RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army secured the overall Championship Trophy in 44th Pakistan Army Rifle Association (PARA) Central Meet. In the Inter Services matches, Pakistan Army won three contests including CJCSC, COAS and CNS matches, while Pakistan Air Force won CAS contest. THE CHIEF | Pinning a medal on a winning shooter Over 2000 shooters from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil …
● Former heavyweight champ can’t turn back the clock ARLINGTON: Jake Paul beat boxing legend Mike Tyson by unanimous decision to win an intergenerational heavyweight battle in Texas on Friday that failed to live up to its enormous hype. The bout between the 27-year-old social media influencer-turned-prizefighter Paul and the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Tyson was streamed live on Netflix …
UNITED STATES: Keegan Bradley secured the Presidents Cup for the United States on Sunday when he clinched a point in his match against the International Team’s Kim Si-woo that lifted his team to the 15-1/2 target needed to retain the trophy in Montreal. It was the 10th consecutive Presidents Cup triumph for the Americans, who boast an all-time record of …
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Women’s Cricket Team flew from Jinnah International Airport here to Columbo via Dubai to participate in the Asia Cup here on Tuesday. The team will play their first match in the Asia Cup against arch-rivals India in Dambulla on July 19. Squad: Nida Dar (captain), Alia Riaz, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Gul Feroza, Iram Javed, Muniba Ali, Najiha …
MONACO: Jessica Hull of Australia blazed to a world record in the women’s 2,000 metres at the Monaco Diamond League meet on Friday, making a stunning statement ahead of the Paris Olympics as trackside fireworks exploded during her final powerful strides. Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran a blistering last lap to shave a whopping three seconds off his own world-leading time …
ISLAMABAD: Blind Pakistani archer Tanveer Ahmed is set to return home tonight, after winning two gold medals in two back-to-back international competitions. Ahmed bagged gold medals at the Para Archery World Ranking Event in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, and the 1440 Double FITA Round at Jabbeke, Belgium, respectively. He scored a remarkable 910 points to clinch the gold medal in …
PESHAWAR: Twenty-nine U19 women cricketers will undergo a 15-day skills camp at the Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Centre in Multan from Sunday, (December 10). The players will report at the camp on Saturday evening. The objective of the U19 camp is to identify the players for next month’s U19 tri-series in Bangladesh, where, along with hosts Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka …
RIYADH (Saudi Arabia): Before Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou even stepped into a ring to face one another, a date of December 23 was set for Fury to fight Oleksandr Usyk. The premature booking to determine the next undisputed heavyweight champion was considered foolproof thanks to Ngannou’s novice skills. However, Ngannou shocked those who doubted him, knocking Fury down in …
FRICO (Texas): Rory McIlroy has resigned from the PGA Tour’s Policy Board with the American circuit embroiled in high level negotiations over how to fund its future. McIlroy’s shock decision was revealed in a memo to the tour’s players issued by commissioner Jay Monahan, who thanked the golfer “for his dedication and commitment to the tour”. At a time of …
RIYADH (Saudi Arabia): Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou, 37,narrowly lost to Fury on points after knocking the Briton down. Fury’s WBC title was not on the line for the bout as Ngannou was not previously ranked by the body. But at their 2023 convention, the WBC said he would come in at number 10 with Deontay Wilder ranked the number …
