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Mahoor Shahzad’s Asian Games exit exposes the uncomfortable reality of Pakistan badminton Mahoor Shahzad has spent years carrying the weight of Pakistani badminton on her shoulders. On Saturday, that weight looked heavier than ever. Pakistan’s leading women’s shuttler and an Olympian, Mahoor suffered a bruising defeat at the Asian Games, losing 21-5, 21-11 to Indonesia’s … Read more

Irfan loses to India’s Abhay Singh while Noor Zaman falls to Malaysia’s Eain Yow in Asian Games semi-finals Pakistan’s top squash players Mohammad Ashab Irfan and Noor Zaman had to settle for bronze medals when they lost their men’s singles semi-finals of the 20th Asian Games on Saturday. Irfan, World No49, lost to World No 26 … Read more

Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova beats Pakistan’s last boxer 5-0 in women’s 60kg preliminaries Pakistan ended their boxing journey on a frustrating note when their last boxer and a slim hope Fatima Zehra also went down in her preliminary bout at the 20th Asian Games on Saturday. Zehra was beaten 5-0 by Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova in the … Read more

World No. 3 is competing in his second tournament after the US Open Team Europe’s Casper Ruud celebrates after winning his singles match against Team World’s Francisco Cerundolo. Photo: REUTERS LONDON: Team Europe took a 3-1 lead over defending champions Team World ​on the opening day of the Laver Cup on Friday, with Carlos Alcaraz … Read more

NAGOYA: Asian Games organisers admitted on Saturday they were “not satisfied” with ticket sales after swathes of empty seats were seen at the main stadium and other venues in Japan. The 100m sprints are one of the highlights of any Games, but the 30,000-capacity Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium appeared to be only about one-quarter full … Read more

Poeiphimai hat-trick gives Thailand 4-0 win in Pakistan’s historic tournament debut Pakistan began their historic FIFA ASEAN Cup campaign with a 4-0 defeat by Thailand on Saturday, with Teerasak Poeiphimai scoring a hat-trick to give his side a convincing victory. Pakistan showed defensive discipline during the opening stages but struggled to contain a better-ranked Thailand. … Read more

Pakistan’s Shajar Abbas, who had qualified for the men’s 200m semi-finals with a time of 21.23 seconds earlier on Saturday, finished 17th overall in the semi-final at the Asian Games in Nagoya. Abbas clocked 21.30 seconds in heat 3 at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, finishing eighth and missing out on a place … Read more

George Russell edges out Max Verstappen to win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Photo: AFP BAKU: George Russell resisted a late charge from Max Verstappen to claim his first lights-to-flag victory with a composed drive for Mercedes in Saturday’s thrilling Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The 28-year-old Briton came home just 0.196 seconds ahead of the four-time champion … Read more

United States golfers celebrate a comeback victory over the Internationals at Medinah to win their 11th consecutive Presidents Cup with US President Donald Trump in attendance. Photo: AFP MEDINAH: The United States made a stunning rally to capture an 11th consecutive Presidents Cup on Sunday, defeating the Internationals 17-13 in a victory dedicated to US … Read more

Goncalo Ramos coolly chipped the ball into the net after Norway goalkeeper Orjan Nyland passed it straight to him. Photo: AFP OSLO: Goncalo Ramos started in place of Cristiano Ronaldo and scored the winner as Portugal made it back-to-back victories to start their UEFA Nations League title defence by beating Norway 2-1 in Oslo on … Read more