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[Hong Kong, 14 July 2019]: Tonga inflicted a heavy loss on Hong Kong overnight at the World Rugby U20 Trophy in Sao Paolo, Brazil, winning 64-12 in a ten-try rout. Hong Kong’s defence has come under serious pressure in this year’s championship, conceding eight tries to Portugal and a further ten yesterday to Tonga, including six in a first half ...

LONDON: Simona Halep is the last woman standing between Serena Williams and achieving her long-held ambition of equalling Margaret Court’s Grand Slam title record after both recorded easy victories in their Wimbledon semi-finals on Thursday. Seven-time champion Williams made short work of plucky unseeded Czech Barbora Strycova, whose experience of her first ever Grand Slams singles semi-final in her 53rd ...

By Ijaz Ahmad CHITRAL : Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan will inaugurate the three-day Shandur Polo Festival at the world highest polo ground on earth Shandur here today (Sunday). Shandur Polo ground is situated at a highest level 3800m called as the “Roof of the World” and the King Games has been held annually since 1936. The polo tournament ...

Rafael Nadal may not end up winning a third Wimbledon singles title but he will take joy from having beaten his ‘bete noire’ Nick Kyrgios in an engrossing but bad-tempered grudge match on Thursday. The 33-year-old Spaniard came through in four sets 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3) which saw fiery but talented Australian Kyrgios receive a warning for unsportsmanlike ...

Defending champion Novak Djokovic went level with Boris Becker’s mark of 12 appearances in the Wimbledon fourth round on Friday despite a mid-match blip. The world number one and four-time winner defeated Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-4. He will next face either Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime who, at 18, is the youngest man in the draw, or Ugo ...

Dutch winger Arjen Robben announced on Thursday he is ending his playing career at the age of 35 after a 10-year spell with German giants Bayern Munich. “It is without a doubt the most difficult decision I have had to make in my career, my heart says yes, my body says no,” Robben said. His contract at Bayern had expired ...

Eight-time champion Roger Federer eased into the third round of Wimbledon on Thursday, beating British wild card Jay Clarke 6-1, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 to equal American legend Jimmy Connors’s record of 17 appearances in the last 32. The 37-year-old Swiss great’s rival Rafael Nadal was locked in an engrossing tussle with the fiery but talented Australian Nick Kyrgios. On the ...

LYON: A long-range strike from Jackie Groenen sent European Champions the Netherlands into their first women’s World Cup final as they edged Sweden 1-0 after extra time in their last-four clash on Wednesday. The 24-year-old midfielder scored in the 99th minute when she collected a deflected pass outside the box and struck it expertly into the bottom right corner of ...

Former champion Maria Sharapova was knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round on Tuesday, raising more questions about her future in the sport. The 2004 champion retired with a right arm injury in the final set of her tie with Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier who claimed a 4-6, 7-6 (7/), 5-0 win. Sharapova, now ranked at 80 in the world, ...

DOHA: Pakistan defeated India 3-1 to lift the IBSF Snooker World Team Cup 2019 title in Qatar on Tuesday. The pair of Asjad Iqbal and Muhammad Bilal outclassed Team India’s Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat 3-1 in the final. The Indian team was outplayed by Pakistan who won the first two frames. The Indian team, however, bounced back to win ...