Who To Watch Out For At The Women's World Cup
Paris, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) :The 's Cup starts on 7 without its brightest star as Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg continues her self-enforced international exile. Here AFP highlights some of the players to watch out for as a watershed tournament for 's edges closer: ...
Bronze Dreams Of Golden Summer For England In Her Adopted France
Lyon, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) : the moment she signed for in , Lucy admits there is one thing she has not been able to get out of her mind. " that second it was always in the back of my mind every time I go on ...
Injury-hit Warriors Battered And Bruised In NBA Finals
Oakland, United States, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) :If the injury-hit State Warriors manage to win their third straight NBA Finals and fourth in five years, the trainers and medical staff might deserve Most Valuable Player consideration. The reigning champions are level with at 1-1 entering Wednesday's third ...
Ronaldo Centre-stage But Portugal's New Stars Ready To Shine
Porto, Portugal, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) :Cristiano Ronaldo has ended his international exile to spearhead 's hopes of winning the inaugural Nations League on home soil this week, but gone are the days when he was the European champions' only to fear. Felix scored 20 goals in ...
Nadal, Federer One Match From Dream Roland Garros Duel
Paris, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) : and are closing in on a dream Roland Garros semi-final clash but standing in their way are Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka. AFP Sport looks at Tuesday's first two quartr-finals: (ESP x2) v Kei Nishikori (JPN x7) Head-to-head: Nadal leads 10-2 ...
'Don't Panic' Root Tells England After Pakistan Defeat
Nottingham, United Kingdom, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) :Joe Root urged England to keep calm and carry on after a surprise 14-run defeat by at Trent Bridge on Monday checked their at the Cup. Both Root and Buttler scored hundreds but still managed to end ...
Women's World Cup Kicks Off With Interest At A New High
Paris, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) :The 's Cup kicks off on Friday amid unprecedented attention as hosts take on in . The level of competition four years on the last one has exponentially increased," said Jill Ellis, of the US team, the reigning champions. ...
Stephens Looks To End Konta Run, Vondrousova Faces Martic
Paris, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) :Last year's losing finalist Sloane Stephens will look to keep her hopes of going one better this week at Roland Garros alive when she takes on in-form Briton Johanna Konta on Tuesday, while teenager Marketa Vondrousova faces Petra Martic in the last eight. Here, ...
Women's World Cup: Profiles Of Groups D, E And F
Paris, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) :The have dominated 's for two decades, and although the team arrives in at war with their national federation, there is little doubt they are favourites. The first round, with six four-team groups, will eliminate just eight teams. In the second ...
Djokovic sets Roland Garros last-eight record as Halep wins in 45 minutes
Top seed and world number one Djokovic continued his bid to hold all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously for the second time by thrashing Germany?s Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. German fifth seed Zverev reached his second successive Roland Garros quarter-final with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) win over Italy?s Fabio Fognini. Nishikori won 6-2, 6-7 (8/10), 6-2, ...
Nadal, Federer one match from dream Roland Garros duel
AFP Sport looks at Tuesday?s first two quartr-finals: -- Nadal, the defending champion who turned 33 on Monday, racked up his 90th career win at Roland Garros when he swept past Juan Ignacio Londero in the last-16. "When I was 18, thinking that I could still be here at the age of 33, it was probably something incredible and impossible ...
Stephens looks to end Konta run, Vondrousova faces Martic
PARIS (AFP) - Last year?s losing finalist Sloane Stephens will look to keep her hopes of going one better this week at Roland Garros alive when she takes on in-form Briton Johanna Konta on Tuesday, while teenager Marketa Vondrousova faces Petra Martic in the last eight. Here, AFP Sport looks at the two women?s quarter-finals on the 10th day ...
Ronaldo centre-stage but Portugal's new stars ready to shine
PORTO (AFP) - Cristiano Ronaldo has ended his international exile to spearhead Portugal?s hopes of winning the inaugural Nations League on home soil this week, but gone are the days when he was the European champions? only man to fear. Felix scored 20 goals in all competitions, including a Europa League quarter-final hat-trick against Eintracht Frankfurt, with Benfica fearing ...
Thompson Questionable, Looney Out For Injury-hit Warriors
Oakland, United States, June 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) : State guard Klay is questionable for Wednesday's third game of the NBA Finals with a left hamstring strain while reserve forward Kevon Looney is out indefinitely, the Warriors announced Monday. The setbacks are the latest bad for the injury-hit ...
Pakistan Endorse Unpredictable Tag With England Win
Nottingham, United Kingdom, June 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 4th Jun, 2019 ) : lived up to it's tag of being "unpredictable" by upsetting number one England by 14 runs in a Cup match on Monday, just three days after losing to number eight West Indies in their first game. Put in ...
قومی کرکٹ ٹیم کے لیے 10 ہزار ڈالر کا اعلان
سابق چیئرمین پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ ڈاکٹر نسیم اشرف نے قومی کرکٹ ٹیم کے لیے 10 ہزار ڈالرز کا اعلان کیا ہے۔ سابق چیئرمین پی سی بی ڈاکٹر نسیم اشرف کا کہنا تھا کہ یہ رقم پاکستان ٹیم کی حوصلہ افزائی کے لیے ہے۔ سابق چیئرمین پی سی بی کا کہنا تھا کہ قومی ٹیم کی شکست پر زیادہ تنقید اور طعنے نہیں ...
Qatar hosting next two FIFA Club World Cups
The seven-team club tournament, which will include European champion Liverpool this year, will be played in December and in December 2020, FIFA confirmed on Monday. We will try to use the Club World Cup as a test in as many ways as possible,? Hassan al-Thawadi, chief of the local Qatari organising committee for 2022 said. ?We will have fan ...
'Don't panic' Root tells England after Pakistan defeat
Both Root and Jos Buttler scored hundreds but Pakistan still managed to end a run of 11 straight losses in completed one-day internationals -- including a 4-0 series defeat by England -- with a well-deserved win. But with all 10 teams playing each other in the round-robin group stage, one defeat is by no means the end of England's ...
French Open: Keys into second successive quarter-final on clay
Paris American 14th seed Madison Keys reached the quarter-finals of Roland Garros for the second successive year on Monday with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Katerina Siniakova, the conqueror of top seed Naomi Osaka. ?I love clay courts and Paris and I am happy to play another match.? It?s always a special and stressful experience every single time,? she said ...
Lee6 wins first major title at 2019 US Women’s Open
Los Angeles Lee6 Jeong-eun captured her first major championship and a record $1 million prize on Sunday by outduelling Celine Boutier for a two-shot victory at the 2019 US Women?s Open. South Korea?s Lee ? who had never won on the LPGA Tour ? stumbled to the finish with two bogeys in her final three holes but managed to shoot ...
