ISLAMABAD (Pakistan): Pakistan’s unbeaten pro pugilist Taimoor Khan pushed forward his boxing career on Thursday, winning the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Asia heavyweight belt after knocking out Thailand’s fighter Panya Chomphoophuang at Space Plus Night Club, RCA Plaza, in Bangkok. The 26-year-old, who is known as “The Diamond Boy” was rearing to go right from the outset, flooring his …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani climbers Naila Kiani and Shehroze Kashif made Pakistan proud again when on Monday they hoisted the country’s flag on Mt. Annapurna 1 (8091), the world’s 10th highest mountain, situated in the Gandaki province of Nepal. “Shehroze and Naila and other members of the Seven Summit Treks team have successfully ascended Annapurna this morning between 6:30 to 7:30 am,” …
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday confirmed that the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2023 will be played at The Oval in London, with the 2025 edition to take place at Lord’s. ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said he was pleased to confirm these two iconic venues for the next two cycles. Mr. Allardice said: “We are …
Japan may bar all but VIP spectators for Games opening – AsahiGovt set to decide this week on extending quasi-emergency rulesTorch relay to be moved off public roads – Yomiuri TOKYO: Japan is considering barring all but VIP spectators at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a newspaper said on Tuesday, another downgrade for Games that have their …
ABU DHABI: Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Wasim Khan released a statement on June 7, admitting that his selection of words and his tenor were inappropriate during an interview the day before, wherein he’d made some comments about some members of the media, which in hindsight he regretted. “The continued and unending tirade against me based on my loyalty and …
LAHORE: South Africa are chasing for the second successive match in Lahore as they look to break a five-match losing streak in T20Is and stay in the series. Unless they win today’s match, South Africa will concede both trophies to Pakistan and the hosts can claim victory across both formats. South Africa made three changes to the XI that lost …
By NP newsroom ISLAMABAD: Mountain climbers from Nepal made history on Saturday, becoming the first to scale the mountain K2 in Pakistan in winter, the most dangerous season to climb K2 or Mount Everest, the mountain’s big brother. The adventure company called Seven Summit Treks carried the climb and described the K2 mountain as “the Karakorum’s range’s Savage Mountain,” summited …
MUMBAI: Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by popular Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, has picked up a stake in the city-based Major League Cricket in the United States, the Twenty20 league has said. The inaugural season of MLC, featuring six franchises, is expected to commence in 2022. It will the third T20 league to see the involvement …
NP newsroom The Argentinian football team’s former midfielder and manager suffered a fatal heart attack at home in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Maradona was captaining his team when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup. An alcoholic, he had had surgery to remove a brain blood clot in November. Famous footballers from several teams around the world called Maradona’s passing “a …
NP newsroom RAWALPINDI: Teenage pacer Naseem Shah became the youngest player to record a Test hat-trick as Pakistan edged closer to victory against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Sunday. Just when Bangladesh seemed to have fought their way back into the match at 124-2 minutes before the close on the third day, Naseem destroyed them with three wickets off successive deliveries. …
