Competitors race in the Commissioner Cup Donkey Cart Race in Karachi yesterday. The competition, organized under the patronage of Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi, is part of activities to celebrate Pakistani Independence Day.
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Taiwanese tennis veteran Hsieh Su-wei and Latvian partner Jelena Ostapenko on Sunday advanced to the women’s doubles semi-finals at the WTA 1000 Toronto Masters, edging past an unseeded pair in straight sets. The fifth-seeded duo of Hsieh and Ostapenko rallied from an early deficit in the opening set before prevailing 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in their quarter-final against Ann Li of the US and Clara Tauson of Denmark in more than 90 minutes on hard court. Hsieh and Ostapenko were playing together for the first time in six months as a warm-up for the US Open later this month. They had
On a Manila court made of crushed seashells, an earnest four-year-old sends a forehand sailing wide — one of dozens of children aiming to follow in the footsteps of the Philippines’ first homegrown tennis sensation, Alexandra Eala. The 21-year-old’s rise has sparked a rush of interest in a sport typically seen as the preserve of the elite in a country best known for its love of basketball, boxing and cockfighting. Racket sales are up and scoring one of the few available playing venues has become next to impossible as parents cram their pre-schoolers onto practice courts. “Apart from just bringing in people to
Freddie Freeman apparently avoided serious injury on Wednesday when the Los Angeles Dodgers’ first baseman took a frightening tumble down the stairs and into the visitors’ dugout while trying to catch a foul popup in the eighth inning. Freeman was not sure whether he would play when the Dodgers begin an important four-game series with the MLB-leading Milwaukee Brewers, but he is grateful his freefall to the dugout floor was not worse. “I didn’t hit my head, so that was the key part there,” Freeman said. “I am sore. Kneecaps are sore. Shoulder is sore. Hand sore. Wrist sore. I mean, I
WHITE-HOT SPOTLIGHT: For US athletes, winning gold on home soil could be monumental, as many ‘retired’ athletes consider picking it up once again For those who have competed — or nearly competed — under the Olympic rings, the fear of missing out the next time the Games beckon is real, regardless of the venue, regardless of the sport. Athletes who try to run it back following a lengthy sabbatical or retirement is hardly new. The list is filled with famous names, from Mark Spitz to Michael Phelps, from Lindsey Vonn to Simone Biles. Still, the steady drip is becoming more of a torrential flow as Los Angeles 2028 approaches. The pull of the Games combined with the chance to compete at home on the world
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