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Former English football player Michael Owen has signed a three-year deal to become the official ambassador of the Pakistan Football League (PFL), according to a media release from Global Soccer Ventures (GSV). “Owen will take the reins of Pakistan football to help devise a strategic partnership programme by uniting the nation with the might of football in England. Owen will reveal the …

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy game is all about teamwork and how the player’s relationship with gang members affects the mission. The game is all set to release on October 26 for platforms namely PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. We play as Star-Lord, also known as Peter Quill, who leads the group of Gamora, …

Newly appointed Afghanistan cricket chairman Azizullah Fazli said on Wednesday he would visit Pakistan later this week to invite the side for a one-day series. The war-torn nation has steadily risen in international cricket over the past few years, with stars such as the world’s top spinner Rashid Khan, but there have been calls for a boycott of the men’s …

DUBAI: Former West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels was charged on Wednesday with breaching four counts of the ICCs anti-corruption code while playing in a limited-overs competition in the United Arab Emirates. The charges against Samuels, who hasn’t played for West Indies since 2018, relate to the T10 League in Abu Dhabi, the International Cricket Council said, without giving any dates. …

LAHORE: While stating that the Pakistan Sports Board will ensure the law of the land is followed by all sports federations of the country, PSB director general retired Col Asif Zaman on Wednesday said the writ of the government would be upheld in dealing with the matters involving his organisation and the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA). The POA, International Olympic …

KARACHI: Former winners Northern will do battle with Balochistan in the opening fixture of the National T20 Cup which starts from Thursday at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Day one of the 18-match first leg in Rawalpindi will also see the Babar Azam-led Central Punjab taking on defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who will be skippered by Mohammad Rizwan. Other …

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has reclaimed top spot in the list of the world’s highest-paid football players from Lionel Messi, according to Forbes. Ronaldo, 36, rejoined United from Juventus in August after 12 years away, while Messi has swapped boyhood club Barcelona to join Paris St Germain. Forbes said Ronaldo, among the world’s most popular athletes with over 500 million followers across Facebook, Instagram …

LONDON: Hungary were ordered by FIFA on Tuesday to play their next World Cup qualifier without spectators as punishment for the latest racial abuse by its supporters when England played in Budapest. The Hungarian federation was also fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($217,000), one of the largest financial penalties handed out to a country by the world governing body. In a …

BASEL: Swiss great Roger Federer said he has faced no setbacks and is recovering well after his latest knee operation. Federer, who pulled out of the US Open, said in August he would be sidelined for many months because he needed more knee surgery in order to resume playing. The 40-year-old had two procedures in 2020 which resulted in more …

RAMIZ Raja was distraught, frustrated and angry. And the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman made no attempt to hide his emotions in a video message after England called off their October tour to Pakistan on Monday night, three days after New Zealand had pulled out of their own commitment hours before the start of the ODI series in Rawalpindi. Unfortunately, even if he did not intend to …