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AUGUSTA: Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm were poised for a Masters Green Jacket showdown on Sunday on a marathon day of high drama at Augusta National that could be a watershed moment in the LIV Golf and PGA Tour feud. Even before the first ball was struck, there was a surprise when Tiger Woods announced he was withdrawing from the …

The Islamabad police on Sunday said that it was “fully equipped” to provide end-to-end “foolproof and world-class” security to the New Zealand cricket team during their forthcoming visit to Pakistan. The Black Caps will land in the country next week for an upcoming white-ball series with the national side. However, on Saturday, a Geo News report, quoting police sources, said that the …

LAHORE: Upcoming Pakistan pacer Ihsanullah on Saturday said he was working to improve his bowling during the ongoing national training camp set up here at the Gaddafi Stadium for the forthcoming home series against New Zealand. The series comprising five ODIs and as many T20 Internationals starts on April 14 with the first T20I match at the Gaddafi Stadium. “My …

HISOR (Tajikistan): Two own goals late in the second half saw the Pakistan women’s football team fall to a 2-0 defeat to Hong Kong here on Saturday, their second successive loss in the first round of qualifiers for next year’s Paris Olympics. It was a better performance overall from the side than the one in the Group ‘E’ opener against …

KARACHI: Some of the country’s best players in the domestic circuit, who have struggled to find a place in the national team either due to rigorous competition for places or mere lack of favour for them, will have a chance to prove themselves in Pakistan Shaheens’ upcoming tour to Zimbabwe, the side’s head coach Aizaz Cheema has said. Seven out …

LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Secretary Haider Hussain has announced that the issue between the PHF and Pakistan Navy regarding Sufyan Khan, one of the potential players for the Junior Asia Cup training camp, has been resolved. This comes after the Navy withdrew their arrest warrant for Sufyan. Haider, a former international player, told reporters on Saturday that the PHF …

LAHORE: The Pakis­tan Cricket Board (PCB) has nominated Aleem Dar for the ICC International Panel of Umpires in place of Ahsan Raza, who has been promoted to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires. The appointment of Aleem, the three-time ICC Umpire of the Year, to the International Panel means he will remain eligible to officiate at international matches, including Paki­stan’s …

JAKARTA: Development fund allocated for Indonesia’s football association is being frozen by FIFA after the country was stripped as hosts of this year’s Under-20 World Cup, football’s governing body said on Thursday. FIFA barred the Southeast Asian nation from staging the May 20-June 11 event after the country’s football association (PSSI) in the predominantly Muslim country said it had cancelled …

KARACHI: Having recently arrived back in his hometown here after his debut series as a Pakistan player, Saim Ayub was all smiles as he shook hands with team-mates and staff in the Omar Associates dugout on the sidelines of the Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament on a breezy Saturday night in the posh, gated housing society’s floodlit cricket ground. While …

DOHA: Six of Qatar’s eight World Cup stadiums will be used for the Asian Cup to be staged in the Gulf state next January, the AFC has announced. But the Lusail stadium used for the World Cup final and the iconic 974 Stadium made from containers will not be part of the 24-nation tournament to run from January 12 to February 10. …