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SHENZHEN, China: An indefatigable Elina Svitolina came from behind to outlast a hobbled Belinda Bencic in a gruelling semi-final on Saturday, continuing her dogged quest to defend her WTA Finals title. The world number eight worked over an ailing Bencic with a comeback 5-7, 6-3, 4-1 victory in one hour and 50 minutes at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre. The ...

LAHORE (Oct 29, 2019): Punjab’s different male and female teams, on the instructions of Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti, have accelerated their preparations for 33rd edition of National Games being staged at Peshawar in November 2019. Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Deputy Director Shahid Nizami, Assistant Director Raees ur Rehman and other officials visited above-mentioned ...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti visited the mess of Punjab athletes and checked the standard of food at National Hockey Stadium on Monday night. Punjab Minister for Sports Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti enquired the players, who are staying at National Hockey Stadium in connection with 33rd National Games camps, about the quality of ...

LAHORE: Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh visited the mess at National Hockey Stadium to examine the quality of food prepared for Punjab athletes on Wednesday. It is pertinent to mention here that dozens of male and female players are staying at National Hockey Stadium mess in connection with 33rd National Games camps. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh ...

LAHORE: Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh visited Faisalabad yesterday to inspect sports development schemes across the division. Before his inspection, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh chaired an important meeting at Iqbal Stadium. The meeting was attended by Divisional Sports Officer Tariq Nazir, District Sports Officer Rana Hammad, DSOs Iqbal, M Imran, M Jameel, Rabia Rishi and ...

LAHORE:Vice-Chairman Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Rao Zahid Qayyum visited SBP E-Library in Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Wednesday. During his visit, Vice-Chairman Sports Board Punjab Rao Zahid Qayyum inspected various departments of E-Library. Head Librarian Asif Bilal briefed him about different features and functions of E-Library. Vice-Chairman SBP Rao Zahid Qayyum, on this occasion said that E-Libraries are basic need ...

Jurgen Klopp moved to allay fears over Mohamed Salah’s left ankle problem saying his departure five minutes before the end of Premier League leaders Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur was a precautionary measure. The 27-year-old Egyptian star — who had missed the previous match with Manchester United due to the injury — scored the decisive goal to bring up ...

World’s number three Roger Federer announced on Monday that he was withdrawing from this week’s Paris Masters in order to “pace” himself for the next year. “I am extremely disappointed to have to pull out of the Paris Masters,” he said in a statement. “I have to pace myself since I want to play as long as possible on the ...

A Nepali mountaineer on Tuesday smashed the record for summiting the world’s 14 highest peaks, racing up all “8000ers” in just seven months, according to a post on his social media accounts. Nirmal Purja completed the climb of the 14 mountains, all over 8,000 metres (26,250 feet) in seven months, the post said. The previous record was almost eight years. ...

LAHORE : Development sports schemes in tehsil Chunian, district Kasur were reviewed at length in an important meeting chaired by Vice-Chairman Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Rao Zahid Qayyum in his chamber at National Hockey Stadium on Monday. Divisional Sports Officer Nadeem Qaiser, Director Project Management Unit (PMU) Akram Soban, District Sports Officer Kasur Faisal Ameer and other officials attended the ...