Warriors Part-owner Banned A Year, Fined $500K For Shove
Oakland, United States, June 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 7th Jun, 2019 ) : State Warriors investor Mark Stevens was fined $500,000 and banned NBA games or team activities for a year for shoving and cursing at guard Kyle Lowry in an NBA Finals game, the league announced Thursday. But the punishment doesn't ...
Roland Garros Sexism Row Over 'unfair And Inappropriate' Women's Semi-final Plans
Paris, June 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 7th Jun, 2019 ) :The French Open was plunged into a sexism row on Thursday after the decision to move the 's semi-finals away the tournament's showpiece was blasted as "unfair and inappropriate". After torrential rain washed out of Wednesday's play, the last two 's ...
PSG Medics To Reassess Injured Brazil Star Neymar 'within 72 Hours'
Rio de Janeiro, June 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 7th Jun, 2019 ) : star Neymar will be reassessed by 's medical team "within the next 72 hours", the club said Thursday, after the star striker sprained his ankle in a pre-Copa America friendly that has ruled him out of the tournament. The injury to ...
England Must Learn From Painful Dutch Defeat - Southgate
Guimaraes, Portugal, June 6 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 7th Jun, 2019 ) :England manager Gareth Southgate promised his side would learn an error-strewn performance as the progressed to the final of the Nations League by coming behind to beat the Three Lions 3-1 on Thursday. Marcus Rashford's penalty gave England a first-half ...
Federer, Nadal Resume Rivalry, Djokovic Faces Thiem
Paris, June 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 7th Jun, 2019 ) : and play the 39th meeting of their historic rivalry in the French Open semi-finals on Friday, with the Swiss great looking to finally beat the 11-time champion for the first time at Roland Garros. The for victory will be a final ...
Pacquiao Vows To Thrash 'loudmouth' Thurman
Manila, June 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 7th Jun, 2019 ) :Philippine legend Manny Pacquiao has vowed to silence Keith Thurman at their Association title bout next month, calling him a "loudmouth" as their war of words escalates. The run-up to the fight has been full of flying insults, with Thurman saying ...
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Head to head: ICC World Cup 2019
ODI Record: Pakistan have so far played 919 one-day internationals, the third country to play the most ODIs after India (967) and Australia (931). Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have so far played 839 ODIs, won 381, lost 416, along with five tied and 37 no result matches. However, Pakistan's winning percentage (53.83) is much better than Sri Lanka's ...
World Cup 2019: Key players for Pakistan vs Sri Lanka encounter
Following are the key players for the Pakistan, Sri Lanka encounter in Bristol today:? Top-ranked T20I batsman, Babar Azam is one of the most essential assets for the Pakistan cricket team. With an all-around performance for the green shirts during his career, Hafeez has scored?38 fifties and 11 centuries and scored a total of 6461 runs in his 212 ODI ...
Thompson Outsprints Asher-Smith, Norman Stuns Lyles In Rome
Rome, June 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 7th Jun, 2019 ) : champion Elaine dominated the 's 100 metres at the Diamond League meet in to beat Britain's Asher-Smith as Michael inflicted the first defeat on fellow American Noah Lyles over 200m in nearly three years. "The wasn't what I ...
War Of Will, Tacitus Duel For Belmont Finale
New York, June 6 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 7th Jun, 2019 ) :War of Will is chasing a Preakness-Belmont Stakes double on Saturday as the curtain comes down on US horse racing's Triple Crown season in . The Mark Casse-trained colt starts at 2-1 for the third leg of the Triple Crown at Belmont Park, ...
Fifa vice president Ahmad questioned by French authorities
Fifa vice president Ahmad was detained and questioned by French authorities on Thursday in the latest criminal investigation to hit the governing body of world soccer, a day before the start of the Women?s World Cup. Ahmad is ?being questioned by the French authorities in relation to allegations related to his mandate? as president of the Confederation of African ...
Karunaratne still hopeful despite Sri Lanka’s World Cup losses against Pakistan
Asked on Thursday if Sri Lanka?s past struggles against Pakistan could be a mental barrier, captain Karunaratne told reporters: ?We may not have won against Pakistan in the World Cup but it doesn?t bother us. ?It?s just another one-day international for us so if we perform well on that day we can win.? Karunaratne admitted his team were low on ...
Djokovic to face Thiem in his ninth Roland Garros semi-final
PARIS (AFP) - Novak Djokovic reached his ninth Roland Garros semi-final Thursday, sweeping past Alexander Zverev to keep his bid to become just the second man to hold all four Slams at the same time twice firmly on track. Top seed and world number one Djokovic won 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 and will face Austrian fourth seed Dominic Thiem on ...
'Excited' teenager Anisimova stuns Halep to reach French Open semis
PARIS (AFP) - American teenager Amanda Anisimova said she was "excited" and did not suffer from nerves after stunning defending champion Simona Halep on Thursday to reach a French Open semi-final against Australian eighth seed Ashleigh Barty. The 17-year-old downed Halep 6-2, 6-4 on Court Philippe Chatrier to announce herself on the big stage, while Barty saw off 14th ...
Federer, Nadal resume rivalry, Djokovic faces Thiem
PARIS (AFP) - Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer play the 39th meeting of their historic rivalry in the French Open semi-finals on Friday, with the Swiss great looking to finally beat the 11-time champion for the first time at Roland Garros. The prize for victory will be a final against either Novak Djokovic, looking to hold all four Grand ...
The Netherlands outclass England to reach Nations League final
Marcus Rashford?s penalty gave the Three Lions a first-half lead against the run of play, but Matthijs de Ligt made amends for his error in leading to the spot-kick to level 17 minutes from time. Gareth Southgate?s men were attempting to build on the success of reaching a first World Cup semi-final for 28 years, but England were largely ...
Amir Khan defends decision to fight in Saudi Arabia
LONDON (AFP) - British boxer Amir Khan insists he doesn?t regret agreeing to fight in Saudi Arabia despite concerns over human rights in the country. Amnesty International have described the Saudi human rights record as "abysmal", adding that the nation is in the "grip of a sweeping crackdown against critics of the government", and implored Khan to travel there ...
Thompson outsprints Asher-Smith, Norman stuns Lyles in Rome
ROME (AFP) - Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson dominated the women?s 100 metres at the Diamond League meet in Rome to beat Britain?s Dina Asher-Smith as Michael Norman inflicted the first defeat on fellow American Noah Lyles over 200m in nearly three years. Thompson, the Olympic champion in the 100m and 200m, had been stunned by Asher-Smith over the ...
ICC wants BCCI to get army symbol removed from Dhoni’s gloves
The International Cricket Council (ICC) took notice of the violation of its rules and directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to get the symbol removed from the cricketer's gloves. The Indian board has been called upon to get the symbol removed from Dhoni's gloves, said Claire Furlong, ICC General Manager, Strategic Communications, talking to the ...
Australia match-winner Coulter-Nile ready to be dropped
But, for the second match in a row, after Australia's opening win against Afghanistan, paceman Coulter-Nile went wicketless, with the 31-year-old's 10 overs on Thursday costing 70 runs. Asked if he felt he had nailed down his place ahead of Sunday's clash with India, Coulter-Nile told reporters: "No, I took none for 70. I'm not in the team to ...
