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INDIAN WELLS: World number one Roger Federer stepped up his bid for a sixth Indian Wells Masters title with a 6-2, 6-1 demolition of Filip Krajinovic on Monday. The 36-year-old marvel continues to defy the ageing process as he needed just 58 minutes to overpower the Serb with a brilliant display of Swiss timing. “I was feeling like he was ...

Karachi:18 member Pakistan hockey team for the Commonwealth Games, to be held  in Gold Coast, Australia from 4th to 15th April,has been named.Chief Selector Islahuddin announced the team which will be captained by Mohammad Rizwan Senior.  Vice Captain is Ammad Shakeel Butt team Imran Butt, Mazhar Abbas, M.Irfan Senior, Tazeemul Hassan, Mubashar Ali, Faisal Qadir, Ammad Shakeel Butt (Vice Captain), ...

Lahore:The training camp of national senior probables preparing for participation in the XXI CWG to be played in Gold Coast/Australia from 4th to 15th April 2018 is in progress at Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium Karachi.  PHF intends to establish a training camp of short duration of Pakistan junior hockey team, who will play a match series against Pakistan senior ...

LAHORE: Punjab govt will provide top level security and make best administrative arrangements on the occasion of upcoming two Pakistan Super League (PSL) knock-out stage matches at Lahore, this determination was expressed by Punjab Minister of Sports Jahangir Khanzada while chairing a high level meeting at National Hockey Stadiumon Monday. Mayor Lahore Col (retd) Mubashar Javed, DC Lahore Sumair Ahmed ...

Athens :The Greek top-flight match between PAOK Salonika and AEK Athens on Sunday was abandoned after PAOK’s president invaded the pitch with a gun. Ivan Savvidis tried to confront the referee with a gun in a hip holster after his side had an 89th-minute goal ruled offside with the score 0-0. AEK’s players left the pitch concerned for their safety ...

 Indian Wells:Simona Halep survived a scare to reach the BNP Paribas Open fourth round at Indian Wells but French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko was beaten. Romanian top seed Halep lost the first set against 19-year-old American Caroline Dolehide, the world number 165, but won 1-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2. Ostapenko, 20, lost 6-3 6-3 to Croatia’s Petra Martic. American Amanda Anisimova, ...

Indian Wells:-Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat by world number 109 Taro Daniel of Japan as he was knocked out of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. The 30-year-old lost 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-1 in the second-round tie on his first appearance since an injury ended his Australian Open challenge in January. Djokovic had further surgery on a persistent ...

LAHORE: Inaugural Chief Executive Railways national women powerlifting championship will be held here from March 20 under the aegis of Pakistan Railways Sports Board at Railways stadium. “Country’s top women powerlifting players will be exhibiting their lifting ability and prowess in the competition which aims at further promoting the game among women folk”, said Sheikh Muhammad Anwar, organizing secretary of the ...

LAHORE:The main round of the All Pakistan National Junior squash championship was completed in different age groups here on Sunday at PSA international complex. All the players have easy sailing to the quarter finals in the U19 and U17 categories and most of the matches were decided in less than half an hour. Following are the results of the matches: ...

Seoul – The biggest Winter Paralympics in history opened in South Korea   with a glittering ceremony as South Korean President Moon Jae-in officially declared the Games open in sub-zero temperatures. The opening ceremony featured light shows, fireworks as well as traditional South Korean performances and modern dance. In an opening address, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons urged ...