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LAHORE: Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh chaired an important meeting regarding formulation of new Annual Development Programme at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Director Admin Javed Chohan, Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Deputy Director Planning Rauf Bajwa and all Divisional Sports Officers of the province attended the meeting. Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh stressed ...

DUBAI: Sofia Kenin lost her first WTA match since winning the Australian Open earlier this month as she went down 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-3 to Elena Rybakina on Tuesday at the Dubai Championships. World number seven Kenin´s loss completed a hat-trick of seeded upsets on the fourth day of action in the United Arab Emirates. Title holder Belinda Bencic was ...

 LAHORE: Secretary Youth Affairs, Sports, Archeology and Tourism Punjab Ehsan Bhutta has said that Pakistan has plenty of hockey talent and the holding of hockey tournament from Civil Services Academy is definitely a wonderful activity. Punjab Sports Department will continue to support such healthy activities; he was talking at the prize distribution ceremony of 47th Common Civil Services Academy Hockey ...

Lahore:Pakistan defeated India 43-41 in 2020 Kabaddi World Cup final at Punjab Stadium in Lahore on Sunday to become champions for the first time. The hosts trailed 24-18 at half time but clawed their way back in the second period to become the new world champions. Pakistan, who had lost four world cup finals to India, became fifth time lucky, ...

MILAN: Juventus will rest Cristiano Ronaldo for today´s Serie A game against Brescia but defender Giorgio Chiellini is set to return after a long injury layoff. Ronaldo, 35, has scored in ten consecutive Serie A games, but coach Maurizio Sarri has opted to rest the forward with Juventus playing Lyon in the Champions League last 16 on February 26. Captain ...

LAHORE: Arch-rivals Pakistan and India set up mouthwatering Kabaddi World Cup 2020 title clash following their convincing victories in their semifinal matches against Iran and Australia respectively at Punjab Stadium on Saturday. The final between Pakistan and India will be played at the same venue today at 7.00 pm under floodlights. India outclassed Australia by 42-32 in the first semifinal ...

LAHORE : Canada kicked off Faisalabad leg of Kabaddi World Cup 2020 with a close 40-31 victory against Azerbaijan while Iran whipped Germany by a huge margin of 55-23 in the second match on the 4th day of grand tournament at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on Wednesday. England kabaddi team thrashed Sierra Leone by 41-26 in the third match of the ...

Hakim Ziyech: Chelsea in advanced talks to sign Ajax winger for £38m Chelsea are in advanced talks to sign Ajax winger Hakim Ziyech this summer in a £38m deal that is likely to be announced in the coming days. The 26-year-old was a January transfer target for Chelsea boss Frank Lampard. But the Dutch club were unwilling to sell in ...

Great Britain will travel to Mexico in April for a Fed Cup play-off tie that they must win to avoid relegation. They failed to reach this year’s inaugural Fed Cup Finals, losing a qualifying to Slovakia last weekend. If they win in Mexico they will get the chance to qualify for the 2021 Finals but if they lose they will ...

Islamabad: Prize distribution ceremony of 4th CAS Karakoram International Alpine Ski Cup, 3rd Malam Jabba International Alpine Ski Cup and 27th National Ski Championship was held at Serena Hotel Islamabad. President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi was the chief guest at the occasion. Air Marshal Ahmer Shehzad, Vice Chief of the Air Staff, who is also President Winter Sports Federation ...