Join our Whatsapp channel LAHORE: The pairs of veteran Aisam-ul-Haq and Muzammil Murtaza and top seed Aqeel Khan and Mohammad Shoaib faced upset defeats in the men’s doubles semi-finals of the Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmad Memorial National Ranking Tennis Championship here on Thursday. Aisam and Muzammil lost to Mohammad Abid and Abdullah Anees 7-5, 6-2 while Barkatullah and Yousuf Khalil shocked the prominent duo of Aqeel and Shoaib 5-7, 6-4( 15-13).In the women’s singles quarter-final, Zunaira Noor t

It was the only match of Euro 2020 that England had to play away from Wembley Stadium and it was the team’s most dominant performance of the tournament. England now go back to London to face Denmark on Wednesday.... Italy will face Spain in the other semi-final match on Tuesday, with the final next weekend also to be played at Wembley. The last time England made it to the last four of the European Championship was in 1996.... But the bigger goal at this point is to duplicate the success of the

By Mitch Phillips2 Min ReadSlideshow( 2 images) TOKYO( Reuters)-China’s Su Bingtian became the first Asian man to reach the Olympic 100 metres final for 89 years on Sunday, scorching to an Asian record of 9.83 in his semi-final, but pre-race favourite Trayvon Bromell failed to make it. The last Asian to appear in the final was Japan’s Taka Yoshioka, who came last in the 1932 Los Angeles final. Underlining the wide open nature of this year’s final was the performance of Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who

Join our Whatsapp channel RAWALPINDI: New Zealand batter Kane Willamson bats in the nets during a practice session at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday. —Tanveer Shahzad/ White Star RAWALPINDI: New Zealand will look to cement their place in the ICC Cha-mpions Trophy semi-finals when they take on Bangladesh here at the Ra-w-alpindi Cricket Stadium on Monday. The BlackCaps are in immense form, having thrashed hosts Pakistan by 60 runs in the tournament opener.... Earlier, they had also gon

Japan National Stadium.( Mainichi) TOKYO( Kyodo)--Venues for the upcoming Emperor's Cup semifinals and final will be allowed to reach full capacity, the Japan Football Association announced Tuesday, in a major relaxation of coronavirus safety measures for large sporting events.... Saitama Stadium, which holds some 60, 000 fans, will host the semifinal between the Urawa Reds and Cerezo Osaka, while Kawasaki's roughly 25, 000-seat Todoroki Stadium is the venue for the other penultimate-round clas

The Duke of Cambridge, president of the Football Association, will be among those inside the ground to cheer on the Three Lions tonight.... William was joined by the Duchess of Cambridge and their eldest son when England took on Germany in a last 16 match last week. But the Duke will not be joined by Kate later today as she is currently self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus. The Duchess was informed on Friday and is staying at home at Ke

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian national badminton team fared well despite bowing out at the semi-final stage at the Sudirman Cup on Sunday( Oct 3), says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The MCA president noted that the young team of players had shown tenacity in reaching the semi-finals at the Energia Areena in Vantaa, Finland." We have never won the championship since the cup was introduced in 1989." This time, our national team succeeded in moving to the semi-finals, a proud achievement and talk of t

The Proteas also lost in the semi-finals of the 2023 ODI World Cup and in the final at last year’s Twenty20 World Cup. They also lost the World Cup 1999 semi-final.... Chasing 214 to beat Austr-a-lia at Edgbaston, South Africa sensed win with Lance Klusener in the mood.... But they choked and lost. After the final, South Africa’s white-ball coach Rob Walter admitted the Proteas will only lose their “ chokers ” tag when they win a World Cup. Published in Dawn, March 7th, 2025....

ISLAMABAD: Nasir Iqbal, Pakistan’s only hope in the men’s event of the 21st Asian Individual Squash Championship, fell to Yip Tsz Fung of Hong Kong in the semi-final after retiring here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Saturday. Yip downed Nasir 11-6, 11-4, 3-1 in a one-sided 29-minute battle.Ng Eain Yow of Malaysia outplayed Hong Kong’s Lau Tsz Kwan 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 in the other last-four match that lasted 30 minutes.... Meanwhile in the women’s semi-finals, Tong Tsz Wing of Hong Kong beat comp

Over 5, 000 people caught Covid at the European Championship football final and semi-finals earlier this summer, new data reveals, with health officials saying the" super-spreader" events show how quickly the virus can spread.A report by Public Health England( PHE) concludes that 3, 404 cases of Covid are likely to have been caught at the Euro 2020 final, with 2, 092 caught at the semi-finals. The events were evaluated as part of a government research programme which also looked at Wimbledon and