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LAHORE : Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said the prime objective of upcoming month-long under-16 six-game coaching and training camps and Annual Sports Calendar activities is to prepare a pool of talented players. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Monday said Sports Board Punjab is making every possible effort to trace fresh talented ...

ISLAMABAD:- The finals of National Junior Squash Championship for Boys & Girls-2019 were played at Mushaf Squash Complex Islamabad. Air Vice Marshal Aamir Masood, Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Training), who is also Senior Vice President of Pakistan Squash Federation was the chief guest on the occasion. A large number of squash enthusiasts and media representatives attended the ceremony. The ...

Two-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka has now won two WTA titles this season. Naomi Osaka has hailed her first Pan Pacific Open title win in her hometown as “special” after defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. Osaka, 21, who had finished runner-up on two previous occasions at the tournament, beat the Russian 6-2 6-3. The Osaka-born world number four ...

MADRID: Zinedine Zidane believes he has the backing of Real Madrid but admits he would leave if he ever felt he had lost the club´s support. Zidane has come under scrutiny after enduring his worst ever defeat as Madrid coach on Wednesday, a 3-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. The result also followed an underwhelming start in ...

WUHAN, China: Venus Williams´ first visit to Asia since 2017 was cut short as she crashed out of the Wuhan Open first round on Sunday 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) to fellow American Danielle Collins. The 39-year-old Williams, a 2015 Wuhan champion now 59th in the world rankings, squandered a lead in the first set before eventually losing to Collins, who recorded ...

LONDON: Manchester City powered to their record Premier League win as the champions scored five times within 18 first-half minutes of an incredible 8-0 thrashing of Watford, while Leicester enjoyed a VAR-assisted 2-1 victory over Tottenham on Saturday. Inspired by Bernardo Silva’s hat-trick, Pep Guardiola’s side ripped woeful Watford to pieces at the Etihad Stadium, eclipsing a 7-0 success against ...

Iran’s authorities have “assured” FIFA that women will be able to attend a World Cup qualifier in Tehran next month, the president of the world’s football governing body, Gianni Infantino, said on Sunday. The FIFA had earlier today demanded Iran allow women free unlimited access to stadiums following the ‘Blue Girl’ incident where a woman football fan died of self-immolation ...

MIES (Switzerland) – The FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by NIKE has been updated after the conclusion of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019, with USA maintaining their top-ranked status but the newly-crowned World Cup champions Spain closing in the gap. There was significant movement at the top end of the ranking, with Australia (673.6) climbing to third place and ...

Last season’s runners-up Arsenal romped to an impressive 3-0 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt in their Europa League opener on Thursday as Mason Greenwood spared Manchester United’s blushes and Rangers got the better of Feyenoord. On a night which featured five British clubs in action, Unai Emery’s much-changed side enjoyed the best result of all with youngsters Joe Willock and Bukayo ...

Syed Fakhar Ali Shah President Pakistan Federation Baseball met Mr. Akbar Hussain Durrani, Secretary of the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination, in his office. Mr. Tahir Mahmood Secretary Finance Pakistan Federation Baseball was also present on the occasion. At the meeting, Syed Fakhar Ali Shah presented to the Secretary the report of the International Baseball Tournaments played this year. Pakistan won ...