Uncertainty over Serena fitness, Osaka form at Roland Garros
Serena Williams heads into this year?s French Open as an outsider for a Grand Slam title for possibly the first time in 20 years, with questions surrounding her fitness after a poor start to the season, while Naomi Osaka needs to rediscover her best form to solidify her position at the top of the women?s game with a ...
Federer, Nadal threaten Djokovic bid for historic Slam
Having clinched the 2018 Wimbledon and US Open titles and then a seventh Australian Open crown in January this year, the Serb is tantalisingly close to another ?Djoko Slam?. Federer and Nadal, with 20 and 17 career Grand Slam titles each respectively, may be ahead of 15-time major winner Djokovic in total hauls and have also completed career Slams. ...
Roland Garros unveils new look after years of legal wrangles
After years of legal battles and threats to quit its historic home, Roland Garros will show off its new look next week, with a nod to the Eiffel Tower and a Second World War resistance fighter while boasting enough plants and greenery to make even the most demanding environmentalist drool. This year?s tournament will also see the debut of ...
Nike maternity policy: made for and by men
?They told stories we athletes know are true but have been too scared to tell publicly: If we have children, we risk pay cuts from our sponsors during pregnancy and afterwards,? Felix wrote in the Times. ?It?s one example of a sports industry where the rules are still mostly made for and by men.? Felix, who gave birth to a ...
1996: لاہور میں سری لنکا عالمی چیمپئن بنا
چھٹےعالمی کرکٹ کپ کے پاکستان، بھارت اور سری لنکا مشترکہ طور پر میزبان تھے۔ پاکستان اور بھارت دوسری مرتبہ جبکہ سری لنکا پہلی مرتبہ اس ٹورنامنٹ کے میزبان کے طور پر تھا۔ اسپانسر کے نام سے منسوب ولز عالمی کپ میں بارہ ٹیموں نے حصہ لیا۔ اس کی وجہ یہ تھی کہ آئی سی سی نے ایسوسی ایٹ ممبرز کے درمیان ...
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Signs Two-year Partnership With Shahid Afridi Foundation
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 23rd May, 2019 ):Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday extended the scope of its corporate social responsibility when they signed a two-year partnership with Shahid Afridi Foundation (SAF), one of the most respected and prestigious charity organizations, set up by an ex-player. SAF has been able to accomplish various milestones ...
Parks And Horticulture Authority (PHA) Kicks Off T-20 Night Cricket Tournament
RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 23rd May, 2019 ) :The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) kicked off T-20 night tournament here on Wednesday night.
Pak U19 Cricket Team Off To Lanka For ICC World Cup 2020 Preparations
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 23rd May, 2019 ) : U19 team captained by Rohail Nazir, left for , , Thursday morning for a series of five 50-over matches to be played 26 to 5 in Hambantota. Captain and wicketkeeper Rohail Nazir, one of the star performers in the Inter-Region U19 One-day ...
Maradona arrested at Buenos Aires Airport over ex-girlfriend's lawsuit: reports
Diego Maradona, an Argentinian football legend now training the Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa, was detained at?a Buenos Aires airport after?his ex-girlfriend Rocio Oliva sued him for?a $6.3 million pay-out, local media reported. READ MORE: Maradona Punished for?Dedicating His Club's Win to?Maduro, Bashing 'Yankees' It is believed that Oliva, who had dated Maradona for?six years before?they broke up?last December, has ...
Akram slams selectors over mistreatment of Junaid
Pace bowling great and former captain Wasim Akram has slammed the Pakistan team management for its ?mistreatment? of fast bowler Junaid Khan, terming the decision of benching the left-armer as ?confusing?. The 25-year-old Junaid, who burst onto the scene in 2011, was seen as a hot prospect to fill the void left behind after the spot-fixing bans on fast ...
Pak U19 cricket team off to Lanka for ICC World Cup 2020 preparations
LAHORE, May 23 (APP):Pakistan U19 team captained by Rohail Nazir, left for Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday morning for a series of five 50-over matches to be played from May 26 to June 5 in Hambantota. Captain and wicketkeeper Rohail Nazir, one of the star performers in the Inter-Region U19 One-day tournament with 238 runs in seven matches, said here ...
