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Serena Williams has not played a competitive match since capturing last year´s Australian Open NEW YORK: Serena Williams, who has not played a competitive match since capturing last year´s Australian Open, will return to the court next month at a Fed Cup tie, the US Tennis Association announced Tuesday. Williams was pregnant when she won her 23rd major crown last ...

Nadal retired early in the fifth set of his Australian Open quarterfinal match with Marin Cilic MELBOURNE: World number one Rafael Nadal faces three weeks out after being diagnosed with a torn inner hip muscle during his Australian Open quarter-final defeat, his management said Wednesday. The 16-time Grand Slam champion had a scan in a Melbourne hospital after he retired ...

The final phase of camp training for Pakistan’s national junior hockey team for the forthcoming tour of Argentina would commence on January 27 at the Abdul Sattar Edhi hockey stadium in Karachi. The team recently played the 2 match series against the visiting World XI Side will leave for Argentine on February 5. Junaid Manzoor of Bahawalpur is the captain ...

MELBOURNE: Marin Cilic advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday after top seed Rafa Nadal retired hurt when trailing 3-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 2-0 in their match at Rod Laver Arena. Nadal took a medical time-out late in the fourth set for treatment on an apparent hip injury and was clearly struggling as he battled on in ...

  LAHORE: “Punjab govt will carve out an effective system to run the dozens of top standard sports facilities across the Punjab province. We will introduce such a useful structure to function the valuable gymnasiums and playfields so that talented youth of the province can take maximum benefit out of these facilities; these views were expressed by Punjab Minister for ...

Pakistan’s tennis ace Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and his partner Marcin Matkowski of Poland crashed out of Australian Open after suffering a straight-sets defeat at the hands of famed American duo of Bob and Mike Bryan in men’s doubles quarterfinals. The Bryan brothers kept their hopes of a 17th grand slam title alive after wrapping up a 6-1, 6-4 victory ...

Unseeded Australian Open debutant Elise Mertens is in Australian Open semifinals after beating world number four Elina Svitolina MELBOURNE: Unseeded Australian Open debutant Elise Mertens blew away world number four Elina Svitolina in straight sets Tuesday to reach a first Grand Slam semi-final. The Belgian world number 37, on a 10-match unbeaten streak after winning in Hobart this month, knocked out ...

LONDON: Manchester United narrowly pipped Real Madrid to remain the top revenue-generating club in the world as Premier League sides underlined their growing financial clout, Deloitte´s “Money League” report said Tuesday. It is the 10th time United have topped Deloitte´s list, with a revenue in 2016/17 of 676 million euros ($828 million, £593 million) — just 1.7 million euros ahead ...

RAWALPINDI: International hockey players, who have come for the World XI series, and Pakistan’s hockey legends met Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday. COAS appreciated Pakistan Hockey Federation’s initiative for bringing the international players to the country, according to Inter Services Public Relations statement. Moreover, COAS also assured PHF of Pakistan Army’s support for the provision of security ...

Pakistan’s tennis ace Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and his Polish partner Marcin Matkowski will face the famed American duo of Mike and Bob Bryan in the Australian Open men’s doubles quarterfinals on Tuesday. Aisam and Matkowski were given a walkover into the quarterfinals after the pair of Radu Albot and Hyeon Chung retired in the round of 16 on Sunday. ...