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  • Kaleemullah nets his first goal since USA move

    Pakistan attacker Kaleemullah Khan, on Saturday, netted his first United Soccer League (USL) goal, but still could not help his team, Tulsa Roughnecks, avoid a 3-1 defeat against San Antonio FC...

    Kaleem ended the Oklahoma based side’s three-match goal drought in the 49th minute with a simple tap in, after fellow forward Sammy Ochoa played in a low cross for the Pakistan international who made a well-timed run to make perfect contact...

  • Gay’s doping costs USA Olympic relay silver

    LOS ANGELES: The US men’s 4x100m relay team has been stripped of the 2012 Olympic silver medal because of Tyson Gay’s doping case, the US Olympic Committee confirmed...

    USOC chief communications officer Patrick Sandusky said the International Olympic Committee had notified the USOC of the action, which was no surprise after the US Anti-Doping Agency’s findings against Gay
  • Big guns rested as Germany face USA and Gibraltar

    BERLIN: Top Germany stars Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller and Toni Kroos were notable absentees as Joachim Loew named his squad for a friendly with the United States and a Euro 2016 qualifier with Gibraltar...

    “It’s a well deserved rest with another big season coming up,” explained Loew, who used the trio to great effect in winning the 2014 World Cup
  • Oracle Team USA upstage NZ in key America’s Cup qualifier

    HAMILTON (Bermuda): Holders Oracle Team USA defeated Emirates Team New Zealand on Saturday to win the round-robin phase of qualifying for the 35th America’s Cup...

    The victory means Team USA will go into the America’s Cup match, which starts on June 17 on Bermuda’s Great Sound, with one bonus point...

  • The new Miss USA helps regulate nuclear power plants

    LOS ANGELES: The Miss USA pageant on Sunday night touted American diversity, and chose an African-American chemist with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to wear the crown...

    As Miss USA “my plan is to inspire and encourage so many children and women [to enter] the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields,” she said...

  • Obama blamed for Islamisation of USA

    WASHINGTON: As Americans celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, an anti-immigration group published names and addresses of Muslims and Muslim sympathisers in a Texas town, urging people to force them out...

    On a day when Americans offer thanks for migrating here from the old world, anti-immigration groups blamed President Barack Obama for legalising an “Islamic invasion” of the United States
  • USA down Ecuador 2-1 to reach Copa Centenario semis

    SEATTLE: Clint Dempsey struck again as the United States powered through to the semi-finals of the Copa America Centenario on Thursday in a stormy 2-0 win over Ecuador that saw both sides finish with 10 men...

    Dempsey scored his third goal in as many games for Jurgen Klinsmann's side at CenturyLink Field, pouncing on 22 minutes before setting up a second for Los Angeles Galaxy forward Gyasi Zardes in the 65th minute
  • Swimmer Michael Phelps and USA win 4x100m relay gold

    ”Already far and away the most decorated Olympian of all time, the 31-year-old Phelps showed that he had lost none of his speed or killer instincts after coming out of a brief retirement to provide Team USA with its first win in the event since Beijing, narrowly holding off France and Australia...

  • Germany, USA clash for final spot at women’s World Cup

    MONTREAL: Germany and the United States clash in Montreal on Tuesday for the first final berth of the Women’s World Cup with champions Japan and England playing their semi-final in Edmonton on Wednesday...

    As the tournament enters the final straight the world order remains unchanged with the only absence being third-ranked France who came up against top-ranked Germany in the quarter-finals, losing 5-4 on penalties after the tie ended 1-1...
  • Up to 175 years in jail for disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor

    Disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing scores of young girls under the guise of medical treatment...

    “And let me tell you, this army isn't going anywhere,” she said, addressing Nassar but also sporting authorities at USA Gymnastics (USAG), the US Olympic Committee (USOC) and Michigan State University...

  • Disgraced USA Gymnastics doc sentenced to another 40-125 years

    Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually abused girls and young women for decades under the guise of medical treatment, was sentenced Monday to an additional 40 to 125 years in prison...

    Nassar already faced a lifetime behind bars for two prior sentences after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting women and girls in his role as a high-profile sports medicine doctor at USA Gymnastics and at a Michigan State...

  • Pakistan’s participation in Asian volleyball in doubt

    LAHORE: The participation of the national volleyball team in the upcoming Asian championship is in doldrums as the Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) has no financial resources to meet the expenses of the tour...

    Yaqoob informed that 16 teams were participating in the championships and Pakistan had the potential to earn a prominent position...

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