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MELBOURNE :Former champion Victoria Azarenka, who has been locked in a custody battle over her young son, pulled out of the Australian Open on Monday. The two-time winner had been handed a wildcard into the opening Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne, starting on January 15, but will not be making the trip. “It’s unfortunate that Azarenka is unable ...

Trials of 60 meter, 400 meter, long jump, triple jump and 1000 meter race would be conducted. ISLAMABAD:Athletics Federation of Pakistan is conducting open trials on Wednesday at Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad to select athletes for upcoming international events. It will conduct trials in the events of 60 meter, 400 meter, long jump, triple jump and one thousand ...

Nick Kyrgios beat Ryan Harrison 6-4 6-2 in the Brisbane International final on Sunday to clinch his maiden tour title on home soil and gain a big confidence boost ahead of the Australian Open. Carrying a niggling knee injury, the mercurial Australian made a slow start and was forced to save five break points before he managed to carve out ...

Following impressive performance in Tent-pegging World Cup Qualifiers, Pakistan, after a drought of ten years, has qualified for Tent-pegging World Cup 2018 scheduled to be held in Russia later this year. Pakistan’s Tent-pegging team won two gold and two silver medals in the Qualifiers, which were held in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. The tournament featured teams from Australia, United ...

KARACHI: Ahmad Baig, Pakistan’s fast-rising golfer from Lahore, out-shined all his opponents to win the 7th Faldo Challenge Pakistan Golf championship with an impressive score of 11-underpar at Karachi’s DHA Club. 19-year-old Ahmad, now a regular feature in Pakistan’s golf circuit, was competing in the U-21 age group category of the tournament. He proved himself too good for the opponents, ...

Pakistan Wapda clinched double crown in Men and Women team events beating by National Bank of Pakistan in the men event and SNGPL in women event. The results are as under: Team Event Men Final Pakista Wapda beat National Bank by 3-2 Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Rizwan Azam (NBP) by 17-21, 21-16, 21-10 Rizwan & Kashif (NBP) beat Irfan & ...

LAHORE: Punjab University’s team has won 36th All Pakistan Inter-University Higher Education Commission Women’s Hockey Championship 2017-18 by 1-0. According to details, PU’s team beat Lahore College for Women University Lahore’s team in final match at Johar Town Hockey Stadium. PU’s central forward Noreena Khalil scored one goal in the match which led to success. University of Sargodha obtained third ...

Pakistan’s 18 member women hockey team for the Asian Games Qualifiers to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from January 12-20 has been announced, along with six officials. Rizwana Yasmin is the captain of the team with Ambreen Arshad as the vice captain GOALKEEPERES:   Rizwana Yasmeen   (WAPDA)              Rushna Khan (Punjab) FULL BACKS: Ishrat Abbas  (WAPDA)                 Taskeen Kausar   (Army) ...

BRISBANE, Australia – World No.6 Elina Svitolina became the first champion of the 2018 season on Saturday evening, defeating qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich to win the Brisbane International, 6-2, 6-1. The Ukrainian No.3 seed claimed the first Premier-level title of her career, after winning three Premier 5 titles in 2017 – the first player to ever do so in a single ...

SHENZHEN, China – World No.1 Simona Halep won her first title of 2018 on Saturday, coming through a delayed three-set final against Katerina Siniakova to win the Shenzhen Open 6-1, 2-6, 6-0. The final was moved indoors after repeated rain delays and began six hours after its scheduled start time. The two players were squaring off to see who would ...