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Maria Sharapova will not settle for lower-tier titles after making her comeback last year and the former world number one is determined to add to her five grand slam crowns. The 31-year-old Russian returned from a 15-month doping ban at the Stuttgart Grand Prix last April and Sharapova has since won one title, the Tianjin Open, after inconsistent performances and ...

Lahore:- Director Development and Domestic Pakistan Hockey Federation, Naveed Alam has reiterated that the three phase process of Inter Club Competition, Clubs’ Scrutiny and Elections will go a long way in putting the domestic hockey structure at the right place and thus help reinvigorate Pakistan’s national sport. He was addressing a press conference at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore. “PHF ...

LAHORE (Sports Link): Top swimming experts taught the modern techniques to young swimmers at Sports Board Punjab’s Swimming Training and Coaching Camp for Beginners at State of the Art Punjab International Swimming Complex here on Monday. Dozens of young male and female players took part in the Swimming Training and Coaching Camp being organised on the directives of Secretary Sports ...

  Pakistan Judo squad has displayed commendable performance in overall individual Men and Women Judo event in 8th South Asian Judo Championship, Nepal 21-24 April 2018. After interesting and tough combat the talented Judokas made Pakistan on Second on the victory stand by securing 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in individual events. Pakistan remained second in Men ...

Monte Carlo :- Rafael Nadal romped to a record-extending 11th Monte Carlo Masters title by brushing aside an outclassed Kei Nishikori in Sunday’s final to retain the world number one ranking. The 31-year-old saw off Nishikori 6-3, 6-2 to become the first man to win a single tournament 11 times in the Open era with his 76th ATP Tour title. ...

LONDON: Chelsea booked an FA Cup final showdown with Manchester United as Olivier Giroud tormented Southampton again with a sublime strike in Sunday´s 2-0 win at Wembley. Giroud has made a habit of scoring against Southampton and the France forward was their nemesis in a one-sided semi-final. Opting to select Giroud instead of Alvaro Morata proved a shrewd move by ...

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Sports Mohammed Bux Khan Mahar shared on Monday that action has been taken against those responsible for the mattress controversy during the 17th Annual Sindh Games. The annual provincial games, which were held from April 19 to April 22, garnered negative publicity after a video of poor quality mattresses being used at the event when viral. ...

 Islamabadb:-Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP)  has announced 12- members national team to  participate in the  South Asian  Junior Athletics Championship which will be started  from May 5 at Colombo, Sri Lanka. Islamabad by Nawaz Gohar President, Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP), Major General(R), Muhammad Akram Sahi told that AFP appointed   Chaudhry Iqbal Akhtar  as Group Leader while  Qazi Tanveer  and ...

Katmandu:-Pakistan Judokas displayed commendable performance on first day of  South Asian Senior Judo Championship being held in Katmandu Nepal from 21-24 April 2018. Pakistan Judo team secured 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals in men and women categories respectively. Olympian Shah Hussain Shah, and a youngster Qaisar Khan got Gold medals while Maryam and Humaira Ashiq got Silver medals. Last ...

MONACO: — Rafael Nadal’s priority after reaching his 12th Monte Carlo Masters final was to whip out his phone and frantically text coach Carlos Moya. Despite a comfortable 6-4, 6-1 win against No. 5-ranked Grigor Dimitrov, he had a pressing concern given how quickly he was texting. What frantic emergency could command such attention? “I was texting Carlos to tell ...