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LAHORE:The training camps of Punjab’s different teams for the preparation of 33rd National Games will kick off at various venues from October 24 to Nov 7, 2019. Sports Board Punjab (SBP) will organize the above-mentioned training camps under the directives of Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh. It is pertinent to mention here that the grand event of 33rd National Games ...

Karachi: Russia recorded a 3-2 victory against Poland after a thrilling encounter in the summit clash to clinch 2nd Socca World Cup title in Crete, Greece on Sunday. Meanwhile, host Greece claimed third position after beating Moldova 2-1 in the third place play-off. Chief Executive Montreal Holdings Lord Shahzad Ali presented the winning trophy to Russia team captain. The top ...

Baku: MoU between Pakistan and Azerbaijan in the field of sports was inked on 21st October 2019. It would facilitate direct cooperation, exchange of sports teams and create opportunity to hold joint sports events between two brotherly countries. Speaking to occasion, Federal Minister said, “Pakistan greatly values its relationship of cooperation with the Republic of Azerbaijan. I thank the Ministry ...

Former England star Wayne Rooney´s DC United were thrashed in his Major League Soccer (MLS) farewell match on Saturday as Toronto FC won 5-1 in the first round of the playoffs. Rooney, who turns 34 on Thursday, assisted on a second-half stoppage time equalizer that forced 30 extra minutes, but United surrendered two goals in five minutes and never recovered. ...

BASEL: Roger Federer will check off another landmark today when he starts his bid for a 10th Basel title by playing the 1,500th match of his career. The 38-year-old begins his bid for his 103rd title against German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk. The 20-time Grand Slam champion has beaten the German twice — including at Indian Wells last March. “My preparation ...

MOSCOW: World number 10 Belinda Bencic booked her place at the season-ending WTA Finals in Shenzhen with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Kristina Mladenovic in the Kremlin Cup semi-finals on Saturday. The 22-year-old Swiss needed to reach the final and outperform Kiki Bertens, who lost to Mladenovic in the quarter-finals, to secure her berth in the singles at Shenzhen. She ...

MADRID: Rafael Nadal married his partner of 14 years, Xisca Perello, at a castle in Mallorca on Saturday. Nadal, the 19-time grand slam champion, tied the knot with 31-year-old Perello at La Fortaleza, with a reported 350 guests invited to a private ceremony. Juan Carlos I, the king of Spain from 1975 to 2014, was believed to be among those ...

Islamabad: Former Pakistan badminton coach Raziuddin Ahmed on Friday said that the rescheduling of the 33rd National Games was a real setback for the athletes who were approaching their peak form. “Players were in full form to perform in the 33rd National Games when the authorities announced new dates. Although it is only two weeks delay but it will badly ...

LAHORE: Punjab’s 32-member men and women (16 each) taekwondo teams were selected for upcoming 33rd National Games 2019 scheduled to be held at Peshawar in November. Punjab Taekwondo Association conducted the trials for the selection of Punjab teams with the collaboration of Sports Board Punjab (SBP) on Friday. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Friday ...

Karachi: Top Group ‘H’ team Hungary was given a tough time by Pakistan players, who didn’t look minnows in any way in their last game of the 2nd Six-a-side Socca World Cup underway in Crete, Greece. According to information made available here, match favorites Hungary took the lead in the 6th minute with B. Hollauer scoring the goal. Pakistan players ...