Zango makes athletics history

BUDAPEST Aug 22 (Online): Hugues Fabrice Zango gave Burkina Faso their first global athletics title when he won men’s triple jump world gold in Budapest on Monday. The 30-year-old won with a best effort of 17.64m to add gold to his world silver last year […]

‘I’m here, I’m the champion’: Richardson

BUDAPEST Aug 22 (Online): American Sha’Carri Richardson crushed Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s hopes of a sixth women’s world 100m title when she stormed to victory in Budapest on Monday. Richardson sprinted to a championship record of 10.65sec despite being in lane nine to seal a US 100m […]

Former Pakistan Test cricketer Naushad Ali passed away

LAHORE Aug 20 (Online): Pakistan’s former Test cricketer and former International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Naushad Ali passed away in Islamabad. Pakistan’s former test cricketer Naushad Ali was 80 years old, after performing the funeral prayer at H-8 Islamabad, he was buried in the […]

Pakistan wins Asian junior U-13 squash title

ISLAMABAD Aug 20 (Online): Pakistan won Asian Junior Under-13 Squash championship title after six years. Squash player Nouman Khan won the title for Pakistan. In the final of the U-13 category of the Asian Junior Squash Championship played in Dalina, China, Pakistan’s Nauman Khan won […]

Kerley and Jacobs fail to make world 100m final

Budapest, Aug 20 (AFP/APP): Reigning champion Fred Kerley and rusty Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs both failed to make the final of the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday. In a loaded field, Jacobs could only manage 10.05sec to finish fifth in a […]