Karachi: Pakistan’s Team TG has started preparations to take part in Free Fire World Series, scheduled to take place in Singapore from May 22-29. The five-member ‘Team TG’ topped the Free Fire Pakistan League last month and qualified for the event. The top 12 teams from Pakistan battled it out for a prize pool of 25 Lakh PKR in a …

Karachi: Wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan, after his player of the series performance in Zimbabwe, has helped him enter in the top 10 of the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings. The 28-year-old Rizwan gained five slots to reach 10th position, overtaking the likes of England captain Eoin Morgan and India opener Rohit Sharma. Rizwan is the now second-highest ranked Pakistan batsman in the list, …

MUNICH: Bayern Munich on Tuesday signed RB Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann to take over from Hansi Flick next season on a five-year contract, bringing to Munich one of Europe’s most sought after young managers. The 33-year-old took the reins at second-placed RB Leipzig in 2019 and led them to the Champions League semi-finals last year. Flick is leaving Bayern at …

LONDON: The Wim­bledon Championships will become a 14-day tournament from 2022, with matches set to be played on Middle Sunday, traditionally a day off at the grasscourt Grand Slam, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) said on Tuesday. The first Sunday of Wimbledon is normally a rest day, on which tournament organisers work to get the courts back into …

KARACHI: The group led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah is willing to negotiate with the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee in order to overturn the suspension the global football governing body FIFA has imposed on Pakistan. Ashfaq’s group of officials, who came to power after a PFF election held by the Supreme Court in December 2018, seized control of the PFF …

ISLAMABAD: Internet freedom in Pakistan declined dramatically in 2020 due to increased blocking of political, social and cultural websites by the government, beefed-up operationalisation of an undeclared policy of connectivity restrictions and increased disinformation and weaponisation of the cybercrime law as a tool. This is the crux of the findings of the “Annual Pakistan media legal review 2020” report launched …

NEW DELHI: India’s cricket board, the BCCI, on Tuesday told players it will ensure their safe return home once the ongoing Twenty20 tournament is completed, in a charm offensive as the Covid-19 pandemic grips the country, local media reported. Australia’s Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson and Andrew Tye have cut short their IPL season and gone home, while India off-spinner Ravichandran …

KARACHI: Housing and construction finance witnessed historic 36 per cent growth during 2020-21, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Tuesday. In a joint statement, the SBP and Pakistan Banks’ Association (PBA) explained their efforts to bring growth in housing finance and creating awareness about the best use of the offers being introduced by the government, SBP and banks. …

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has appointed an independent third-party inspector for conducting testing of gas meters of industrial and commercial gas consumers to address consumer complaints of overbilling and one-sided fines. “It is circulated for information of industrial and commercial consumers of natural gas/ RLNG that the authority in pursuance of Clause 8.2 of Natural Gas …