FIFA drops plans for 48-team 2022 World Cup
LAUSANNE (AFP) - FIFA shelved a proposed expansion of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the world football body?s president Gianni Infantino. "(The tournament) will therefore remain as originally planned with 32 teams and no proposal will be submitted at the next FIFA Congress on 5 June," FIFA said in ...
IOC recommends suspending boxing federation from Tokyo 2020
LAUSANNE (AFP) - The International Olympic Committee recommended Wednesday that amateur boxing?s governing body be stripped of its right to organise the event at Tokyo 2020, but said the sport should still feature at the Games. In ousting AIBA from the Tokyo Games but creating a new path for boxers to compete, the IOC was seeking to ensure that ...
Federer, Nadal threaten Djokovic bid for historic 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. After losing to Nadal in the Italian Open final last weekend, the Serb was in no doubt that it was the Spaniard who would likely be celebrating a 12th ...
Uncertainty over Serena fitness, Osaka form at Roland Garros
PARIS (AFP) - 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 ...
Emotional Hamilton excused Monaco media briefing
MONACO (AFP) - An emotional Lewis Hamilton was excused from attending an official news conference Wednesday ahead of this weekend?s Monaco Grand Prix, following the death of Niki Lauda. The defending five-time world champion, 34, arrived in the Mediterranean principality, to begin preparations for the classic race and was promptly withdrawn from the media event at the request of ...
Pakistan vs India: Armed police to be deployed in mega clash of World Cup 2019
Old Trafford will host the big match on June 16, which saw half-a-million cricket lovers apply for the 25,000 tickets on sale? as the? matches between the two nations always attracts massive global interest.
Nida’s brilliance in vain as South Africa level series
When Dar zipped into the seventies with her eighth four in the 18th over she might have had an eye on a maiden T20I ton, but she was bowled swiping at Sune Luus? legspin to fall for 75, her strike rate a monumental 202.70. SCORES IN BRIEF ? PAKISTAN WOMEN: 172-5, 20 overs (Nida Dar 75, Bismah Maroof 37; Shabnim Ismail ...
Ali Gandapur vows to outshine Tendulkar in MPs World Cup
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur has promised to hit Sachin Tendulkar out-of-the-park, when Pakistani parliamentarians cricket team face arch-rivals India in the 1st Inter-Parliamentary Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be held in England from July 8 to 15 this year. There is no doubt that Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar is a world ...
Khawaja struck on helmet by Russell bouncer during World Cup warm-up
SOUTHAMPTON - Usman Khawaja has sent a scare through the Australia World Cup camp after being struck on the helmet while batting against West Indies in a warm-up match at Southampton. Khawaja went to hospital for scans on his jaw after suffering a nasty blow from an Andre Russell bouncer during the unofficial warm-up match at Southampton?s Nursery Ground. ...
Munsey ‘gutted’ despite innings after Scotland fall short
THE GRANGE - In a Scotland batting unit featuring the reigning ICC Associate Player of the Year, Calum MacLeod, and a captain who earlier in the month had became the fastest Associate cricketer to 2000 ODI runs, Kyle Coetzer (in 49 innings), the most menacing threat to opposition bowling attacks might actually sit a bit lower down the order.
French Open 2019: Federer, Nadal, Djokovic still rule tennis
They occupy the top three slots on the list of most men?s Grand Slam titles, with Federer?s 20 followed by Nadal?s 17 and Djokovic?s 15. Just like Federer?s reign isn?t ending,? said Riccardo Piatti, who coached Djokovic when the Serb was a teen and has worked with other top-10 players. I was a bit surprised that it went as ...
Sufi Amir in Hungry to play Diplomats Polo Cup
LAHORE - Pakistan?s one of the leading polo players Sufi Amir has reached Hungry to play Diplomats Polo Cup 2019, which is the premier polo event of Hungry. Now the polo season is off in Pakistan, which remained excellent for me and now I am geared up to exhibit my prowess in different events around the world.? ?It?s heartening to ...
Saddaqat bats PSB Union XI to win over DG PSB XI
ISLAMABAD - Saddaqat Abbas guided PSB Union XI to 5-wicket triumph over DG PSB XI in the floodlight cricket match played at Jinnah Stadium on Tuesday night. Thanks to Saddaqat Abbas? quick-fire 32, which he gathered by hitting two sixes and as many boundaries, PSB Union achieved the target in 8 overs losing 5 wickets. PSB DG Arif Ibrahim ...
Abbas excels in Parliamentarians’ victory in friendly cricket
ISLAMABAD - An unbeaten knock 104 run by MPA Abbas Jafari was highlight of the night, as Pakistani parliamentarians cricket team (PPCT) thrashed star-studded Oil and Gas Corporation Limited (OGDCL) by 7 wickets in a friendly cricket match played here at Pindi Stadium under floodlights on Tuesday night. Led by all-rounder Zain Qureshi, MNA from Multan and Parliamentary Secretary ...
Nida’s demolition goes in vain as Pakistan Women lose 4th T20
Benoni Nida Dar smashed the second-fastest fifty of Women?s T20I cricket on Wednesday but it went in vain as South Africa Women chased down the tourists? seemingly sizable 173-run target in the fourth of the five-match series in Benoni on Wednesday. The hosts did not lose their opening wicket until the 8th over, by which time Lee (60 off ...
Mirza Ali becomes first Pakistani man to scale seven summits
Islamabad High-altitude mountaineer Mirza Ali became the first Pakistani man to achieve the milestone of scaling seven summits in seven continents after successfully climbing Mount Everest on Wednesday. He is the first Pakistani man to climb seven summits in seven continents,? Karrar Haidri, secretary Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) told APP on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Ali is the brother of ...
Shahzad century fires Afghanistan to World Cup warm-up win
Naib took 6-43 to record the third-best figures by an Afghanistan bowler in ODI cricket, including the key wickets of Stirling and Gary Wilson, who was Ireland?s second highest scorer with 34.
Bahria All Pakistan floodlit cricket reaches to QF stage
Following are the results of the pre quarter finals matches, First match: Sunny Eleven beat Melsi Eleven by 43 runs. Sharqpur Eleven batted first scored 42 runs in 4 overs and Sangla Eleven achieved the atarget for the loss of five wickets. Sajawal Eleven batted first scored 26 runs in 4 overs and Zain Eleven achieved the target for ...
‘Cheats’ jersey was a winner: Barmy Army ‘ready to welcome’ cheats
Bipin Dani Toronto, May 22 : England all-rounder Moeen Ali may have appealed to the World Cup fans to refrain from heckling the Australian duo of Steven Smith and David Warner, who are returning for the first time since they both were banned for a year each in the wake of the sand-paper scandal, but the Barmy Army group ...
Sri Lanka snap losing streak with Scotland win
Dimuth Karunaratne, the new Sri Lanka captain top-scored with 77 in a total of 322 for eight?just his second fifty at this level and first since he reached the landmark against Scotland on the same ground back in 2011. Sri Lanka pace bowler Nuwan Pradeep then took four wickets as Scotland slumped either side of being set a rain-revised ...
