The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a record-breaking prize pool of USD 5.76 million for the upcoming ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 Final to be played between South Africa and Australia at Lord’s next month. According to the ICC, the champions of the one-off Test will receive a whopping USD 3.6 million, while […]
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First Pakistani Golfer to make cut at USGA championship
Fast-rising youngster Omar Khalid has emerged as Pakistan’s highest-ranked player in the World. He ranked in Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) leapfrogging to a career-best No. 296 internationally. Omar, is a 17-year-old A-levels student of Karachi’s Nixor College. Recently, won back-to-back amateur titles at the prestigious Pakistan Open and Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Open — […]
Former Manchester United defender O’Shea to retire at end of season
LONDON: Former Manchester United defender John O’Shea will retire from professional football at the end of the season, his current club Reading said on Tuesday. The 38-year-old’s decision was announced on his birthday. He has spent the final season of his career at Reading after a seven-year stint at Sunderland. O’Shea came through the ranks […]
Amateur Cahill shocks O’Sullivan in first round of World Snooker Championship
Five-times world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan was knocked out of the World Snooker Championship by amateur James Cahill at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre on Tuesday in one of the biggest shocks in the tournament’s history. The unranked debutant Cahill, who is the first amateur to play at the Crucible, beat O’Sullivan 10-8 to advance to the second […]
Muree Brewery promotes polo through championship
Murree Brewery Chief Executive, Isphanyar Bhandara, on Monday, remarked that sports helped develop the mental and physical abilities of the youth. He expressed his views while talking to reporters after presenting awards to the successful team at the final ceremony of the Murree Brewery Polo Cup. Bhandara believed that such activities helped build their character […]