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Hong Kong:Natixis HKFC will host SCAA First Pacific Causeway Bay at 18.00 on Saturday in the KPMG Game of the Week, a tilt with likely implications in the race to secure a spot in the KPMG Premiership after the teams split into major and minor Premierships next month. Societe General Valley face Bloomberg Hong Kong Scottish Kukris at Happy Valley ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Friday (11 October) the appointment of two-time Paralympian Dr Mike Peters as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following an extensive six-month long global search. Peters, a Football 7-a-side player who captained USA at the Atlanta 1996 and Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, joined the IPC in March 2015 as Chief of Staff and ...

The trials to select the final lineup for the Olympics Qualifier were held today at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore. After the conclusion of the trials at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore. 19-member Pakistan hockey team for the Olympic 2020 qualifiers, has been named.35 camp players were tested in five sessions of 15 minutes each.The trials were observed by the national selection ...

Karachi: Pakistan Socca Team Wednesday left for Crete, Greece to participate in the second edition of Six-a-side Socca World Cup, which will run from October 12 to 20. Pakistan has been placed in Group ‘H’ along with Slovenia, Germany, Hungary and Romania. Pakistan will open their World Cup campaign with a match against Slovenia on October 14. The team will ...

Saudi Arabia is to stage its first-ever international tennis tournament in a “watershed moment for the Kingdom”, the country´s top sports official said on Tuesday. Swiss three-time Grand Slam winner Stanislas Wawrinka and rising star Daniil Medvedev are two big names already signed up to appear in the eight-player December 12-14 hardcourt event. “Hosting world class international tennis in Saudi ...

Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s youth continue to display their extraordinary football talent in the Ufone Football Tournament, organized within the KPK province. Match winners from 6 out of 21 cities have already been announced while the remaining matches continue as per schedule. The first match was played in Lakki Marwat’s Kabir Khan Park where Carvaan FC and Registan FC faced each ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revealed the shortlist for September’s Allianz Athlete of the Month, and the public can now vote for the winner on www.paralympic.org. The nominations are: ALICE TAI, GBR, SWIMMING Tai the most successful athlete at the World Championships in London, Great Britain, winning all seven of her events, including one world record in the women’s ...

Former world number one Andy Murray climbed over 200 places in the new ATP rankings released on Monday while Novak Djokovic extended his lead over Rafael Nadal at the top. Scotsman Murray, who is on the comeback trail after career-saving hip surgery, reached the quarter-finals of the China Open where he lost to eventual winner Dominic Thiem. The run lifted ...

Naomi Osaka´s win over world number one Ashleigh Barty in Beijing at the weekend lifted the Japanese player back into the top three in the new WTA rankings released on Monday. It meant back-to-back WTA Tour titles for the 21-year-old, who won the Australian Open in January, but then failed to match those high standards at the next three Grand ...

Bayern Munich went from boom to bust after crushing Tottenham in the Champions League, while, Spain´s big guns may be misfiring but top La Liga anyway. In Italy Antonio Conte´s rebuilding of Inter is still a work in progress following defeat to dominant Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain have no real domestic rival. Here is a look at the four main ...