KARACHI: The rupee in open market rose to its five-month high as demand for the greenback fell owing to the decline in imports whereas the increase in dollar from lending agencies and foreign investment in the government papers helped stabilise rupee-dollar parity. Currency dealers foresee rupee to rise further in coming months in the wake of higher inflows of dollars …

LAHORE: Needless reduction in the number of athletes in Pakistan’s contingent by Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) for the ongoing 13th South Asian Games in Nepal has affected Pakistan’s chances of winning more medals in the mega event. In a press release, the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) stated on Friday that while small countries like the host Nepal (596 athletes), Sri …

NEW DELHI: India’s captain Virat Kohli says his priority is to help India win matches than just play ‘slam-bang cricket’ for the sake of entertaining the crowd in the Twenty20 game. Kohli produced a batting masterclass in Friday’s Twenty20 match against West Indies, smashing a career-best 94 not out to help India chase a 200-plus target with eight balls to …

LONDON: England’s fit-again seamer James Anderson has been included in their 17-man Test squad for the four-match tour of South Africa starting on Dec 26, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday. Anderson, England’s top Test wicket-taker with 575, suffered a right calf tear in the opening Ashes Test against Australia in August before being ruled out …

KARACHI: Middle-order batsman Fawad Alam is happy after being recalled to the national side after 10-year exile for the Sri Lanka Test series. Expressing his excitement on his selection for the upcoming series, the 34-year-old expressed hope to see huge crowds as the Test cricket is returning to the country after many years. On Saturday, head coach and chief selector …

  AD DIRIYAH: Britain´s Anthony Joshua reclaimed his world heavyweight crown from Andy Ruiz on Saturday, outclassing the Mexican-American to score a unanimous points victory. Joshua, who suffered a stunning knockout defeat to Ruiz in New York in June, produced a masterclass to regain his IBF, WBA and WBO titles in emphatic fashion. Dominating from the outset, Joshua won by …

TURIN: Four-time world champion ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron reclaimed gold at the ISU Grand Prix Final on Saturday. The 2018 Olympic Games silver medallists missed last year´s final through injury, with Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue the defending champions. The French pair sealed their second gold in the elite six-team final with their free dance to …

PARIS: Neymar scored a sublime free-kick and set up another goal as Paris Saint-Germain rallied to beat 10-man Montpellier 3-1 on Saturday and restore their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to eight points. Montpellier, unbeaten at home since the opening day of the season, grabbed the lead on 41 minutes at the Stade de la Mosson when Daniel …

LOS ANGELES: With speeches and salutes, veterans and officials on Saturday commemorated the 78th anniversary of the 1941 sneak attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, which brought a previously reluctant United States into World War II. A ceremony honoring survivors attended by US Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and Washington´s ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris was held within sight of …

NEW DELHI: At least 30 people have died in a factory fire in India’s capital New Delhi, with the toll still expected to rise, police told AFP Sunday. The blaze broke out in the early hours in the city’s old quarter, whose narrow and congested lanes are lined with many small manufacturing and storage units. “We… have since rescued at …