Ricciardo still hoping for a high in Monaco
MONACO (Reuters) - Monaco has been good to Daniel Ricciardo and the Australian believes Sunday?s showcase race could provide another highlight, even if a repeat of last year?s heroics looks out of the question. The 29-year-old has had just one scoring finish in five grands prix since he moved from Red Bull to Renault at the end of 2018, ...
Spurs ban fans trying to sell Champions League final tickets
(Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur have indefinitely banned three season ticket holders for trying to re-sell Champions League final tickets online, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. "The club has this week issued indefinite bans to three season ticket holders who have listed their UEFA Champions League final tickets for sale on a secondary ticketing platform," Tottenham said in ...
Murray plays down his chances of playing singles at Wimbledon
Murray, who will get a wildcard for the Queen?s Club Championships in June if fit, told the Times that playing singles would be a step too far given the state of his rehabilitation. I?ve only just started moving now.? Murray has started training since the procedure and hopes to emulate doubles veteran Bob Bryan, who successfully returned to competitive tennis ...
PM Imran to inaugurate 33rd National Games in Peshawar on Oct 21
PESHAWAR (APP) ? Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the 33rd edition of the National Games on October 21, 2019 while President of Pakistan Arif Alvi will grace the occasion as chief guest at the closing ceremony on October 27, Senior Minister for Sports Atif Khan said in a press conference at Conference Hall of Secretary Sports Office. Flanked ...
Indian Runner Gomathi Failed Dope Test After Winning Asian Title
New Delhi, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 22nd May, 2019 ) : runner Gomathi Marimuthu failed a dope test immediately after winning the 800 metres title last month and has been suspended, the national governing body said Wednesday. The 30-year-old tested positive for anabolic steroids after her win at the championships in last ...
Ex-Athletics Boss And Qatari TV Director Investigated Over Doha Worlds
Paris, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 22nd May, 2019 ) :The boss of Qatari channel BeIn, Yousef Al-Obaidly, and ex-athletics chief Lamine Diack, have been under investigation since over alleged in the bidding process for this year's Athletics Championships in , sources told AFP on Tuesday.
ICC World Cup 2019: Bangladesh aim to break new ground at World Cup
Bangladesh showed they can compete with cricket?s elite nations when they advanced to the Champions Trophy semi-finals two years ago from a strong group featuring England, Australia and New Zealand. Bangladesh?s group stage win against England four years ago proved to be a catalyst for the side, boosting their belief and triggering a sustained spell of success. Between April ...
Pakistan’s World Cup kit unveiled
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday unveiled the kit of the national team for the ICC World Cup being staged in England and Wales from May 30 to July 14. Sharing the news on Twitter, a PCB statement said: ?As Pakistan?s @cricketworlcup jersey is unveiled, send your good luck messages to the team.?
Asif Kapadia’s documentary retraces rise and fall of Maradona
Kapadia had just finished ?Senna,? his ground-breaking 2010 documentary on the late Brazilian Formula One racer Ayrton Senna. But Kapadia couldn?t shake off the project or the appeal of combing through Maradona?s personal archives, including more than 500 hours of never-before-seen footage. Kapadia this week premiered the result, ?Diego Maradona,? at the Cannes Film Festival, where ?Amy? also made ...
After World Cup selection dream comes true, Wahab vows to give his best
?I was quite hopeful,? he said at a news conference on Tuesday, ?? as I had been seeing this all along in my dreams where I was meeting [head coach] Mickey Arthur or [chief selector] Inzamam-ul-Haq. ?It?s a big opportunity for me,? said Wahab, who will turn 34 next month. The selectors? expectations would be high as they have ...
Kohli predicts high-scoring World Cup
MUMBAI: Cricket fans should expect a run bonanza at the ICC World Cup in England and Wales starting this month, India captain Virat Kohli said on Tuesday. ?A bilateral series compared to a World Cup is very different, so you might see lot of 260-270 kind of games and teams successfully defending it because of the pressure factor,? said ...
England pick Archer, recall Dawson for World Cup
He edged out left-arm quick David Willey, a veteran of 46 ODIs, after both pacemen featured during England?s 4-0 series win at home to Pakistan, which concluded on Sunday. England, bidding to win the World Cup for the first time, reduced their qualification period from seven years to three, a move they insisted was solely to bring them into ...
