President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday hailed Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s “unparalleled leadership and selfless struggle” in securing dignity and independence for Pakistanis. On his 77th death anniversary, the day was observed with prayers, tributes, and a renewed pledge to uphold his principles of unity, faith, and discipline. Ceremonies were […]
The IVS Film Festival 2025, now in its third iteration, is organized by the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture. It will run from 12th to 14th September 2025. The screenings, workshops and talks will take place on the 13th & 14th September. Attendees are encouraged to arrive on the 12th if they wish […]
Superstar paddler Jess Fox Thursday pulled out of the canoe slalom world championships, “absolutely devastated” after failing to sufficiently recover from surgery to remove a tumour on her kidney. The three-time Olympic gold medallist has won 14 world titles, 10 of them in individual events to make her the greatest women’s competitor in the history […]
The marathons and 35km race walks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will start half an hour earlier because of health risks posed by unseasonably hot weather, organisers said Thursday. The energy-sapping race walks are scheduled to open the championships on Saturday morning, with the women’s marathon on Sunday and the men’s on Monday. […]
Egypt forward Omar Marmoush will miss Sunday’s Manchester derby after the Manchester City player suffered a knee ligament injury while on international duty, his club confirmed on Wednesday. Marmoush was substituted in the fourth minute of Egypt’s goalless draw with Burkina Faso in a World Cup qualifier in Ouagadougou on Tuesday. He sustained the injury […]
Unrepentant Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt vowed Thursday to appeal against a two-week suspension for shoving a doping control official, hitting out at the timing of the decision. The former world number one was slapped with the sanction and a Aus$30,000 ($19,800) fine on Wednesday following an independent tribunal ruling under the Tennis Anti-Doping […]
Pole vault world record holder Armand ‘Mondo’ DuPlantis said Thursday that he hoped the world championships in Tokyo would be more fun than the “apocalyptic” Olympics there four years ago. The Tokyo Games, delayed a year to 2021 because of the pandemic, were held in strict conditions to prevent the spread of the virus, with […]
Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has backed either Kishane Thompson or Oblique Seville to beat defending champion Noah Lyles in the 100m at the world championships in Tokyo. Bolt is an 11-time world champion, having won consecutive world 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay golds from 2009 to 2015 — with the exception of a 100m […]
Japan’s top power producer, JERA, will explore liquefied natural gas offtake from the Alaska LNG project, JERA and developer Glenfarne said, as talks to ink firm binding sale contracts for the $44-billion project continue. Since assuming the lead developer role in the Alaska LNG project in March, Glenfarne has lined up preliminary agreements that could lead to […]
Poland shot down suspected Russian drones in its airspace on Wednesday with the backing of aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to have fired shots during Russia’s war in Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament it was “the closest we have been […]