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SAO PAULO: Ronaldinho, “the ever-smiling magician” of Barcelona, as described by his former club, has ended his professional career. Roberto Assis, the brother and agent of the 2005 Ballon d’Or winner, announced on Tuesday that the 37-year-old wants to play a series of farewell matches from August and then focus on his already busy life off the pitch. Ronaldinho played ...

  KARACHI: In a first of its kind experience, players from Pakistan’s hockey team are set to compete against a team of stars from all over the world for a two-match exhibition series, in an attempt to revive the sport in the country. The first match between Pakistan and World XI will be played in Karachi on Friday with players from ...

Islamabad :  33 international skiers arrived in Pakistan to participate in different categories of international ski races being held at the PAF Ski Resort Naltar (Gilgit). It is a landmark event as 33 international skiers from various countries including Holland, Slovakia, Greece, China, Afghanistan, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Switzerland and Tajikistan will be racing in different categories of this thrilling sport. ...

LAHORE: Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan inspected the pace of work in Bahawalpur sports gymnasium and E-Library on Thursday. Secretary Sports Punjab Aamir Jan was accompanied by Senior Engineer SBP Khalid Saeed, District Sports Officers Rauf Bajwa and Maqsood ul Hasan during his visit. Earlier, he also chaired a meeting at Commissioner Office to review the progress of sports ...

Pakistan team for the PAKISTAN vs WORLD XI has been announced The two matches are to be played on Friday and Sunday at Karachi and Lahore respectively.The team will later leave for a tour of Argentina on February 5. Junaid Manzoor is the captain and Rizwan Ali, the vice captain  Team: WAQAR YOUNAS (goal keeper), ADIL RAO (goal keeper), RIZWAN ALI, ...

LAHORE: Chairman Steering Committee Sports Punjab Hanif Abbasi has said that the State of the Art International Swimming Complex is another remarkable landmark achieved under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, he expressed these views in the inaugural ceremony of State of the Art Punjab International Swimming Complex at Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Tuesday. The grand opening ...

KARACHI: Professional wrestler Bill Goldberg is set to be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in April. He will headline the class of WWE Hall of Fame 2018, which is rumored to include other wrestlers, such as The Dudley Boyz. The news was first reported by ESPN and then announced on Monday Night Raw. The former WCW Champion also shared ...

Pakistan defeated Indonesia by three goals to nil at the Asian Games Qualifiers for women hockey in Bangkok, Thailand.It was Pakistani’s first victory in the event.Star forward Mayira Sabir scored two open play goals in the 4th and 16th minutes Amreen Arshad completed the tally converting a penalty corner in the 29th minute.

KARACHI: Former Netherlands penalty corner specialist Floris Jan Bovelander shared his excitement regarding coming back to Pakistan as part of World XI tour. “I am very happy to be back in Pakistan,” he said in a video statement shared by Pakistan Hockey Federation. Bovelander can be seen in the video sitting in his office with a picture of Netherlands match ...

MELBOURNE:Defending champion Roger Federer dazzled under the Australian Open lights to waltz through to the second round with a straight sets win over Aljaz Bedene on Tuesday. The ageless Swiss marvel, rated as the favourite to win his 20th Grand Slam title, thrilled the Rod Laver Arena crowd with a virtuoso performance. The second seed cruised to a 6-3, 6-4, ...