*Jeddah: *Throwing punches in a gym tucked away from prying eyes, a Saudi female boxing trainer asserts a right long denied to many women in the conservative kingdom -- the right to exercise. Halah Alhamrani, 41, runs a gym for women called FlagBoxing -- its motto is Fight Like A Girl -- in the ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Hockey team has finally qualified for the 2018 Hockey World Cup with their last win over China.Pakistan beat China 3-1 to finish seventh in the Hockey World League Semi-final Round at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Sunday.With this victory, Pakistan are virtually ...

CAP-DAIL: International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) President Sebastien Coe said on Monday that Russia will miss August’s World Athletics Championships in London after their doping ban was extended.Coe said Russia, whose 15-month ban from athletics was prolonged at the IAAF’s ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): Pakistan Navy won 1st National Air-gun Shooting Championship-2016 while Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force got 3rd and 4th position respectively.National Shooting Championship schedule announcedChairman, Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Mayor, Islamabad Sheikh Ansar Aziz ...

NEW YORK (APP) - Serena Williams faces a challenging new landscape in her continued pursuit of Grand Slam history thanks to the rise of a clutch of talented and fearless rivals led by new number one Angelique Kerber.Kerber, 28, set the tone with her victory over Williams in the Australian Open in ...

WARSAW: (APP) Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, who took silver at the Rio Olympics, said thathe auctioned off his medal this week to fund treatment for a three-year-old boy struck with cancer.The 33-year-old world champion wrote on his Facebook page that he was moved to action his prize ...

NEW DELHI (APP) - As Olympic under-achievers India head home from Rio having failed to win a gold medal, its gate-crashing, selfie-taking officials have been accused of failing to help its athletes taste success.A string of below-par performances saw India win just two medals at the Games, fewer ...

LAHORE (APP): The top officials of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) have set new precedent by not touring with the national teams abroad, saving a lot of funds.It is the fourth occasion during the current year that the President, PHF, Brig retd Khalid Sajjad Khokhar and Secretary, Shahbaz Ahmad ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (APP) - Britain is now "a sporting superpower", one of the prime architects of its stunning success at the Rio Olympics on Sunday."Team GB" placed second in the medals table, above traditional Olympic powerhouse China, with 27 gold medals and 66 in total going into the final hours of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (APP) - Rio Olympics medals table after Friday's competition (gold, silver, bronze, total): United States 38 35 32 105 Great Britain 24 22 14 60 China 22 18 25 65 Germany 14 8 13 35 Russia 13 16 19 48 Japan ...