Gul, Aslam, Sharjeel return to squad for England, Ireland ODIs
Right-arm fast-bowler Umar Gul makes a comeback after a hiatus of two years, with selectors preferring him over Mohammad Irfan on the basis of better fitness and fielding skills. Announcing the squad, Pakistan chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said: "While picking the squad, the team management and skipper were consulted and all concerned gave their consent in this regard. The 15-member ...
پاکستان کا افغانستان سےورلڈ کپ وارم اپ میچ کل ہوگا
پاکستان اور افغانستان کے درمیان ورلڈ کپ وارم اپ میچ کل کھیلا جائے گا، گرین شرٹس آج بھی ٹریننگ کریں گے، فاسٹ بولر وہاب ریاض بھی سیشن کا حصہ ہونگے۔ ان دنوں برسٹل میں موجود پاکستانی ٹیم ورلڈ کپ کیلئے پریکٹس میں مصروف ہے، افغانستان کے خلاف جمعے کو ہونے والے وارم اپ میچ کیلئے پاکستانی ٹیم نے بدھ کو ٹریننگ ...
ورلڈکپ ، تمام ٹیموں کے کپتان آج پریس کانفرنس کریں گے
کرکٹ ورلڈ کپ 2019 میں شرکت کے لیے تمام ٹیمیں انگلینڈ پہنچ گئیں، آج لندن میں تمام 10 کپتان پریس کانفرنس کریں گے۔ پاکستان کے کپتان سرفراز احمد، بھارتی کپتان ویرات کوہلی، جنوبی افریقی کپتان فاف ڈوپلیسی، آسٹریلوی کپتان ایرون فنچ، انگلش کپتان ای این مورگن پریس کانفرنس کے دوران خیالات کا اظہار کریں گے اور ورلڈکپ کے لیے کی ...
Final of T-20 to be played b/w Pakistan vs South Africa Women team today
The match will start at 4 pm Pakistan Standard Time. Five-match series is leveled at 2-2.
Qudoos Leads The Way As MGM Beat, DHL To Win First NAS Cricket Title
DUBAI (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2019) With all their big guns firing on the night, MGM cruised to a comfortable eight wicket win over DHL in the final of the NAS Cricket T10 Championship. Salim Qudoos was MGM?s big star of the night, taking two crucial wickets first to help restrict DHL to 127 for ...
Pakistan U19 Off To Sri Lanka As Part Of ICC U19 World Cup 2020 Preparations
Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2019) Pakistan U19 team captained by Rohail Nazir, left for Colombo, Sri Lanka, early Thursday morning for a series of five 50-over matches to be played from 26 May to 5 June in Hambantota. Squad: Rohail Nazir (captain, wicket-keeper) (Islamabad); Mohammad Taha (vice-captain) (Karachi); Abbas Afridi (FATA); Akhtar Shah (Quetta); ...
Australia Name NBA Star-studded Basketball World Cup Squad
Sydney, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 23rd May, 2019 ):Philadephia 76ers star Ben Simmons headlines an NBA player-dominated preliminary Australia squad announced Thursday for this year's Basketball World Cup in China. Nine US-based players form the core of the 17-man Boomers squad, including Andrew Bogut of NBA champions Golden State Warriors, Joe Ingles of the Utah ...
Afghan Spin The Key For New Captain At World Cup
Kabul, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 23rd May, 2019 ):Afghanistan's World Cup preparations were thrown off kilter when they controversially decided to replace successful captain Asghar Afghan with the little-known Gulbadin Naib two months before the tournament. Under Asghar, Afghanistan had made serious progress, beating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at last year's Asia Cup in the ...
ICC World cup 2019: England desperate to justify World Cup favourites tag
London: World Cup hosts England will kick-start the tournament with everything seemingly in place to finally win a trophy that has eluded them for the competition?s entire 44-year history. England are hoping Barbados-born fast bowler Jofra Archer, who only qualified in March, will be the X-factor in a varied attack that also includes the experience of seamer Chris Woakes ...
