LONDON: Ashleigh Barty’s bid to win the Wimbledon singles title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first victory stayed on course on Thursday. However, Barty produced a far from perfect performance in her 6-4, 6-3 win over Russia’s Anna Blinkova as she progressed to a third round meeting with Czech Katerina Siniakova. Barty is seeded …

LONDON: The quarter-finals of Euro 2020 kick off on Friday with the tournament being blamed for a surge in coronavirus cases as fans have flocked to stadiums, bars and spectator zones across Europe to watch the action while the pandemic still raged. Belgium take on Italy in Munich and Spain meet Switzerland in St Petersburg in the first two last-eight …

KARACHI: Global football body FIFA isn’t flinching. Nor is Ashfaq Shah, the court-elected president of the Pakistan Football Fed­era­tion, whose takeover of the PFF headquarters from the FIFA-appointed PFF Normalisation Committee forced a suspension on Pakistan. Something will have to give, most likely a fresh round of discussions, to see an end to the crisis that has plagued Pakistan football …

LONDON: Dhananjaya de Silva’s run-a-ball 91 rescued Sri Lanka from a top-order collapse as they recovered to make 241-9 in the second One-day International against England at The Oval on Thursday. Sri Lanka were facing humiliation at 21-4, with paceman Sam Curran wreaking havoc after England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss. But de Silva, in at 6-2, responded with …

LAHORE; The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has budgeted a total spend of Rs8.997 billion for its cricketing and operational activities that revolves around home and away international series by its national sides, domestic cricket operations, operational expenses of the newly formed six Cricket Associations, Pakistan Super league (PSL) and the board’s administrative expenses. The approval was given in the Board …

\ ISLAMABAD: The income tax returns for tax year 2020 (TY20) have reached 3.01 million, posting an increase of 12.5 per cent from 2.67m in tax year 2019, a statement by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said on Thursday. Tax deposited with returns was Rs52 billion in TY20, up 52.1pc from Rs34.3bn a year ago, the FBR statement added. …

MOSCOW: Six decades after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, earning Moscow a key win in the Cold War, Russia is again in a space race with Washington. This time though the stakes are somewhat glitzier. On October 5, one of Russia´s most celebrated actresses, 36-year-old Yulia Peresild is blasting off to the International Space …

Hassan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan have been offered Category A contracts, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday while announcing the central contracts for 20 cricketers for the year 2021-2022. In a statement, the PCB also announced that match fees across all formats has been equalised, meaning that all players will receive the same amount for any match they …

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved registration of the first Shariah-compliant developmental Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) scheme in Pakistan under the revamped REIT regulatory framework. “The Arif Habib Dolmen REIT Management Ltd, a company having a successful track record of launching the only REIT scheme in the country, has successfully partnered with leading business …