Sports

Paris, June 5 (AFP/APP):Iga Swiatek says that she has “no expectations” for Wimbledon despite taking her winning streak to 35 matches by securing a second French Open title. The world number one cruised past teenager Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in Saturday’s final at Roland Garros […]

Paris, June 3 (AFP/APP): From the heights of winning the European Champions Cup last week, La Rochelle are back to earth this weekend, knowing that they must win their final regular season Top 14 game against Lyon to guarantee their passage to the play-offs. Montpellier, […]

BUIKWE, Uganda, June 3 (Xinhua/APP): Ethiopia has gone top of Group B at the ongoing Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Senior Women’s Championship after a 5-0 win against Zanzibar here on Thursday. The Ethiopian team took a 2-0 halftime lead as […]

Paris, June 2 (AFP/APP):France is investigating the chaos at last weekend’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, Britain’s top diplomat said on Wednesday, as pressure on the French interior minister grew over the police’s handling. The mayhem outside the Stade de France stadium […]

KARACHI, Jun 02 (APP): The 2nd Gatorade Trophy inter-school JTI Tennis championship was held here at Union Club. 40 plus School boys and girls took part from four district s of KARACHI, said a communique here on Tuesday. Musharrf Ali Rajpoot Dy. Director, Primary Education […]

Melbourne, June 2 (AFP/APP): George ‘Ferocious’ Kambosos has risen from humble beginnings to the precipice of being crowned undisputed lightweight champion of the world, with boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao playing a big role. For years, the heavily tattooed Australian, 28, has laboured for recognition. But […]

Paris, June 1 (AFP/APP):Croatia’s Marin Cilic fired 33 aces past seventh-seeded Andrey Rublev to reach his first French Open semi-final on Wednesday with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10/2) win. Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, also crashed 88 winners in the four-hour 10-minute […]

Rome, June 1 (AFP/APP): AC Milan said Wednesday that its current owners, investment fund Elliott Management, have agreed to sell the newly-crowned Italian champions to rival US fund RedBird for 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion). “The transition to new ownership will take place over the […]