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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) Monday finalised players to represent the country in the Asian Team Championship, taking place in South Korea from March 21 -25. :The players will also participate in the Commonwealth Games to be held from April 5 to 15 in Australia,” a spokesman for the PSF said. He said the players were selected after five-day ...

Dhoa:-Petra Kvitova will return to the world’s top 10 after recording her 13th consecutive victory by beating Garbine Muguruza to win the Qatar Open title. The Czech 16th seed came from a set down in Doha to win 3-6 6-3 6-4 for her second title of 2018 after triumphing in St Petersburg two weeks ago. Kvitova, 27 is continuing her ...

KARACHI: Fifth and the final day was a nail-biting competition between Matloob Ahmed and Zulfiqar Ali but Matloob Ahmed won the Championship with a gross score of 285 (03 Under-par). The second position was secured by Zulfiqar Ali with the gross score of 287 (01 under par). While the third position was tied between Muhammad Shabbir and Waheed Baloch with ...

Bahawalpur:– Final phase of Cholistan Jeep Rally is underway with former champion Nadir Magsi, Roni Patel and Sahib Zada Sultan contesting for the top spot. According to news, the event has garnered massive eyeballs as huge number of spectators are present on the occasion. The length of final track is 210km. Earlier, Lahore’s Asma outclassed Multan’s Momal to win title ...

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada Friday said after the successful victory against terrorism Pakistan has become a safe country for sports activities. Speaking at the opening ceremony of International Futsal Cup 2018 here at Liaquat Gymnasium of the Pakistan Sports Complex, he lauded Pakistan Army’s efforts in eliminating the menace of terrorism from the country. ...

Lahore:Punjab University won the HEC Women Intervarsity Women Cycling Championship with 245 points while Bahao Din Zikria University runner-up with 108 points and Lahore College for women university and Sargodha University Combined  third with 82 points. Razia Hanif from Punjab University declared best player with 75 points and also  from  declared fastest cyclist of the championship.   Today three events were ...

LONDON: – Real Madrid strike Christiano Ronaldo has become the first player to score more than 100 goals in Champions League history. The Portuguese forward converted a first-half penalty against Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their last-16 tie at the Santiago Bernabeu to takehis Champions League tally into triple figures for Real Madrid. The 33-year-old has 115 goals ...

NEW DELHI: Hockey’s governing body indicated Thursday that Pakistan will take part in the men’s World Cup this year in India despite acute tensions between the two countries. Pakistan have qualified for the World Cup to be held in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar between November 18 and December 16. But fears have been raised that Pakistan could skip ...

ROTTERDAM: Roger Federer moved to within one victory of becoming the oldest man to take the world number one ranking on Thursday with a hard-fought 7-6 (10/8), 7-5 victory over Germany´s Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Rotterdam Open. The 36-year-old will now face Robin Haase in the quarter-finals on Friday. “Tonight was complicated, I had to fight and struggle,” said Federer. ...

KARACHI: Matloob Ahmed took the lead in second round of professionals with a gross score of 140 (04 under-par) in on the third day of the 37th CAS Open Golf Championship 2018. Muhammad Shabbir and Shahid Javed Khan were left behind with gross score of 141 (03 under-par) while Muhammad Alam, Waheed Baloch and Talat Ejaz remained third with gross ...