LAHORE: Pakistan’s Shah Hussain Shah has secured a place in this year’s Tokyo Olympics in the -100kg category of judo competition, the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) said on Wednesday. According to a POA press release, the International Judo Federation (IJF) has informed that Shah has secured his place on continental quota in the July 23-Aug 8 Tokyo Games. It will …

ISLAMABAD: The government appears to have made up its mind to facilitate a new LNG terminal replacing an existing one for maintenance to avoid international litigation and probe reasons behind delayed decision-making in contract management and fix responsibility. Informed sources told that based on deliberations of a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the minister for law and …

India said on Wednesday it has found around 40 cases of the Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible, and advised states to increase testing. Here is what we know about the variant. WHAT IS DELTA PLUS? The variant, called “Delta Plus” in India, was first reported in a Public Health England bulletin on …

Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are set to meet on Wednesday to assess the possibility of a link between rare cases of heart inflammation and the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and partner BioNTech and from Moderna. The CDC has been investigating cases of heart inflammation mainly in young men for several months. The …

KARACHI: It is down to just one game of the sixth HBL Pakistan Super League which, at various times, seemed in great danger of being left half-done until it was shifted from Karachi to the cauldron of the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi where on Thursday Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi battle it out in the decider. While …

LONDON: Spain put their disappointing start to Euro 2020 behind them with a 5-0 thrashing of Slovakia to reach the last 16 on Wednesday, while Poland were knocked out after a dramatic defeat by Sweden. The much-maligned Alvaro Morata missed an early penalty but it was otherwise a perfect evening in Seville for Spain against Slovakia, who are out of …

SOUTHAMPTON: New Zealand enjoyed the greatest triumph in their cricket history as they beat India by eight wickets in the inaugural World Test Championship final at Southampton on Wednesday. Two years on from their agonising Super Over loss to England in the 50-over World Cup final at Lord’s, the Blackcaps claimed their first major global title. Set a modest target …

TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics, already delayed by the pandemic, are not looking like much fun: Not for athletes. Not for fans. And not for the Japanese public. They are caught between concerns about the coronavirus at a time when few are vaccinated on one side and politicians who hope to save face by holding the Games and the International Olympic …

Tawakkalna (Covid-19 KSA) is the official app. approved by the Saudi Ministry of Health to prevent the spread of coronavirus. This is in addition to enabling accommodation facilities, in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism, to manage institutional quarantine. To support the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to serve pilgrims, Tawakkalna, in cooperation with the Ministry of …