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MALDIVES: Pakistan’s bodybuilder Shahzad Qureshi clinched a gold medal at the 54th Asian Bodybuilding Championship after defeating the Indian opponent. According to the details, Shahzad beat Uzbekistan’s Umar Omar Zakopol and India’s Naresh Nagdev in the competition to bag a gold medal in the masterclass 80kg plus category. Meanwhile, Umar Shahzad and Arsalan Baig claimed silver and bronze medals, respectively …

MENDE: Overall leader Jonas Vingegaard tracked Tadej Pogacar’s attack all the way to the stage 14 finish line as the defending champion tried, but failed, to take time off his Danish rival on another tense, baking day at the Tour de France on Saturday. Australian Michael Matthews won the stage, a sizzling 192km run south-west from Saint-Etienne, after a see-saw …

ST ANDREWS: Cameron Smith teed off in the third round of the 150th British Open in splendid sunshine at St Andrews on Saturday with the Australian defending his overnight lead after sitting at 13 under par at the halfway stage while some of golf’s biggest names lurked just behind. Smith, the world number six with the trademark mullet, followed an …

LAHORE: The FIFA-appointed Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Normalisation Committee chairman Haroon Malik on Saturday said that the process of holding elections of the country’s football governing body will start from next month with the first step being the registration of clubs from across the country through the FIFA-Connect ID system. Haroon was addressing the first press conference by the NC …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday said that it has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to devise a way to regulate the growth of lucrative Twenty20 leagues with rising concerns about its impact on the sport’s calendar. South Africa this week pulled out of a three-match bilateral ODI series in Australia in January as it clashes with …

MANCHESTER: Manchester United have signed Christian Eriksen on a free transfer with the Danish playmaker signing a three-year deal, the Premier League club announced on Friday. Eriksen, who needed life-saving treatment on the pitch last year when he suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest in a European Championship match against Finland in June, returned to action with Brentford after signing a …

EUGENE: Tokyo has been selected as host city for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, the sport’s governing body announced on Thursday a day before this year’s event begins in Eugene, Oregon a year later than planned due to Covid-19. The event will return to the site of last year’s Olympic Games in the year that the Japanese Association of Athletics …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association announced the 16-member national squad for the upcoming Over 60 World Cup on Friday. The team will be led by all-rounder Fawad Ijaz Khan while Sagheer Abbas will assume duties as the vice-captain. The 12-team event is set to be held in Brisbane, Australia from September 2-15. Pakistan have been drafted in Pool ‘B’ …

ST ANDREWS: Australian Cameron Smith made a fast start to lead the British Open midway through the second round as Tiger Woods’ challenge fizzled out meekly at St Andrews on Friday. Smith picked up five birdies on the front nine to get to 10 under par, a shot ahead of Americans Dustin Johnson and overnight leader Cameron Young. World number …

GALLE: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Friday said India’s Virat Kohli remains one of the best players in world cricket despite his prolonged slump and should get all the support he needs to regain his batting form. Kohli, who has been rested for the upcoming One day International and Twenty20 series in West Indies, has not hit a century since …