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Ten-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal moved into the 2018 quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-4) victory over Germany’s Maximilian Marterer. Nadal, 32, lost his opening service game and trailed 2-0 in the first set in Paris before recovering well. He broke Marterer’s serve early in the second set and fought back from 3-1 down in the third for ...

BARCELONA: Brazil talisman Neymar returned in style with a dazzling goal in a 2-0 World Cup warm-up win over Croatia and Spain goalkeeper David de Gea made a rare error in his team’s 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Sunday. Peru captain Paolo Guerrero celebrated his reprieve from a doping ban by scoring twice in a 3-0 victory over Saudi Arabia ...

Elite footballers face ever-increasing physical and mental demands, with a faster-paced game and long, gruelling seasons. In a World Cup year, how does a player make it to June fit and fired up? It is actually quite difficult, the experts say, and requires an army of dedicated specialists tracking and carefully engineering each athlete´s mental and physical condition. Research shows ...

CAIRO: Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah was included Monday in Egypt’s 2018 World Cup squad despite still underdoing treatment for a shoulder injury he suffered in the Champions League final, the Egyptian Football Association said. Salah, who hit a stunning 44 goals for Liverpool last season in all competitions, was forced out of the final in tears last month clutching his ...

PARIS: American Serena Williams withdrew from the French Open on Monday, shortly before she was due on court to face Maria Sharapova in a much-anticipated fourth round showdown. The 36-year-old 23-times Grand Slam champion, making a comeback after a maternity break, told a news conference she had a pectoral muscle injury. “Unfortunately I´m having some issues with my pec muscle. ...

MADRID: Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos released Friday an anthem for Spain’s 2018 World Cup campaign which he co-wrote with Spanish flamenco fusion singer Demarco Flamenco. The 32-year-old Spain captain uploaded on his Instagram page a short video teaser of the song, which he is seen performing with Flamenco, a former gas canister distributor. “I always keep my promises. This ...

PARIS: Maria Sharapova admitted on Saturday that “numbers don´t lie” as she prepared to face bitter rival Serena Williams, who she has lost to 18 times in a row, in the French Open fourth round. Sharapova, who thrashed Karolina Pliskova in the third round, will face Williams for the 22nd time in the last 16 on Monday, after the American ...

  Pakistan Rocball Federation is organized 4th Abdul Razak Arain Ramzan night Rocball Tournament 2018 at Mini Sports Complex Nazimabad Karachi on 29th May to 2nd June 2018. (9.00 pm to 2.00 am). Third Position, Police beat Garden Fighter,  2-1 Sets. (Police,  Khurram-1 Coal) Final Match. Punjab beat Ghazi Sports,  2-0 Sets,  ( Punjab, Amanullah-2 Goals) Dr. Junid Ali Shah ...

By Ijaz Ahmad PESHAWAR, President Athletic Federation of Pakistan (AFP) Maj. Gen. (Retd) Muhammad Akram Sahi termed Athletes Commission (AC) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) a step taken in the right direction. Talking to APP in exclusive chat, General Akram Sahi, who is also member of the World Value Commission of International Association of Athletic Federation (IAAF) and Executive ...

By Ijaz Ahmad CHITRAL, After over two years, the annual Shandur Polo Festival will be held on its old schedule in July this year, an official of the Tourism Corporation, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has confirmed here on Saturday. “It would be organized from July 7-9, 2018 as for a couple of years the annual three-day calendar festival could not be held ...