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  KARACHI: Around 120 golfers participated in the Indus Golf Championship held at Karsaz Golf Club here on Sunday. The event held on shotgun format was aimed at raising funds for a charity hospital. The golfers, who participated in the championship, said that it was good to do charity alongside the game. Pervez Ahmed, the organiser of the championship, said the shotgun ...

   KARACHI: SMB Fatima Jinnah government girls schools have won the Karachi United Inter School girls football tournament, beating Aga Khan School Kharadar by 2-1 on penalty shootouts. The final of the tournament was played in Karachi between SMB and Aga Khan School Kharadar, Shehrbano Hanif, and Rimsha Sami scored to help their school win their second consecutive title. Hadiqa ...

Lahore(sports link report):-Holders Lahore Lions defeated a spirited Peshawar Lions1-0 in an absorbing final of the 2nd Women Hockey Super League at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore.Areeba Sarwar scored the all important goal. The two sides began in a cautious manner. There were hardly any circle penetrations or goal attempts in the first quarter. The match became fully alive in ...

PYEONGCHANG:– Pakistani athletes were welcomed at the opening ceremony of 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korean capital Pyeongchang. Pakistani skiers will be participating in three categories during the Winter Olympics. Earlier, media reported that Pakistan’s four-member national ski squad reached Seoul, South Korea to participate in Winter Olympics 2018. “Skiers Mohammad Karim and Syed Haman Shah along with two officials ...

Peshawar Deers Edge Past Quetta Panthers 3-2 in a Thriller The fortunes swung either way throughout. It remained goal less till four minutes before the end of the first half. Peshawar’s skipper Zakia Nawaz broke the deadlock in the 26th minute converting a penalty corner. Six minute into the second half, Quetta’s Iqra Hanif equalised thorugh a field goal. However, ...

SYDNEY:- Chelsea will play Perth Glory in July in the English giant s only Australian pre-season friendly this year, the A-League club said Thursday. The Premier League champions are returning to the Western Australia city for the first time since 1974, with the game taking place at the new Optus stadium, which has a capacity of more than 60,000. “We ...

LONDON: Incidents of racism and homophobia in English football are on the rise, according to pressure group Kick It Out. According to its mid-season report, Kick It Out said it had received more than 300 reports relating to 282 cases of discriminatory abuse by the end of 2017, a 59 percent increase from last season, when there were 177 incidents. ...

London:British Olympic boxer Muhammad Ali has been banned for two years after failing a drugs test. The 21-year-old flyweight tested positive for the anabolic steroid Trenbolone during the World Series of Boxing in Morocco in April last year. Ali argued he may have eaten contaminated meat in Morocco, or had the steroid in his system after having a drink intended ...

Roger Federer has signed up to play at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam next week where he could be crowned world No 1. Federer successfully retained his Australian Open crown with a five-set victory over Marin Cilic last month to find himself just 155 points behind top-ranked Rafael Nadal. But with the Spaniard not scheduled to play ...

LAHORE:The Quaid-e-Azam amateur golf championship will roll into action from February 9 here at gymkhana course. “Country’s top notch amateur golfers will be seen in action during the three-day premier golf activity”, said Director media of the event, Khawaja Pervaiz Saeed while talking to media on Wednesday. He said the event is a step forward to promote golf and to ...