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Karachi: Bay View Academy Clifton, in collaboration with Leisure Leagues, is organizing fourth edition of Inter-School U-12 Girls Futsal Tournament from today (Tuesday) at Bay View Academy Clifton Ground. Eight teams will be seen in action during the tournament. The eight teams have been divided into two groups. Group ‘A’ consists of Bay View Academy, Delsol, Bay View (PECHS) and ...

Ashleigh Barty of Australia tops the end of season women´s tennis rankings released Monday, a day after her triumph in the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China. With 7,851 points, Barty, who has topped the rankings since early September, eclipsed second-placed Karolína Plísková (5,940 points) by almost 2,000 points. Naomi Osaka (5,497) held on to third place from Simona Halep, who ...

Rafael Nadal’s return to the world number one position for the eighth time in his career was confirmed when the ATP rankings were released on Monday. The Spaniard leapfrogs Novak Djokovic even though the Serb sealed his fifth Paris Masters title on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Canadian Denis Shapovalov. Nadal, whose last stint at the top ended ...

MUMBAI: India’s Davis Cup tie against Pakistan at Islamabad this month must be played at a neutral venue after the latest advice from the International Tennis Federation’s independent security advisors, the world governing body said on Monday. The Asia/Oceania Group I tie, originally scheduled for September 14-15 in Islamabad, was postponed by the ITF to November 29-30 following a security ...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti inaugurated Lahore School Sports 2019, the biggest school sports event of Lahore’s history, at a grand colourful opening ceremony at Punjab Stadium on Monday night. Vice-Chairman Sports Board Punjab Rao Zahid Qayyum, Secretary Sports Punjab Nadeem Mehboob, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, Director Admin Javed ...

Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty has made history in beating defending champion Elina Svitolina at the $14 million WTA Finals. It wasn’t an easy victory, as Barty was tested further in the second set, but ran out the eventual winner 6-4, 6-3. Barty had won two of her round robin matches before the final, so she pocketed a cool $6.4 ...

LAHORE (Nov 1, 2019): Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said that top level fitness and right techniques played key role in producing positive results in every sport. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Friday, stressed upon Punjab’s coaches and trainers to focus on fitness and sports techniques of players on the eve of ...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti, on Friday said that the upcoming Lahore School Sports event could prove to be a game changer for school-going young players. “It’s ideal platform for young male and female players to show their talent and I would like to request all parents to send their children for ...

Students from all over Karachi are participating in 10 events in U-17 and U-19 categories. On day 3 of our Sports Festival we had 3 games (Futsal, Counter-Strike & Cricket) in both the categories happening at two of our campuses of Alpha College and Alpha Core and IBA Cricket Ground. Following are the results of Day 3: Day 3 Results. ...

Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Paris Masters with an abdominal injury just minutes before the scheduled start of his semi-final against Denis Shapovalov on Saturday, and admitted his participation at the ATP Tour Finals was in doubt. Canadian youngster Shapovalov will face Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s final in the French capital. Second seed Nadal could have secured the year-end ...