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Serena Williams has withdrawn from this month’s Italian Open, five days after opting out of the WTA event in Madrid. The decision puts in doubt her participation at the French Open, which begins on 27 May. Williams is a four-time winner of the Rome event, which takes place from 14-20 May. She withdrew from the Madrid Open on Thursday, saying ...

Islamabad:-International Badminton Coach Raziuddin Ahmad will visits Hayatabad Sports Complex Peshawar on Friday 11th May on the invitation of ASAD GHAFFAR , Joint Secretary Badders Badminton Club at Hayatabad Sports Complex, Peshawar. Sr & Jr. Players, Local Coaches and Sports Teachers will join and get awareness about the “Principles of Badminton Training” Lectures will be on following points: 1. Three ...

GILGIT: The first Tour de Khunjrab 2018 race, which starts on May 11, promises to take cyclists on a ride of their lives. The three-day event will start from Gilgit, which is located at an elevation of 4,200 feet, and conclude at Khunjrab which lies at an elevation of 15,300 feet. As many of 12 teams comprising 75 cyclists are ...

BARCELONA: Barcelona defender Sergi Roberto will miss the rest of the Liga season and the first match of the next campaign after being given a four-game ban for striking Real Madrid´s Marcelo in last Sunday´s tension-filled 2-2 draw at the Nou Camp. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced the ban for “assaulting another player” in its weekly disciplinary statement on ...

LAHORE: Director Sports Muhammad Anees Sheikh said Sports Board Punjab (SBP) has planned to invite a large number of male and female students from various schools and colleges to witness the upcoming Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship and this measure will definitely help a lot in promoting the game of boxing among young generation; he said this while presiding over ...

Nanjing:Baseball Federation of Asia and Major League Baseball China has organized BFA Coach Clinic 2018 in Nanjing China from May 5 – 8, 2018. Two Baseball Coaches of Pakistan Umair Imdad Bhatti and Nadeem Sajjad Shah were participated in the Clinic. Syed Fakhar Ali Shah President Pakistan Federation Baseball told that Federation sent two baseball coaches who are Baseball Players ...

LAHORE : Director Sports Muhammad Anees Sheikh and Director Admin Javed Chohan, on Tuesday, visited Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall to inspect the arrangements of Inter-Division Punjab Open Boxing Championship scheduled to be held from May 12 to 15, 2018. Deputy Director Tariq Wattoo, Deputy Director Hafeez Bhatti, Iqbal Shahid, SBP PRO Abdul Rauf and Punjab Boxing Association (PBA) ...

Novak Djokovic said his first-round win over Kei Nishikori at the Madrid Open was “exactly” what he needed for his confidence after a run of poor form. The 30-year-old former world number one has failed to reach the quarter-finals in five tournaments since returning from elbow surgery in January. But he impressed in beating Nishikori 7-5 6-4 to set up ...

Islamabad:Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) is organizing Pakistan Squash Circuit-1 at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad. The tournament includes Men & Women Events. An amount of US$ 10,000/- has been set as prize money in Men event whereas US$ 5,000/- in Women Event. The Men event is being played with Qualifying as well as Main round whereas Women event is to be ...

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports Jahangir Khanzada presided over the general body meeting of Sports Board Punjab at National Hockey Stadium the other day. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, Head of Cricket Coaching Academies Sports Board Punjab Zaheer Abbas, Farzana Butt, former PHF President Olympian Akhtar Rasool, Olympian Kh Junaid, Awais Akbar and P&D and Finance Department officers also ...