Gold prices surged sharply in international and domestic markets on Saturday, pushing local rates to record highs. According to reports, the price of gold in the international bullion market rose by USD 36 per ounce, reaching USD 3,447. Following the global increase, the price of gold in Pakistan also climbed by Rs3,600 per tola, hitting […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday reached Tianjin, China, to participate in a series of high-level events including the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State Summit and Commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance. At the Tianjin Airport, he was warmly welcomed by […]
A calm captain’s hand from Salman Ali Agha and a fiery spell by Haris Rauf ensured Pakistan made a winning start to the T20I tri-series, overcoming Afghanistan by 39 runs at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday night. But beyond the numbers, this was a contest that reflected Pakistan’s growing maturity in crunch moments, as […]
Dilshan Madushanka’s hat-trick in the final over helped Sri Lanka to edge past spirited Zimbabwe by seven runs in the opening ODI of the two-match series here at the Harare Sports Club on Friday. The home side needed 10 runs off the final over, with set batters Sikandar Raza and Tony Munyonga unbeaten on 92 […]
The United States said on Friday it would not allow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to travel to New York next month for a United Nations gathering of world leaders, where several US allies are set to recognize Palestine as a state. A State Department official said Abbas and about 80 other Palestinians would be […]
Carlos Alcaraz surged into the fourth round of the US Open on Friday as American hopes of ending the country’s 22-year wait for a men’s champion suffered a blow with the exits of Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe. Spanish second seed Alcaraz breezed past Italian 32nd seed Luciano Darderi in emphatic fashion, winning 6-2, 6-4, […]
Embattled former A-League champions Western United have been handed a survival lifeline after a request to review a court decision to wind up the club was upheld late on Friday. Court officials had rejected an attempt by a new creditor to take on the club’s debt earlier in the day and ordered Western United be […]
Elena Rybakina said her reunion with controversial coach Stefano Vukov has boosted her US Open campaign after she demolished Britain’s Emma Raducanu to reach the fourth round on Friday. The Moscow-born ninth seed from Kazakhstan — whose previous best result in New York was a pair of third round appearances — blitzed Raducanu 6-1, 6-2 […]
AC Milan recovered from their opening day loss with a 2-0 win at Lecce in Serie A on Friday, where Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Christian Pulisic scored the goals in a match where the visitors again struggled to impress. Milan fell to a 2-1 home defeat against promoted Cremonese last weekend to put manager Massimiliano Allegri […]
Aryna Sabalenka evened the score with Leylah Fernandez at the U.S. Open with a 6-3 7-6(2) win on Friday to keep alive her hopes of becoming the first player since Serena Williams to win consecutive titles at Flushing Meadows. The world number one had unfinished business with the Canadian, who stunned Sabalenka in straight sets […]