CAPE TOWN: Pakistan shrugged off a four-match suspension imposed on captain Sarfraz Ahmed with a crushing eight-wicket win over South Africa in the fourth one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday. The result levelled the five-match series at 2-2. The deciding match will be in Cape Town on Wednesday. Pakistan’s bowlers set up the win, bowling out South Africa …

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Google on Thursday released a doodle in honour of the legendary Pakistani cricketer, Abdul Hafeez Kardar showing the legendary cricketer play an elegant shot on the front foot, on his 94th birthday. “One of the few players to have played Test cricket for both India and Pakistan, Kardar captained Pakistan’s first Test team and is widely remembered …

AFP KARACHI: Portuguese great Luis Figo and Brazilian star Kaka on Thursday (Jan 10) vowed to help develop the “great promise” of football in Pakistan, a country obsessed with cricket and twice banned from international soccer. The two legends – who both played for Spanish club Real Madrid – are in Pakistan for a day-long visit as part of the World Soccer …

AFP Thirtysomethings Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic share the Australian Open record with six wins, but either could make history with a magnificent seventh when the first Grand Slam of the year begins in Melbourne on Monday. The pair face a stern challenge from youthful force Alexander Zverev, looking for a first major as the torch-bearer for the next generation. …

Olympic athlete Shim Suk-hee’s former coach is already in jail for beating her over the course of many years AFP South Korea’s double Olympic short track gold medallist Shim Suk-hee has accused her former coach — already convicted and jailed for repeatedly beating her over many years — of sexual assault, her lawyer said Wednesday. Shim filed her complaint against …

AFP SYDNEY: Virat Kohli´s dominant India reinforced their status as the world´s number one team by winning a historic first-ever series in Australia on Monday after play in the final Sydney Test was abandoned due to rain. Australia were still 316 in arrears when the match was called off as a draw, leaving India with a 2-1 triumph after wins …

BBC India saw off Australia by 137 runs in the third Test in Melbourne to take a 2-1 lead in the series. The hosts began the final day on 258-8 chasing an unlikely 399, but after rain delayed the start, India needed only 4.3 overs to wrap up the win. Jasprit Bumrah, who took career-best match figures of 9-86, had …

News Desk Pakistan’s first-ever ice hockey match was played in Naltar valley in Gilgit-Baltistan on December 29. The match was won by Pakistan Air Force, defeating GB Scouts. Players from both the sides showed some extraordinary skills but no team could score a goal within the stipulated time. Therefore, the match was decided on the penalty shootout, where Shahsyar, from …

HAH Report The winter resort of Naltar in Gilgit-Baltistan and the enchanting ski slopes of Malam Jabba in Swat have braced for some exhilarating winter sports in the coming days, reported Radio Pakistan. The Winter Sports Federation of Pakistan (WSFP) has chalked out an elaborated calendar of events for the season. The winter sports season has already commenced at Naltar …

  HAH Report   A 12-year-old boy has been found alive after being buried under an avalanche in the French Alps for 40 minutes, with rescue workers calling it "miraculous". Associated PressDecember 28, 20184:20am A 12-year-old boy has been found alive and uninjured after being buried under an avalanche for 40 minutes in the French Alps, an event his rescuers …

News Desk ISLAMABAD: A nine-year-old girl has become the youngest climber to scale the 5,765-meter (18914 feet) high Quz Sar Peak in Shimshal Valley, Gojal-Hunza. Hailing from Abbottabad, Selena Khawaja has a special love for peaks. She said she felt ‘great’ on reaching the summit on February 21. “The view from the top of the mountain is very beautiful,” she said …

ISLAMABAD Russo-Polish climber Denis Urubko has called off his attempt to summit K2 alone during winter, a post on his former teammates’ Facebook page said Monday after a weekend drama saw him begin what another climber had called a suicide mission. Urubko, 44, was part of a team of Polish mountaineers attempting to be the first to scale the world’s …

HAH Special ISLAMABAD (Feb 26): A Russian-Polish mountaineer has launched the first solo attempt to summit K2 — the world’s second-highest peak — during winter, in what fellow climbers described as a reckless decision. Denis Urubko, 44, was part of a team of Polish mountaineers attempting to be the first to scale the 8,611-meter (28,251 feet) K2 in winter, but broke …

Correspondent GILGIT: A noted paraglider, Hidayatullah Baig, has crashed to death in Gupis valley of Ghizer District while paragliding during a football match. According to police and local sources, the 32 years old parachuter, a resident of Gindai, Yasin valley, took off from a nearby mountain to perform paragliding during a football match on Tuesday. However, he lost altitude due …

Maliha Safiullah ISLAMABAD: A book written by a German author on high altitude porters of the Shimshal Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan was launched by the Oxford University Press (OUP) here on Tuesday. The book, “And Death Walks with Them: Above Eight Thousand Metres with Pakistani Porters from Shimshal” has been written by Christiane Fladt, a German traveller, teacher and an adventure enthusiast. …