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By Nawaz Gohar ISLAMABAD : Muhammad Adnan of Western wind Golf Club won the Chief of the Naval Staff Amateur Golf Cup 2018 that concluded here today, at Margalla Greens Golf Club, (MGGC) Islamabad. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi graced the prize distribution ceremony as Chief Guest. The three-day event was held from 27 – 29 ...

Juventus battled past 10-man Inter Milan with two late goals giving the champions a 3-2 win in the San Siro on Saturday to reopen a four-point lead at the top of the Serie A table. Inter looked as if they would pull off an unlikely victory as the hosts led until three minutes from the whistle despite playing more than ...

Carlo Ancelotti has turned down the offer to take over as Italy coach, according to press reports on Sunday. Italy have been without a permanent coach since Gian Piero Ventura was sacked after the four-time champions failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years after losing to Sweden in a two-legged playoff in November. ...

Delhi:-Hockey India  named PR Sreejesh and Rani Rampal as captains of the senior men’s and women’s national teams, respectively, until the end of 2018. Sreejesh returns to the leadership role after it was handed over to Manpreet Singh following the star goalkeeper’s anterior cruciate ligament injury that he suffered in his right knee at the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. ...

WUHAN (China):-Indian singles stars Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy settled for bronze medals after losing in the semi-finals of the Badminton Asia Championships on Saturday. London Olympic bronze medallist Saina lost to Chinese Taipei top seed Tai Tzu Ying 25-27, 19-21in 45 minutes. It was Saina’s third bronze medal in the Asia Championships. In the final, Tai will meet Chinese ...

Stuttgart:-CoCo Vandeweghe knocked world number one Simona Halep out of the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Friday with a commanding 6-4, 6-1 win but admitted she wasn’t even aware of the score for large parts of the match. The Californian’s 74-minute demolition of the Romanian top seed follows Maria Sharapova’s loss in the first round and the injury retirements of second ...

BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal booked a place in the Barcelona Open final by breezing past David Goffin 6-4 6-0 on Saturday with his 18th successive claycourt win and 400th overall on the surface. World number one Nadal will meet Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s showpiece when he will target a record-extending 11th title in Barcelona a week after claiming the ...

Lahore:- Pakistan Hockey Federation has named Mr Chaudhry Mohammad Riaz as the Chief Election Commissioner to conduct the forthcoming elections of the District Hockey Associations, followed by the elections of the Provincial Hockey Associations and finally that of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. The Chief Election Commissioner has announced the names of Election Commissioners and Members/Coordinators of Election Commission of the ...

By Nawaz Gohar ISLAMABAD: Second day of Chief of the Naval Staff Amateur Golf Cup ended today. On the second day of Golf Cup, 03 categories participated including final round of Senior Amateur, 2nd round of Amateur and Juniors. Second day of the event began with final round of Senior Amateur, 18 holes match for Juniors and 2nd round of ...

Lahore:-In the classification match for 5th-8th places at the Asian hockey qualifiers for the Youth Olympics in Bangkok, Thailand, Pakistan had a big 10-1 win over Hong Kong China. Murtaza Yaqoob: 3, Muhammad Waquas (captain): 3, Mohsin Khan: 2, Hammad Anjum and Zulqarnain  scored for Pakistan Pakistan now plays Japan in the 5th/6th position game on Sunday.