, which will be held on October 14. While talking to reporters, the Englishman Kevin Reeves said that all of the players are completely fit and he hopeful that his boys ...

LAHORE : Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh has said that Sports Board Punjab will continue to provide sufficient opportunities to young talented players with the collaboration of sports associations; he said this while addressing the prize distribution ceremony of PLTA JTI Junior Tennis Championship 2019 at Punjab Lawn Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah on Saturday. Director Sports Shahid Nizami, Secretary ...