Madrid on red alert for Spurs, Liverpool final
MADRID (AFP) - Spain will deploy 4,700 security personnel for Saturday?s all-English Champions League final in Madrid which has been deemed "high risk", officials said Tuesday. The security measures for the match between Liverpool and Tottenham will surpass those put in place for last year?s "high risk" Copa Libertadores final between Argentine rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors in ...
Wilder announces Ortiz rematch
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder announced a rematch with Cuba?s Luis Ortiz on Tuesday, dealing a fresh blow to hopes of a unification bout with rival Anthony Joshua. In an announcement on Twitter, Wilder said he had signed a deal to face Ortiz once more following a bruising first battle in March 2018. ...
Roglic loses ground as Carapaz extends overall Giro lead
PONTE DI LEGNO (AFP) - Italy?s Giulio Ciccone won the rain-lashed 16th stage of the Giro d?Italia on Tuesday as race favourite Primoz Roglic lost 1min 20sec to his main rivals in pink jersey-wearer Richard Carapaz and two-time winner Vincenzo Nibali. The veteran Italian Nibali sparked a highly aggressive day of racing when attacking from distance and while he ...
Thousands Expected In Vienna To Pay Respects To F1 Legend Lauda
Vienna, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 29th May, 2019 ) :Thousands, including Formula One champion Lewis , are expected to throng 's St. Stephen's Wednesday to mourn the giant of the sport, Niki Lauda, who on 20 at the age of 70. The body of the three-time champion, clad in a ...
ICC World Cup: Opening ceremony to be held in London today
As per details, scheduled to begin from tomorrow to 14th of next month, ten teams are participating in the World Cup tournament.
Record Attendance As Scotland Get Winning World Cup Send-off
London, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 29th May, 2019 ) :Scotland ended their preparations for this year's 's Cup with a 3-2 victory over in front of a record crowd at Hampden Park on Tuesday. Recent University of Tennessee graduate Shaw, 22, brought the teams back level on the 50-minute mark smoothly chipping Lee ...
Windies ring alarm bells with Kiwis mauling
A brilliant stand of 120 between Kane Williamson and Tom Blundell would have kept a team in the contest on another day, but here, with the rate steadily rising, even 85 from 64 balls from Williamson and 106 from 89 from Blundell were not enough for New Zealand. Scorecard WEST INDIES: C Gayle c Williamson b Boult 36 E Lewis c Santner ...
Dhoni, Rahul hit tons as India overpower Bangladesh
A brilliant 120-run stand stand between Liton Das (73) and Mushfiqur Rahim (90) did offer hope for Bangladesh, but once that partnership was broken, the floodgates opened, Mashrafe Mortaza?s men losing wickets at regular intervals. Scorecard INDIA: R Sharma b Rubel Hossain 19 S Dhawan lbw b Mustafizur Rahman 1 V Kohli b Mohammad Saifuddin 47 K Rahul b Sabbir Rahman 108 V Shankar c ...
Osaka avoids French Open upset
In the first set of her first match at the 2019 French Open, Osaka didn?t even manage to grab a game. Her opponent had zero winners of her own in that set, because every point came via an error off Osaka?s racket. And yet, somehow, Osaka held it together enough to work her way back into things, overcome all ...
Murtaza vows to spearhead MPs team bowling attack
ISLAMABAD?? -?? Pakistani parliamentarians? cricket team gets a huge boost as all-rounder Syed Murtaza Mehmood, MNA from Rahim Yar Khan, has declared that he is fit to become the part of the team and ready to spearhead the bowling attack in the 1st Inter-Parliamentary Cricket World Cup to be held in England from July 8 to 15 this year. ...
PCB to part ways with Arthur, Inzamam after World Cup
KARACHI ? -? ? The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided not to renew chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq and coach Mickey Arthur?s contracts, which ends with the conclusion of World Cup in mid-July. PCB?s managing director, Wasim Khan will make the decision on new appointments for the position of the chief selector and head coach,? a reliable source in the PCB ...
FIFA mission arrives to find facts
First, FIFA-recognized PFF led by Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat met with the mission to brief it the background and current situation of football in Pakistan while later, the PFF formed through the elections held under Supreme Court orders also met the mission through their lawyers only. The FIFA-recognized PFF delegation was headed by its general secretary Col (r) Ahmed ...
Rohail’s 87 helps Pakistan U19 level series
LAHORE? - ? ? Rohail Nazir?s 87 helped Pakistan U19 beat Sri Lanka U19 by three wickets to level the five-match 50-over series at one-all at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota on Tuesday. Rohail hit seven fours in his 98-ball 87 runs knock, while Haider Ali scored 56 off 60 balls with six fours.
Wajid elected to Asian badminton body
LAHORE ? - ? Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) Secretary Wajid Ali has been elected as chairman Development Committee of Badminton Asia (BA) for the next four years in the elective annual general meeting of the BA, held recently at Nanning, China. ?Badminton World Federation and Badminton Asia have approved this international event and included in the BWF Calendar of ...
Standing committee on IPC discuss cricket matters
The things turn very ugly as seasoned politician Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan and Senator Faisal Javed had verbal clashes, as Faisal Javed said that Mushahid is blaming domestic cricket structure changes just because of PM Imran Khan. Mushahid said, ?then PM should become PCB Chairman and streamline cricket.? PCB Director cricket operations Domestic Haroon Rasheed, while accepting the poor ...
Pakistan to host 2020 Asia Cup
CHENNAI?? -? The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in its meeting in Singapore on Tuesday reasserted its decision to award the 2020 to Pakistan, casting serious doubts on the participation of defending champions India. Interestingly, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) led by Vinod Rai had written to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to sever ties with countries from where ...
PCB offers to host Sri Lanka for Test series in Pakistan
LAHORE ? - ?? The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered Cricket Sri Lanka (SLC) Karachi and Lahore as venues for a two-match Test series, which will be a part of the ICC Test Championship, and is scheduled for later this year. Along with proposing the two venues, the PCB has also extended an invitation to the officials of ...
Steyn ruled out of World Cup opener
He had been under observation and coach Ottis Gibson confirmed on Tuesday, 28 May, that he won?t be fully fit in time for the tournament opener at The Oval on Thursday. Steyn did not feature in South Africa?s warm-up win against Sri Lanka and, according to reports, did not train in full flow on Tuesday, only jogging in with ...
ایشیا کرکٹ کپ 2020ء کی میزبانی پاکستان کو مل گئی
ایکسپریس نیوز کے مطابق سنگاپور میں ایشین کرکٹ کونسل کا اجلاس منعقد ہوا جس میں فیصلہ کیا گیا ہے کہ آئندہ سال ستمبر میں ہونے والا ایشیا کپ پاکستان میں ہوگا اور ایشیاء کپ کا فارمیٹ ’ٹی 20‘ ہو گا، اگلے سال اکتوبر میں ٹی 20 کپ کی وجہ سے ایشیاء کپ ٹی 20 فارمیٹ میں کرانے کا فیصلہ کیا ...
It’s down to bowling attacks
Both South Africa and New Zealand are well equipped in the bowling department. South Africa have a terrific pace trio in Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn and Lungi Ngidi, and Imran Tahir adequately fulfils the role of wicket-taking spinner. Taking wickets shouldn?t be a problem for South Africa but the batting looks a little thin and they do have a ...
