Sports

Prague, Aug 19 (AFP/APP): Leading second round scores in the European Tour/DP World Tour Czech Masters at the Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, on Friday (GBR/IRL unless stated, Par 72): 130 – Gavin Green (MAS) 67-63 133 – Thomas Pieters (BEL) 65-68, Marcel Schneider (GER) 66-67, […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (APP): Pakistan’s impressive run in the World Junior Men’s Squash Team Championship continued as they thrashed traditional rivals India at Nancy, France on Friday. According to the Pakistan Squash Federation, in the first fixture, Noor Zaman defeated Krishna Mishra 14-12, 11-8, 11-4 […]

London, Aug 17 (AFP/APP): Fit-again South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was set to be thrust straight into the action as Proteas captain Dean Elgar won the toss and elected to field in the first Test against England at Lord’s on Wednesday. Spearhead quick Rabada […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (APP): The National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) wants free and fair elections of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to be conducted so that the national game can prosper and regain its lost past glory. The meeting which was […]

Cincinnati, Aug 17 (AFP/APP): Results from ATP/WTA Cincinnati Open on Tuesday (x denotes seed): Men 1st rd Tommy Paul (USA) bt Jenson Brooksby (USA) 6-3, 6-2 Taylor Fritz (USA x11) bt Sebastian Baez (ARG) 6-1, 6-1 Nick Kyrgios (AUS) bt Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 7-5, […]

Rome, Aug 15 (AFP/APP): Romania’s David Popovici swam the third quickest time in history to claim the men’s 200m freestyle gold at the European Championships on Monday in Rome. Popovici, who only turns 18 next month, cruised to victory in 1min 42.97sec with Switzerland’s Antonio […]

Munich, Germany, Aug 14 (AFP/APP): Two years after a near fatal cycling crash Fabio Jakobsen continued to make up for lost time on Sunday when he won a hotly-contested sprint for the line at the European road race championships. Winner of a stage at the […]

Glasgow, Aug 14 (AFP/APP):Celtic edged back ahead of Rangers on goal difference at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a 5-0 thrashing of Kilmarnock on Sunday as both Moritz Jenz and Giorgos Giakoumakis scored overhead kicks. Kyogo Furuhashi, Jota and Carl Starfelt were also […]

Rome, Aug 14 (AFP/APP): Italian artistic swimmer Giorgio Minisini won his second solo gold medal on Sunday at the European Championship, the first major competition to allow men-only events. Minisini added the free solo gold to the technical solo title he won on Friday. He […]