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LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti had a meeting with President Pakistan Kabaddi Federation (PKF) Ch Shafay Hussain in connection with upcoming Kabaddi World Cup 2020 at National Hockey Stadium on Friday. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, Secretary PKF Rana Sarwar and other officials were also present on this occasion. Punjab ...

Novak Djokovic moved a step closer to retaining the Australian Open title with a straight-set semi-final win over injury-hit rival Roger Federer. Serbia’s Djokovic was 4-1 and 40-0 down in the opening set before recovering to win the tie-break. That laid the platform for the 32-year-old second seed to go on and win 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 6-3. Djokovic, aiming for ...

Karachi: Both girls and boys’ teams from host PAF Chapter campus won titles in The City School Inter-Branch U-14 Football Tournament. The City School organized its second tournament after successfully hosting U-10 tournament in collaboration with Leisure Leagues, a well-known small-sided football organizer in the country, which has presence in nearly 80 cities of the country. A total of 16 ...

The 29th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup has been scheduled to take place in Ipoh, Malaysia from 11th to 18th April 2020.Teams: Malaysia | Pakistan | Australia | Canada | Japan | KoreaVenue: Azlan Shah Stadium Ipoh, MalaysiaDates: 11–18 April, 2020

The 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing have been postponed because of fears over the spread of the coronavirus in China. The championships were to be held from 13-15 March but governing body World Athletics pushed them back 12 months. World Athletics sought advice from the World Health Organisation and turned down offers to host from other cities. The ...

Top seed Rafael Nadal was denied a place in the Australian Open semi-finals as Austria’s Dominic Thiem rattled the Spaniard with a powerful display to win a four-set thriller. Fifth seed Thiem won 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) at Melbourne Park. The 26-year-old, beaten by Nadal in the past two French Open finals, missed two match points before ...

Defending champion Novak Djokovic set up an Australian Open semi-final against Roger Federer after producing another clinical performance to beat Canadian 32nd seed Milos Raonic. Djokovic dismantled Raonic’s potent serve to win 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-1) despite an eye problem late in the third set. The Serb second seed, who is aiming for a record-extending eighth title, has lost just ...

Roger Federer defied age and logic once again to save seven match points before beating unseeded American Tennys Sandgren in a sensational Australian Open quarter-final. The out-of-sorts Swiss fought off form and fitness concerns before winning 6-3 2-6 2-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-3. World number 100 Sandgren looked set to be the lowest ranked player to reach the Melbourne semi-finals since ...

Teenage phenomenon Coco Gauff missed out on her first Grand Slam quarter-final as fellow American Sofia Kenin fought back to win in the Australian Open fourth round. Gauff, 15, lost 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-0 to the 14th seed in Melbourne. She showed all her undoubted quality in the first set, but tired in the third as Kenin wore her down. ...

Quique Setien suffered his first defeat as Barcelona manager as Valencia claimed their first home win over the Spanish champions since 2007. The hosts broke the deadlock when Jordi Alba deflected Maxi Gomez’s powerful strike past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Gomez, who had a first-half penalty saved by Ter Stegen, completed the scoring in the second half. There were unsavoury scenes ...