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KARACHI: Omar Khalid and Yashal Shah, Pakistan’s top and third-ranked amateurs, will feature in the 74th US Junior Amateur Championship, one of the biggest junior competitions in international golf, at the world famous Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon, USA. It is a rare occasion for Pakistan golf as Omar and Yashal earned exemptions to play in the prestigious championship …

LONDON: The board of the Scottish cricket federation resigned en masse on Sunday following accusations of institutional racism in a damning independent review which is due to be published on Monday. “The Board of Cricket Scotland has resigned. We will work in partnership with @sportscotland with immediate effect to ensure appropriate governance, leadership & support is in place for sport …

KARACHI: The National U-19 Championship (three-day matches) will kick off in Karachi on Monday, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced Sunday. The championship will feature 12 teams from six cricket associations, which were earlier involved in the one-day version of the tournament — won by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Whites. The matches will take place at the UBL Sports Complex, Rashid Latif Academy, …

Former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar has decided to tell his own story in the form of a biopic and named it Rawalpindi Express, after his on field nickname for being one of the fastest bowlers of his time. On Sunday, he shared a teaser for the film, captioned, “Beginning of this beautiful journey. Announcing the launch of my story, my life, my biopic, Rawalpindi …

EUGENE: With his third throw in the javelin final at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday, Arshad Nadeem made sure his challenge would stay alive till the very end. The only athlete from Pakistan to have qualified for a final in the history of the championships, Arshad had made the final eight halfway through the event at Hayward Field but …

GILGIT: Three climbers Mohammad Hussain from Skardu, Paul Etherdge and Peter from the UK on Sunday summited K2 (8,611). Sakhawat Hussain from Summit Karakoram told Dawn that the three-member team reached the top of the world’s second highest peak at 8:20am. So far, 148 climbers have summited the Savage Mountain in the first summit push of this summer. Mohammad Abbas, a Pakistani …

LE CASTELLET: Charles Leclerc will start the French Grand Prix from pole position after edging out his world title rival Max Verstappen in qualifying on Saturday. Ferrari’s Leclerc, who trails championship leader Verstappen by 38 points in the drivers’ standings, posted a time of one minute and 30.872 seconds. Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez qualified third-fastest, with Lewis Hamilton …

LAHORE: The Pakistan hockey squad on Saturday left for Islamabad from where it will fly out to the UK on Sunday to participate in the Commonwealth Games being held in Birmingham from July 28 to Aug 8. The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), which is currently going through a crunch time due to its conflict with the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) …

GALLE: Pakistan coach Saqlain Mushtaq admitted his side will miss injury-hit pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi in the second and final Test against Sri Lanka starting from Sunday but hoped other bowlers will step up as his side look to seal a series victory following a morale-boosting win in the opening game. Shaheen’s absence due to a knee injury will …

Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem has placed fifth in the World Championships javelin final in Oregon, becoming the first Pakistani athlete to achieve a top-eight finish. According to a report in World Athletics, Grenada’s Anderson Peters beat Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra to retain his world javelin title on Saturday, saving his best for last with a throw of 90.54 metres after leading the …