Olympics 2024
One wonders what the future of para-sports will look like in Pakistan after Haider’s career comes to a close.
Updated 01 Dec, 2024 10:27am
“I've wondered for a while now whether the event is truly putting athletes first”, chairman Akio Toyoda says.
Updated 27 Sep, 2024 08:20pm
“This guy is dead because he killed my daughter; he has died because of his actions,” Cheptegei’s father says.
Published 10 Sep, 2024 05:23pm
Throws 52.54m season best; Uzbekistan's Tolibboy Yuldashev takes home gold, Canada's Jesse Zesseu wins silver.
Updated 06 Sep, 2024 05:52pm
Now at his fifth Paralympic Games, Ali hopes to defend his Paralympic title in the Men’s Discus Throw F37.
Updated 07 Sep, 2024 11:01am
Aldeeb, who will resume playing wheelchair basketball in the Paris suburb of Genevilliers after the Paralympics, sees Israel’s military as a “killing machine”.
Published 03 Sep, 2024 05:06pm
USA Gymnastics has vowed to continue to fight for Chiles’ bronze medal.
Updated 17 Aug, 2024 12:45pm
Planning & Development Minister Nasir Shah gifts car to Nadeem’s mother, appreciating her for nurturing such a brave and skilled son.
Updated 16 Aug, 2024 07:58am
PM Shehbaz announces Rs150m award for Arshad, street and high performance academy named after him in Islamabad, Rs1bn sports endowment fund.
Updated 14 Aug, 2024 12:23am
NYT says the sporting extravaganza lifted France from its gloom brought on by political crisis pro-Kremlin papers find fault with "scandals".
Updated 13 Aug, 2024 12:08pm
"I hope I remain fit and healthy enough to go and bring back medals not just in 2028 but also in 2032," the javelin star says.
Updated 12 Aug, 2024 08:22pm
The 27-year-old gold medallist was greeted with a water cannon salute on Lahore airport's runway.
Updated 12 Aug, 2024 07:35am
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly held a special session on Sunday to commemorate the National Minority Day and pay ...
Published 12 Aug, 2024 07:06am
The fact that PM's subordinates felt the need to make the win about his vision speaks volumes about the state of leadership in the country.
Updated 12 Aug, 2024 10:02am
China equals US gold tally, loses out on silver with 27 to US's 44.
Published 11 Aug, 2024 10:04pm
The 27-year-old can be seen waving to crowds thronged around the truck carrying him, with thick garlands hanging around his neck.
Updated 11 Aug, 2024 03:55pm
The athletes were not allowed to take part in the opening ceremony on July 26 when teams paraded on boats down the river Seine.
Published 11 Aug, 2024 08:30am
LA is the birthplace of the modern freeway system but its decades-long romance with the automobile has come with a cost.
Published 11 Aug, 2024 08:30am
President to award Hilal-i-Imtiaz; special postage stamp to be issued; Arshad thanks nation for support.
Updated 11 Aug, 2024 11:52am
Arshad had still been training with substandard javelins just months before the Paris Olympics, until a last-minute appeal saw the govt step in to help, his mother says.
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 04:38pm
Khelif is the first Algerian boxer to win gold since 1996; says victory has "special taste" and she is a "woman like any woman".
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 04:52pm
Various sports bodies proclaim their unwavering support for the athlete; mothers of Arshad, Neeraj express support for each other's sons.
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 10:51am
Why does the country and its govt wait for something to be achieved before springing into action?
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 09:15am
Letsile Tebogo becomes the first African to win the men’s Olympic 200 metres title.
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 11:46am
It is the second time Spain has won Olympic men’s football gold after their victory in Barcelona in 1992.
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 12:04pm
Zafar Ibn Yacoob laments that athletes have been "let down by our country due to misguided policies, political interference, and jealousy”.
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 11:53am
IOC has urged national boxing federations to create a new global body or risk missing out on the LA Games.
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 12:29pm
“At that moment, everyone says I seemed very calm, but actually, storms were raging inside me,” says Dikec.
Updated 10 Aug, 2024 01:01am
With one hand on his chest, Nadeem sings national anthem as Pakistan's flag is raised after 40 years at an Olympic stadium.
Updated 09 Aug, 2024 11:09pm
Women sat crowded around a small TV inside Nadeem’s home while men danced and clapped along to the beat of a drum.
Updated 09 Aug, 2024 07:35pm
