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The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the French Open to September 20, according to organisers, who added that it would then conclude on October 4. The Grand Slam event was to have taken place from May 24 to June 7, but organisers said Tuesday: “The current confinement measures have made it impossible for us to continue with our preparations and, as ...

LAHORE : Sports Board Punjab (SBP), on Wednesday, has set up a Health Desk at National Hockey Stadium to save the SBP employees from coronavirus. All the SBP employees are using sanitizer and getting necessary information at Health Desk before entering their offices. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh and all the staffers of Sports Board Punjab used sanitizer ...

  LAHORE : Sports Board Punjab (SBP), under the directives of Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, is making stringent measures to tackle situation arising due to coronavirus. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Tuesday said: “We are spreading maximum awareness among SBP staffers besides taking essential preventive and precautionary measures to cope with ...

Islamabad :Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation (PTBF) has postponed 13th National Tenpin Bowling Championship due to Corona virus.General Secretary, Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation,Muhammad Hussain Chatha, told that the 13th National Tenpin Bowling Championship was to play at Karachi from March 25 to 30, under the auspices of Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation in Collaboration with Sindh Tenpin Bowling Association. He said that ...

Islamabad:Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) had planned Chief of the Air Staff International Squash Championship for Men & Women at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad in the 1st week of April, 2020. However, due to the escalating health & safety issues arising from the global outbreak of COVID-19, subject tournament has been postponed in consultation with Professional Squash Association (PSA) and concerned ...

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite coronavirus concerns resulting in the postponement of sporting events. Abe added the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have the final decision whether Tokyo 2020 goes ahead. “We will overcome the spread of the infection and host the Olympics without problem, as planned,” ...

PARIS: AFP looks at the effects on sport of the coronavirus, which by Wednesday had killed over 4,500 people while infecting more than 124,000 in 113 countries and territories. Football — In Italy, the hardest-hit European country with 827 deaths from COVID-19, all sporting events including Serie A have been suspended until April 3. The suspension amounts to the postponement ...

TOKYO: Japanese government officials insisted Friday they have no plans to alter the Olympics, including holding it without spectators, after US President Donald Trump proposed a delay over the coronavirus. The fate of the 2020 Games, scheduled to open in Tokyo on July 24, has been thrown into doubt by the outbreak of the virus, now dubbed a pandemic. But ...

Peshawar: Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated the fourth edition of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U-21 Games 2020 at Qayyum Sports Complex in Peshawar. Prime Minister was the chief guest of the glittering inauguration ceremony along with KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan. While motivating the participants at the ceremony, Imran urged that life is all about learning. ” Life is all about ...

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan beat Slovenia 3-0 in Davis Cup World Group-I play-offs here at Pakistan sports Complex on Monday. In first Singles, tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq warded off challenge from Nik Razborsek and defeated him in an exciting three-set thriller. After losing first set 4-6, Aisam came back from behind strongly to take next two sets by a 7-5, 7-6 scoreline. In the ...