MELBOURNE, Nov 5 (EW): South Africa and India will look to seal places in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with regulation wins over cricketing minnows as the Super 12 phase wraps up with a flurry of matches on Sunday. South Africa suffered their first major setback with a 33-run defeat to Pakistan in Sydney on Thursday but Temba Bavuma’s …
SYDNEY, Nov 4 (Reuters):Pakistan’s focus on controlling “the controllable things” helped them keep their faint hopes of reaching the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals alive with a 33-run victory over South Africa on Thursday, all-rounder Shadab Khan said. Pakistan posted 185 for nine against South Africa following spectacular half centuries from Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab. Shadab, who was adjudged player-of-the-match, …
(Reuters): Rafael Nadal said he does not expect to be in good enough shape to mount a serious challenge at the season-ending ATP Finals after being beaten by Tommy Paul at the Paris Masters on Wednesday. Nadal was up a set and a break against the American but was unable to seal the win, eventually losing 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1. …
China’s Gu Ailing claimed a historic gold in the women’s freeski big air at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, becoming the country’s first female Olympic gold medalist on snow. Behind her run of success, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has played a crucial role. Photo shows Gu Ailing and Zhu Jiangwei posing for a picture. (Photo/sctv) Zhu Jiangwei, an attending …
On Feb. 7, Dutch speed skater Ireen Wust won gold in the women’s 1,500m held at the National Speed Skating Oval, known as the Ice Ribbon, by clocking one minute and 53.28 seconds, setting a new Olympic record. This is the third Olympic record set by a skater at the Ice Ribbon during the ongoing Games, proving that the venue …
LAHORE – Overseas Chinese Association has hired services of ZOAO Law Firm which would now act as its legal counsel and will deal all legal matters of the Chinese nationals living and doing business in Pakistan. At a ceremony held here, the President of Chinese Overseas Association, Mr. Luo Qiang said on Sunday that being the first-ever Chinese …
The deadly coronavirus has dealt a major blow to Pakistan as seven more cricketers have tested positive, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Executive Wasim Khan announced Tuesday, a day after three players of the national team had contracted the respiratory illness. The national team has been rocked this week after 10 of its 29 England-bound players as well as the …
ISLAMABAD: Former cricketer Saqlain Mushtaq has asked Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to avail the expertise of erstwhile superstar batting legend Younis Khan by involving him in some sort of responsibility. “The PCB should involve such a person, who has so much self-confidence and resilience,” he said while appearing on his YouTube channel. “Everybody praised his work ethics and work discipline. …
CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, China – Beijing administration will develop high-end, precision and sophisticated industries with stronger efforts to achieve a modern economic system, Mayor Chen Jining said here. An action plan for the development of the 5G industry will be implemented, Chen said in his government work report delivered at the ongoing annual session of the municipal people’s congress. …
