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Punjab Minister for Sports and Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has said that Pakistan nation will hear a good news in near future regarding the tour of Bangladeshi women cricket team. Bangladesh women team will visit Pakistan as per their schedule later this month, he was talking to media after welcoming Bangladesh security delegation at the National Hockey Stadium here ...

Football king Pele is likely to meet Indian cricket greats, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, during his week-long trip to India, which includes a three-day sojourn here, in October. Pele will touch down in Kolkata, 38 years after he had ignited the passions of the football-crazy people of the city which later continued its tryst with the greats including Diego ...

Argentina striker Sergio Aguero has dismissed suggestions that Lionel Messi is considering retiring from international football. The Barcelona star has received his fair share of criticism in his native country throughout his career and it has increased after they lost both the 2014 World Cup final and the 2015 Copa America final. Nevertheless, Aguero has made it clear Messi will ...

World No. 1 Saina Nehwal will look to continue her winning form when she opens her campaign at the Japan Super Series, which gets underway with the qualifiers on Tuesday. The 25-year-old became the first Indian to win a silver medal at World Championship last month. Second seed Saina will open her campaign against Thailand’s Busanan Ongbumrungpan on Wednesday and ...

Prince Ali bin al Hussein, who led a challenge against FIFA president Sepp Blatter this year, said Monday that world football leaders must have known about the corruption that has rocked the governing body. But the former FIFA vice president from Jordan is still not saying whether he will take on UEFA leader Michel Platini and South Korean tycoon Chung ...

Hosts Bangladesh suffered 2nd consecutive defeat in the ICRC T20 International Cricket Tournament for Physically Disabled after conceding a three wicket defeat against Afghanistan at BKSP ground-3 in Savar on Monday. Bangladesh made a good start beating England by 14 runs in the opening match, but lost to Pakistan by 20 runs in the next match, UNB reports. In the ...

Serena Williams, chasing a calendar Grand Slam, advanced to a dramatic US Open quarter-final showdown with sister Venus on Sunday while a concussion forced Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard out of the tournament. World number one Serena served well in moving within three match victories of a 2015 sweep of major titles by defeating US 19th seed Madison Keys 6-3, 6-3. Serena, ...

Novak Djokovic tipped his hat to Serena and Venus Williams ahead of their 27th career meeting but admitted Sunday he would find it impossible to play his own brother. Novak Djokovic,  tipped,  Venus Williams, younger brothers The world number one has two tennis-playing younger brothers — 24-year-old Marko and Djorde, who’s 20. Both play on the sport’s lower-level tours, which ...

Having matched Bobby Charlton’s England goal-scoring record against San Marino, Wayne Rooney plans to set a new mark in front of a home crowd against Switzerland at Wembley on Tuesday. Rooney’s penalty opener in Saturday’s 6-0 win in San Marino, which secured a place at Euro 2016, was his 49th international goal and left him needing one more to become ...

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif can return to cricket this week following five-year spot-fixing bans, but age and public hostility mean the pair face a hard road to redemption. On Wednesday they will join left-arm quick Mohammad Amir, whose own ban was relaxed by the International Cricket Council six months ago, in being free to ...