Hossam Abdelmaguid scored the winning penalty as Egypt made history by beating a dogged Australia 4-2 on penalties to reach the World Cup last 16 on Friday. A tense affair in which Egypt and their off-color captain Mohamed Salah wasted the better chances had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes in Texas. Lionel Messi’s Argentina looms…
Novak Djokovic earned another slice of Wimbledon history as the seven-time winner advanced to the fourth round, while defending champion Jannik Sinner powered past Jenson Brooksby on Friday. Djokovic beat French 25th seed Arthur Rinderknech 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7/4) on Center Court to equal Roger Federer’s men’s singles record for most match wins at…
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday cut the price of both petrol and diesel by Rs1.97 per litre, with immediate effect for the week ending July 10, to pass on part of the impact of lower global prices over the past week. As such, the ex-depot price of high-speed diesel (HSD) was set at Rs309.50 for…
LAHORE: The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has announced an electricity load-shedding schedule for 4 and 5Th July 2026 due to electricity infrastructure maintenance and upgrade work. In a notice issued, LESCO said electricity supply would be suspended for several hours across different areas so as to safely carry out essential repairs and upgradation of…
QUETTA: Forty people were killed and eight others injured when a Peshawar-bound passenger bus fell into a ravine just as it left the Dhanasar area of Balochistan’s Sherani district and crossed the provincial border into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan on Friday, officials said. The number of casualties was first shared in a statement by…
Jannik Sinner’s Wimbledon title defense gathered pace on Friday as the world number one swept aside American Jenson Brooksby 6-4 6-3 6-4 to enter the fourth round and reinforce his status as the man to beat at the All England Club. Having been dragged into a five-set battle in his opener and forced to negotiate…
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is investigating a syndicate suspected of smuggling alleged human placenta from hospitals to produce anti-aging injections, the The BBC reported on Friday. According to the The BBCofficials uncovered 500 kilograms of what is believed to be human placenta during a raid on an illegal processing facility in Islamabad last week,…
LAHORE: A case has been registered against retired police officer Rana Akram, the former husband of Anmol Pinky, who is considered a key figure in the high-profile drug dealers’ case, ARY News reported. The FIR was lodged at the complaint of a woman identified as Yasmeen Tabassum after a City Capital Police Officer (CCPO) inquiry…
More than 90pc of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed and more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 1,000 days since Israel began bombarding the besieged enclave following the retaliatory Hamas attack of Oct 7, 2023, according to the local government’s media office. The Palestinian government’s media office released key statistics on the…
Bayern Munich on Friday announced Germany defender Nathaniel Brown has joined the club from Eintracht Frankfurt on a deal running until 2031. The defending Bundesliga champions paid a reported fee of 55 million euros ($63 million) to Frankfurt to bring Brown, 23, to the club, where he will compete with injury-troubled Alphonso Davies in the…
