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BN, DP win Aquafina Allama Iqbal Polo openers

LAHORE – BN Polo and Diamond Paints won the opening day matches of the Aquafina Allama Iqbal Polo Cup 2021 played here at Jinnah Polo and Country Club (JP&CC) ground on Tuesday. Eulogio Celestino fired in fabulous five goals in BN Polo’s 10-6 victory over Newage/Rizvi’s in […]

Gobi’s Paint Punjab Open Tennis inaugurated

LAHORE – The Gobi’s Paint Punjab Open Tennis Championship 2021 was inaugurated by PLTA Secretary Rashid Malik during a colorful opening ceremony held here at the Punjab Tennis Academy Bagh-e-Jinnah on Tuesday. Around 25 matches were played on the opening day of the event. In the men’s […]

Serena downs Halep to set up Osaka showdown at Australian Open

MELBOURNE – Serena Williams of United States on Tuesday blasted past Romania’s Simona Halep to set up an Australian Open semi-final showdown with Japan’s Naomi Osaka. Williams took a step towards a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-3 dismantling of second seed Halep, the […]

Osaka, Williams move to last-8 in Australian Open

Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams sealed their places for the 2021 Australian Open quarter-finals in the women’s singles on Sunday. World No. 3 Japanese tennis player Osaka defeated Garbine Muguruza of Spain 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to move to the next phase at the Rod Laver Arena. Seven-time champion […]

Venues of Tokyo Olympics undamaged by earthquakes in Japan’s Northeast

Venues of the Tokyo-hosted 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are safe after the powerful earthquakes off Japan’s northeastern coast the day before. On Saturday, a 7.1-magnitude quake struck near Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, followed by another 5.2-magnitude hit overnight, with tremors reaching Tokyo and the neighbouring Miyagi Prefecture. […]

Pakistan seal South Africa series 2-1

LAHORE-Pakistan cricket team recorded a 4-wicket triumph over South Africa in the third T20I to seal the series 2-1 here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday night. Despite the brilliant bowling by Tabraiz Shamsi with his career-best figures of 4-25, Pakistan batsmen proved good enough against the […]

Proteas win 2nd T20I to level series 1-1

Lahore-South Africa made a good comeback in the series with a 6-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second T20I here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday and set up a decider to be played at the same venue today (Sunday). Brilliant bowling by Shaheen Shah Afridi made […]

Medvedev in 5, finally, advances to 4th round in Australia

MELBOURNE-Daniil Medvedev finally worked out how to a win a five-setter. All by himself. The fourth-seeded Medvedev was 0-6 in Grand Slam matches that went to five sets, and his Australian Open third-round match against No. 28-seeded Filip Krajinovic looked like it was going all the […]

Prize distribution ceremony of LPC Super League held

LAHORE-The prize distribution ceremony of the Lahore Polo Club Super League 2020 held here at the Aibak Polo Ground on Saturday. Pantera Energy Director Marketing Taimoor graced the occasion as chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners and top performers. Other notables present on the occasion were Remington […]

Remounts qualify for Pantera Energy Aibak Polo final

LAHORE – Remounts qualified for the main final and Colony Polo Team for subsidiary final of the Pantera Energy Aibak Polo Cup after winning their respective matches played here at Lahore Polo Club ground on Thursday. Ignacio Negri’s fabulous four goals guided Remounts to a nail-biting 6-5 […]

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