Messi and Aguero in Argentina Copa America squad
Di Maria, like Messi, made his post-World Cup return in March ahead of friendlies against Venezuela and Morocco, but Manchester City?s Aguero had not been called up since Argentina?s 4-3 last 16 defeat to eventual champions France in Russia. Agustin Marchesin (America Mexico/MEX), Franco Armani (River Plate), Esteban Andrada (Boca Juniors) German Pezzela (Fiorentina/ITA), Juan Foyth (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG), Nicolas ...
ہنزہ کے مرزا علی نے ماؤنٹ ایورسٹ سر کرلیا
کوہ پیما مرزا علی نے مائونٹ ایورسٹ سر کرلیا، ہنزہ کے علاقے شمشال سےتعلق رکھنے والے کوہ پیما نے آج رات 2 بجےدنیا کی بلند ترین چوٹی سر کی۔ الپائن کلب پاکستان کے سیکریٹری کرار حیدرری کےمطابق کوہ پیما مرزا علی نے بدھ کی رات 2 بجے ماؤنٹ ایورسٹ کی انتہائی بلندی پر قدم رکھ کر اپنی مہم جوئی مکمل کی۔ وہ ...
ویسٹ انڈیز نے دوسرے ورلڈ کپ میں ٹائٹل کا دفاع کیسے کیا؟
چار برس بعد دوسرےعالمی کپ کی میزبانی بھی انگلینڈ نے کی۔ اسپانسر کے نام سے منسوب پروڈنشل کرکٹ ٹورنامنٹ کا 9جون 1979 سےآغاز ہوا اور 23جون تک جاری رہا۔ گزشتہ فارمیٹ کی طرح ایک بار پھر آٹھ ٹیمیں مقابلے میں شامل تھیں، جس میں میزبان انگلینڈ ،دفاعی چیمپئن ویسٹ انڈیز، پاکستان، بھارت، آسٹریلیا، نیوزی لینڈ، سری لنکا اورکینیڈا نےمیں شرکت کی۔ ...
Messi and Aguero in Argentina preliminary Copa America squad
Agustin Marchesin (America Mexico/MEX), Juan Musso (Udinese/ITA), Franco Armani (River Plate), Esteban Andrada (Boca Juniors), Geronimo Rulli (Real Sociedad/ESP) German Pezzela (Fiorentina/ITA), Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla/ESP), Juan Foyth (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG), Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City/ENG), Walter Kannemann (Gremio Porto Alegre/BRA), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax/NED), Marcos Acuna (Sporting Lisbon/POR), Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate), Renzo Saravia (Racing Club), Lisandro Martinez (Defensa y Justicia), Ramiro Funes ...
Demare wins crashed-marred Giro 10th stage
MODENA (AFP) - Frenchman Arnaud Demare clinched a long-range, high-speed bunch sprint to win stage 10 of the Giro d?Italia on the cobbled streets of Modena on Tuesday. Winner of two stages so far on the Giro and wearer of the sprint points jersey, Ackermann got back in the saddle and trundled across the line with the left side ...
Kinnaird college to organise summer sports training camps
LAHORE (APP) - Kinnaird College Lahore University (KCU) will organize summer sports camps in various disciplines here from May 24 to motivate the youth to take up sports and to sharpen the skills of aspiring players. ?It is a long duration programme of ten weeks and we will be holding camps in cricket, hockey, basketball, football , table tennis ...
Wahab Riaz vows to live up to expectations
?Definitely, it will be a challenging event and I am lucky to get a last-minute call to be a part of the team and it is an honour to represent the country in a World Cup,? Wahab said this while addressing a press conference here at Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. ?Although I was not in the initial 23 member ...
MPs to play part in revival of int’l cricket in Pakistan: Asad
He said: ?I didn?t know much about cricket but when the opportunity came that the Parliamentarians World Cup is being held in England, I decided to prepare Pakistan Parliamentarians cricket team for the mega event. As far as the team?s preparations are concerned, I am more than satisfied, as they are putting in a lot of efforts, while we ...
