SILVERSTONE: Red Bull’s Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen was fastest by a hefty margin in practice for a new-look British Grand Prix on Friday with home hero Lewis Hamilton only third on the timesheets. On a sunny afternoon, with fans filling the grandstands on a day of action as Formula One experimented with a fresh format, the 23-year-old Dutchman …

LAHORE: While the dope test of eight Pakistan athletes participating in the forthcoming Olympics came negative, the first batch of the country’s Tokyo-bound contingent left for Japan on Thursday night. According to a press release issued on Friday by the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), which also handed cheques of Rs100,000 to each athlete of the Pakistan contingent says that the …

NOTTINGHAM: A lightning-fast opening stand of 150 in 15 overs between captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan set up Pakistan’s 31-run win over England in the first Twenty20 International at Trent Bridge on Friday. Babar hit 85 from 49 balls and Rizwan 63 from 41 in a Pakistan record total of 232-6. England, in reply, lost four wickets in the …

When it comes to the Pakistan cricket team, the only world to describe them is unpredictable. After an ODI series loss to England, the men in green bounced back with a 31-run win in the first Twenty20 International at Trent Bridge on Friday. Not only did the team win, it also made the highest ever total the country has made in a T20I.   …

NORTH SOUND (Antigua): Riding on excellent contributions from Omaima Sohail, Fatima Sana and Nashra Sandhu, Pakistan Women clinched a four-wicket win over West Indies Women in the fourth One-day International at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium here on Thursday. Fatima, the 19-year-old pace bowler, wrecked West Indies’ hopes with career-best return of 4-30 as the hosts were restricted to …

SANDWICH: Collin Morikawa showed no sign of inexperience when surging into the lead on his British Open debut at nine under par after a second round score of 64 on Friday. The American is making his first appearance at the Open Championship and played for the first time on British soil last week at the Scottish Open where he finished …

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday expressed concerns that despite an encouraging economic recovery made during FY21, certain structural vulnerabilities could create hurdles for growth in FY22. In its third quarterly report ‘The State of Pakistan’s Economy’, the SBP noted that in the agriculture sector, the secular decline in cotton production needs to be addressed. “Timely availability …

KARACHI: Regular in­­vestors in equities know that it is almost impossible to ‘second-guess’ the market. It did not therefore surprise many when the market opened positive on Friday and after a dull and drab trading during almost all of the week. The KSE-100 index gained 206 points, or 0.43 per cent, and closed the second session at 47,834 points. Investor …

KARACHI: Lucky Motor Corporation (LMC) has signed an agreement with Samsung Gulf Electronics Co, FZE for producing Samsung mobile devices in Pakistan. In a stock filing on Friday, Lucky Cement Ltd (LCL) has said that its subsidiary LMC, which is currently engaged in business of manufacturing, assembly, marketing, distribution and sales of Kia and Peugeot vehicles, has also initiated the …