CHICAGO: Bruce Arena, called upon last November to replace Jurgen Klinsmann as coach of the United States, resigned Friday, three days after the Americans failed to qualify for next year’s World Cup in Russia...
The 66-year-old Arena, who guided the US team into the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals and also coached the squad into the 2006 World Cup, said failing to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1986 was a “major...
Banned outfit Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) has sought to enter the political sphere by launching the Milli Muslim League — a new political party — on Monday...
Saifullah Khalid, a religious scholar and longtime official of the group, is president of the newly-formed Milli Muslim League party
Barack Obama is returning to the political arena for the first time in months after keeping a low profile and avoiding direct confrontation with his White House successor...
WITH elections in sight, major political parties are busy mobilising the masses ...
MANCHESTER: Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people in an attack in Manchester on Monday, was a university dropout with “proven” links to the militant Islamic State group...
Born to a devoutly Muslim Libyan family in Britain’s third biggest city, officials said he was known to British security services and Financial Times reported he had turned to radical Islam
MUMBAI: While Afghanistan celebrate their lofty status as a Test-playing nation, far away in Mumbai, head coach Lalchand Rajput is busy plotting how to instil a five-day temperament into a team more attuned to the hard-hitting nature of limited-overs cricket...
In a historic decision on Thursday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted Afghanistan and Ireland full membership, putting them in an elite group of 12 sides permitted...
HAMILTON: Brendon McCullum’s One-day International career ended on Monday with the win over Australia, though the legacy of the aggressive right-hander is likely to have a much longer effect on the sport in New Zealand...
The New Zealand captain, who made his debut against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January, 2002, is retiring from all internationals after the second Test against Steve Smith’s side in Christchurch
RIO DE JANEIRO: French gymnast Samir Ait Said landed awkwardly on a vault, and a sickening snap echoed throughout the arena...
MINGORA: Key political leaders including Shahbaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Bilawal Bhutto, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Pervez Musharraf and Amir Muqam on Monday filed nomination papers in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to contest the coming general elections...
PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif’s nomination papers were filed for NA-3 Swat-II by Zeyad Khan and Rana Asadullah Khan
BANGKOK: The Asia-Pacific is no one’s backyard and should not become an arena for a big power contest, China’s President Xi Jinping said in written remarks on Thursday, calling on the world to reject any cold war mentality...
“We should follow a path of openness and inclusiveness,” he said in the speech, which was provided by organisers, adding the region should not turn into “an arena for big power contest...
LAHORE: Admitting that the ‘system’ was failing to allow capable people become part of political mechanism, former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi regretted on Saturday how politicians had been disqualified and barred from taking part in active politics, while both the judiciary and establishment influenced politics in the country...
The ex-premier and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader expressed these views at a session of the Lahore...
KARACHI: An Indian doctor along with Pakistani counterparts conducted a medical camp for liver transplant patients in Karachi’s Dr...
Ziauddin Hospital as part of the ‘peace clinic’ programme, an initiative whereby doctors from across the border share their expertise to help patients in Pakistan— specifically in areas of kidney and liver transplant...
KARACHI: Hosts Neighbourhood Club and Bounce Club conjured up magnificent victories over their respective opponents on the opening day of Nasir Jamali memorial basketball tournament at the former floodlit court Clifton on Saturday...
The pair of Shahmir and Muzammil guided Bounce Club get past Clifton Crossovers 42-17 in another one-sided fixture...
Established as a target shooting facility for the 2004 South Asian Games, the Gun and Country Club is now the second club of its kind that caters to Islamabad’s affluent residents...
The club has several shooting ranges, a swimming pool, tennis courts and restaurants for its almost 1,000 members...
KARACHI: Bounce Club and Nishtar Club struggled to overcome Arambagh Club and Karsaz Club respectively on the opening day of the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) Ramazan Cup basketball tournament at Arambagh floodlit court on Monday night...
After some ups and downs, Bounce Club carved out 43-39 point victory over Arambagh Club in extra time after both teams were locked 38-all in the regulation time...