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TOKYO: Tokyo promised a high-tech Olympics complete with robots as it marked a year to go until the 2020 Games on Wednesday, hoping to leave behind some bumps in the road including an ongoing corruption investigation. Organisers have battled everything from fears over deadly heat to persistent questions about the cost of the Games and how Tokyo won its bid. ...

GAP: European champion Matteo Trentin won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, a hilly 200-km ride from the Pont du Gard, on Wednesday. The Italian jumped away from a reduced group of breakaway riders at the foot of the last climb and further powered away in the descent to claim his third stage win on the Tour. It ...

Karachi, July 24: Lahore’s Bata Football Club overcame Gujrat’s Al-Zaki Football Club on penalty kicks in the summit clash of Leisure Leagues Punjab Region Small-sided Football Championship at K21 Football Ground in Lahore. Lahore has now qualified for the Leisure Leagues National Championship, which will be held on July 28 in Karachi. Karachi’s Abdul FC and Gawadar have already qualified ...

Goals from Tammy Abraham and Ross Barkley saw Chelsea grab a 2-1 victory against Barcelona on Tuesday in an exhibition match in Japan. World Cup-winning French striker Antoine Griezmann and former Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong made their unofficial debut for the Spanish giants, pleasing some 51,126 fans who cheered every move during the star-studded game. Chelsea striker Abraham opened ...

LAHORE : The initial script of Punjab’s first ever sports policy has been finalized. The project of School of Sports Sciences has also been included in the sports policy; this was disclosed by Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism RaiTaimoor Khan Bhatti while addressing an important meeting at National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by ...

HOUSTON (Texas): Bayern Munich spoiled Eden Hazard’s Real Madrid debut, downing the Spanish giants 3-1 in an entertaining International Champions Cup match on Saturday despite goalkeeper Sven Ulreich’s sending off. Real, who started with a full-strength side that inclu­ded a debut for former Chel­sea attacking midfielder Hazard went 1-0 down after just a quarter of an hour. David Alaba cut ...

The women’s world rankings were unchanged at the top on Monday with Ashleigh Barty of Australia at number one after leading players took the week off post-Wimbledon. Japan’s Naomi Osaka is second with Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic third and Romania’s Wimbledon champion Simona Halep fourth. Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands rounds out the top five. In the final ...

Karachi:The 65th Air Marshal (R) Muhammad Nur Khan National Hockey Championship 2019 will commence at Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium, Karachi from (Today) July 23 to August 4, 2019 in which 20 teams will be seen in action. Opening ceremony of the Hockey Championship will be on 4:30 PM at Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium Karachi. Air Vice Marshal Noor ...

Karachi: Gawadar football team cruised into Leisure Leagues National Championship after winning Balochistan Regional Leisure Leagues Championship, which was recently held in Quetta. Gawadar won the final game against host Quetta by 3-1 score at Al-Muntazir Futsal ground in Quetta. Gawadar became the second team to qualify for the Leisure Leagues National finals. Earlier, Karachi’s Abdul FC qualified for the ...

Karachi:  Final match and Prize Distribution Ceremony of 2nd Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Open Tennis Championship 2019 was held at Defence Authority Club, Karachi. General Zubair Mahmood hayat, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee graced the occasion as Chief Guest.     The final match of the tournament was played between Aqeel Khan and Muzammil Murtaza very sensational ...