ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army swept the Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship with a dominating performance that included 21 gold medals in just 25 events. The four-day championship ended on Friday at the Liaquat Gymnasium in Islamabad, with the final rounds of the men’s competitions in the light, welter, middle and heavyweight [...]
NEW DELHI: Investigations into the spot-fixing scandal engulfing the Indian Premier League have claimed that more than 50 phone calls were allegedly routed through Pakistan during negotiations for the fixing. Although police remain tight-lipped, they said the phone records of bookies and players showed they were in touch with two [...]
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has said that his team cannot afford to lose focus on improving their race performance for the Monaco GP, according to Sky Sports. Hamilton, a winner in Monaco in 2008, admits he is looking forward to the race in France next weekend but insisted that, while [...]
KARACHI: Mansoor Khan’s winner handed the national U18 side a stunning win against Army, as the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Challenge Cup continued yesterday. The result comes as a shock as an experienced Army outfit was handed a surprise defeat at the hands of the junior players. Both teams tried their [...]
PARIS: Defending world champion Zhang Jike shook off the challenge of Brazil’s Gustavo Tsuboi to safely advance to the third round of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris. Chinese star Zhang, also the Olympic title-holder, was made to labour initially against an opponent ranked 75 places below him before easing [...]
BERLIN: Bayern Munich wrap up their record-breaking Bundesliga season today at Borussia Moenchengladbach with 20 records in their sights and with coach Jupp Heynckes to end his German league career at the club where he began in 1963. While Bayern’s Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley on May 25 [...]
ROME: Big-serving Czech Tomas Berdych caused the first major upset of the Rome Masters yesterday when he ousted world number one and top-seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Berdych, who had beaten Djokovic only once in their last 14 meetings, prevailed 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 to book himself an unlikely place in the [...]
KARACHI: Several organisers and cricketers depend on Ramazan to make extra money off night-match events, but their plans are likely to take a hit with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) mulling staging an inter-departmental T20 event during the month. The board is organising a tournament that is likely to run for [...]
LONDON: With Champions League qualification the only major issue still to be decided, focus on the final day of the Premier League season tomorrow will fall on the characters bidding goodbye to English football. It is certain to be a momentous day at The Hawthorns, where Alex Ferguson will bow out [...]
Captain Misbahul Haq starred as Pakistan downed Scotland by 96 runs in the first One-Day International (ODI) at the Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh. Misbah steered Pakistan to a respectable total of 231 for seven in 50 overs, hitting an unbeaten 83 before bowlers Junaid Khan and Saeed [...]
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