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Norway Street Child Football Cup: Pakistan beat host team

Oslo: National street child football team achieved their first success in Norway Cup by defeating Norway 6-1. Norway scored 1 goal in first half against national team, which national team equalised shortly after. In second half, national team scored...

Kazakhstan wins first Olympic medal as rain disrupts Games

Paris: Kazakhstan duo Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev won first medal of Olympic Games after claiming bronze in 10-metre mixed team air rifle event. Meanwhile, heavy rain disrupted first full day of medal action at Olympics as attention turned to sp...

Sri Lanka thumps India to clinch maiden Women’s Asia Cup title

DAMBULLA: Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama showcased their exceptional batting prowess, guiding Sri Lanka to a resounding eight-wicket triumph over India in the final of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2024. India posted 165-6 while ba...

Shaheens impress with ball on opening day of second four-day match

DARWIN: Pakistan Shaheens trail by 219 runs with eight wickets in hand as they finished the day with 39-2 in 16 overs, before bowling out Bangladesh ‘A’ for 258 runs, on the opening day of second four-day match on Friday at DXC Arena in D...

PCB’s int’l media rights bid fails to meet expectations

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has faced another setback in its pursuit of international media rights. The latest bid for the sale of these rights yielded only half the value of the previously cancelled bid. PCB set a reserve price of around...

India humble Bangladesh to reach Women’s Asia Cup 2024 final

DAMBULLA: Renuka Singh and Radha Yadav decimated Bangladesh’s batting unit before Smriti Mandhana’s brisk half-century led India into the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2024 final. In the first semi-final of the eight-team tournament, played...

Sri Lanka beats Pakistan by three wickets in Women’s Asia Cup semi-final

DAMBULLA: Sri Lanka beats Pakistan by three wickets in semi-final match of the ACC Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024 at Dambulla on Friday. Lankans achieved the target of 141 runs with one ball spare to play in the 20 over game. Skipper Chamari Athapat...

World Cup holders Spain win women’s Olympic football opener

Paris: Reigning Ballon d’Or Aitana Bonmati scored one goal and helped create another as World Cup holders Spain came from behind to beat Japan 2-1 in their first game of the Paris Olympics women’s football tournament on Thursday. Spain ar...

AI-remastered documentary honours legendary athletes

Documentary that pays tribute to great female athletes over the past century has been jointly launched by the International Olympic Committee, Chinese e-commerce and Technology Company Alibaba and its cloud arm Alibaba Cloud here. Eight-minute film,...

Major Australia players likely to skip Pakistan T20Is to prepare for India tests

Sydney: Key Australia players may likely miss the three-match T20I series against Pakistan, scheduled later this year, in a bid to prepare for the five-match Test series against India, ESPN Cricinfo reported Thursday. Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursd...

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Customs Seize Smuggled Honda Civic from Karachi’s NMB Wharf

KARACHI: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) of Pakistan Customs has seized a smuggled and duty-unpaid Honda Civic car from the NMB Wharf area of Karachi following credible intelligence regarding its illegal importation. According to the official s...

Narrative Warfare and Media Diplomacy: Pakistan’s Response to Disinformation During the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict

Regional tensions have always been a top headline in International and National media. From Russia- Ukraine issue to Pak-India conflict the world has been witnessing many great challenges and upheavals among nations. The traditional means of war has...

Abandoned Government School buildings turn into drug dens in Sher Shah Colony

KARACHI: On the directives of Sindh Ombudsman Muhammad Sohail Rajput, Aftab Ahmed Khatri, Regional Director of the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh (POS) for Keamari District/West Karachi, along with Salahuddin Siddiqui, conducted an inspection of the...

Awareness seminar held in Karachi on Right to Self-Determination Day for Kashmir

KARACHI: An awareness seminar was organized in Karachi on the occasion of Right to Self-Determination Day by the Youth Forum for Kashmir – Karachi Regional Office (YFK-KRO). Political, social, religious and media personalities attended the even...
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