Athapaththu’s unbeaten 83 powers Sri Lanka to eight-wicket semi-final win over Pakistan Chamari Athapaththu’s 83 powers Sri Lanka to Asian Games 2026 women’s cricket final with 8-wicket win over Pakistan. Photo: AFP Sri Lanka advanced to the final of the Asian Games women’s cricket competition after captain Chamari Athapaththu smashed an unbeaten 83 to lead…
Pakistan’s swimmers Hareem Malik and Mishael Aisha Hyat finished outside the qualifying places in the women’s 50m breaststroke heats at the 20th Asian Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Sunday. Hareem Malik finished 22nd overall with a 36.52 seconds timing, while Mishael Aisha Hyat was 24th after she clocked 37.02 seconds. China’s Tang Qianting…
Kuwaiti-Pakistani businessman Muizz Ahmed Mirza. — Reporter LONDON: Kuwaiti-Pakistani businessman Muizz Ahmed Mirza is set to take control of English non-league football club Plymouth Parkway FC through his international education company, with plans to take the club into the English Football League within the next decade. At a press conference in London with the Plymouth…
Chema Andres celebrating his goal for Brighton. Photo: AFP LONDON: Arsenal’s perfect start to their Premier League title defence came off the rails in a 3-0 trouncing by Brighton, while Tottenham remain winless after a 3-2 defeat to Aston Villa. Mikel Arteta’s men arrived on the south coast in formidable form having won all seven…
Pakistan opened their Pool B campaign with a commanding 9-0 victory over Thailand at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Sunday, scoring in every quarter to underline their dominance. Pakistan led 2-0 after the first quarter before adding three goals in the second to take a 5-0 advantage into halftime. They continued to control the contest…
Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan (left) and Saim Ayub interact during their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match against USA at the SSC Ground in Colombo on February 10, 2026. — AFP KARACHI: Pakistan men’s cricket team has assembled in Karachi ahead of the Asian Games, with a four-day pre-departure training camp set to begin at the…
They hold off China 79-70 to claim the men’s bronze after a hard-fought campaign NAGOYA: Iran withstood a late fightback to beat China 79-70 and win Asian Games men’s basketball bronze on Sunday, an achievement that left their players “speechless” after months of war back home. China led 31-29 at half-time in Nagoya, but Iran…
NAGOYA: Myanmar’s Wai Khin Hnin on Sunday turned the primary Asian Video games gold medallist in teqball, an acrobatic football-table tennis hybrid making its debut at this yr’s occasion in Japan. Watched by Barcelona and Spain soccer legend Carles Puyol, Wai Khin Hnin beat Indonesia’s Sumaya, who goes by one title, 2-1 within the remaining…
Organisers mistakenly play North Korea’s anthem earlier than South Korea’s hockey match NAGOYA: Asian Video games organisers supplied “deepest apologies” on Saturday for taking part in the North Korean nationwide anthem for the South Korean males’s hockey staff. South Korean officers have been left angered by the newest mishap to hit the Nagoya-Aichi Video games,…
Lehecka seals dramatic victory in Prague as South Korea make historical past by reaching final eight PARIS: Jiri Lehecka downed Learner Tien in a deciding rubber because the Czech Republic surprised the US 3-2 in Davis Cup qualifying for a second straight 12 months, whereas South Korea reached the final eight for the primary time…
