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LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur signed goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini from Italian club Atalanta on a season-long loan with an option to make the move permanent, the Premier League team said on Saturday. The 26-year-old Gollini will be expected to challenge stalwart Hugo Lloris. The 34-year-old Frenchman has been with Tottenham since the 2012-13 season but his contract expires next June. “I’m here …

LAHORE: A total of 32 under-19 players from across the country will take part in an eight-week long training camp that begins at the Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre at the National Stadium, Karachi from Aug 9. The camp is being organised as part of the national team’s participation in the next year’s Junior World Cup, to be held in …

TOKYO: China claimed three gold medals on the first day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday and cyclist Richard Carapaz became just the second competitor in Ecuador’s history to top the podium, with victory in the road race. As the troubled build-up to the pandemic-postponed Games gave way to the first full day of competition, China secured victories …

KARACHI: Farhan Altaf of Karachi Club emerged victorious in Men’s Singles final of the Gatorade Trophy ranking tennis which concluded at the Union Club recently. Farhan beat talented Muhammad Ali of Malir Garrison in a well fought match by 6-3, 7-5. In the wheelchair tennis final, Muhammad Irfan beat Muhammad Ayub by 6-3. Shakir Ali of Pepsi Pakistan, Altaf Hussain …

LAHORE: Pakistan’s campaign at the Tokyo Olympics was off to an ordinary start on Saturday as shooter Gulfam Joseph failed to qualify in the 10M Air Pistol competition while invitational place entrant Mahoor Shahzad was beaten by world number four Yamaguchi Akane of Japan in her opening match of the badminton event. Gulfam finished ninth in 10M Air Pistol Olympic …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has invited 32 probables of National Senior Hockey Camp for fitness tests at the National Hockey Stadium here from July 25 to 27. On the performance of the probables in the camp, 20 players divided into three categories will be awarded central contracts, which are to be reviewed after every month. Head coach Khawaja …

HARARE: Wellington Masakadza took three wickets and three catches to steer Zimbabwe to a 23-run win over Bangladesh in their second Twenty20 International at the Harare Sports Club on Friday. It was Zimbabwe’s first success over the tourists after losing the one-off Test, three ODIs and the first of the three match T20 series on Thursday and sets up a …

TOKYO: France’s Olympic men’s football campaign got off to a dreadful start when they were thrashed 4-1 by Mexico while Argentina suffered a shock 2-0 loss to Australia as the group stage kicked off on Thursday. Brazil striker Richarlison scored the first hat-trick of the men’s tournament as the defending champions held off a late rally from Germany in a …

TOKYO: Four-time Olympian Emma Twigg’s latest battle for the podium got off to a roaring start on Friday, as compelling matchups in the men’s and women’s single sculls began to take shape on the first day of Olympic rowing at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo. The 34-year-old New Zealander posted the fastest overall time of the women’s opening heats …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and all six franchises of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) have unanimously decided to hold the next edition of league in January and February next year, with all fixtures planned on home soil, while also ensuring that maximum matches should be included in the home series against Australia who are due to tour the …