PARIS: Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez took his Manchester City goal tally to 11 in all competitions this season by scoring the third in a 4-0 rout of Newcastle United at the weekend. The winger is among many Premier League stars set to compete at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon from January 9. Read … Read more
PARIS: Tottenham Hotspur’s European campaign for this season is over after UEFA awarded Rennes a 3-0 victory in their final Europa Conference League group match on Monday. Spurs were unable to fulfil the December 9 fixture due to a swathe of Covid-19 cases in the squad. As a result they finish third in the group … Read more
Janhvi Kapoor’s younger sister Khushi Kapoor always manages to steal the show with her style. From slaying in gorgeous dresses to nailing ethnic looks, Khushi seems to be quite aware of the trends and often ends up impressing netizens with her looks. Khushi dropped a photos on social media and shelled out style goals once … Read more
MANCHESTER: Premier League chiefs will meet on Monday to discuss a potential festive “firebreaker” as a result of the escalating coronavirus crisis, with managers voicing fears over player safety and fairness. Just four of the scheduled 10 games took place this weekend due to a number of call-offs caused by outbreaks that left clubs unable … Read more
Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi has amazing quality of serving red-carpet-ready fashion moments with her innumerable sartorial choices. Whether she is starring in a photoshoot or attending an event, her looks manage to attract fan’s attention no matter the occasion. Her latest pictures in a red gown are causing quite an uproar online and will surely … Read more
HELSINKI: Tim Sparv, who captained Finland to their first major finals at Euro 2020, announced his retirement from football on Monday. “I have given everything that I was physically able to and gone as far as I possibly could,” the 34-year-old said in a video message. Read More: Unfancied Trabzonspor take Turkish football by storm … Read more
PARIS: Holders Barcelona will face rivals Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of this season’s Women’s Champions League after the sides were paired together in Monday’s draw for the knockout phase. Barcelona, with new Women’s Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas, hammered Chelsea 4-0 in last season’s final and also won a domestic league and cup double. … Read more
HEFEI, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) — China is building a research facility to incubate core technologies used in power generation of fusion energy that powers the sun. The facility in the pipeline, called “Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology” (CRAFT), is a platform on which engineers develop and test fusion energy reactor’s key components. It is … Read more
GLASGOW: Hibernian appointed former Celtic and Aston Villa forward Shaun Maloney as the club’s new manager on Monday. Maloney succeeds Jack Ross after working as an assistant manager to Belgium boss Roberto Martinez for the past three years. The former Scottish international has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at Easter Road. Read More: Australia’s Boyle sees … Read more
TRABZON: Trabzonspor supporter Samet Kordali is “100 percent sure” that his unfancied club from Turkey’s Black Sea coast will finally lift the first title of his lifetime. And when that day comes at the end of the season in May, the northeastern city of Trabzon “will be on fire”, Kordali says with a dreamy glint … Read more
JOHANNESBURG: Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher, two of South Africa’s most prominent cricket personalities, will face formal hearings into claims of racial discrimination, Cricket South Africa announced on Monday. The announcement came just six days before the start of a high-profile Test series against India. Smith, CSA’s director of cricket, played a key role in the … Read more
Many viral videos of old folks dancing energetically have only served to demonstrate that age is nothing more than a number. The ‘Desi Dadi,’ has been winning hearts on the internet for her amazing dancing skills. She is back again, this time with a new viral video. Ravi Bala Sharma, a 63-year-old woman can be … Read more
ADELAIDE: England captain Joe Root said he was gutted Monday to lose another Ashes Test but would take confidence from the way his side battled to take the day-night clash in Adelaide to the final session. The visitors, spearheaded by a fighting 26 off 207 balls from Jos Buttler, batted through two sessions on day … Read more
JOHANNESBURG: No tickets will be sold to the general public for the forthcoming Test and one-day international series between South Africa and India because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Monday. CSA said in a statement that a joint decision had been taken with the Board of Control for Cricket in India to bar … Read more
If the best time to read about Spider-Man is just before the release of a new Spider-Man film, what’s the best time to read about his enemies? Before the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home that features not just one but as many as five super-villains. For Marvel Spider-Man: The Insider’s Guide will take you … Read more
Aisha Khalid consistently treads the thin line between the conventionalities of her discipline and the wish to break away from them through contemporary practices The Pakistani art world may be finite in its audience, but few artists bring as much of a public pull as Aisha Khalid and her work does. A pioneer in the … Read more
ADELAIDE: Marnus Labuschagne won man-of-the-match for scoring a century ans a fifty in Adelaide, but it was “exceptional” Mitchell Starc who was praised by stand-in Australia captain Steve Smith after England were beaten by 275 runs in the second Ashes Test. The left-arm seamer led from the front after his regular partners Pat Cummins and … Read more
Hashim Nadeem’s play continues to garner attention with its near-perfect execution A few weeks back, when Parizaad made its debut on television, only a handful knew that it would go on to become one of the most successful plays of this year. It has everything that a drama should have – action, thrill, romance and … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit has ballooned to $7 billion during the first five months (July-November 2021/22 on sharp growth in import bill during the period, according to the balance of payments data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday. The current account posted a surplus of $1.87 billion in the same … Read more
When switching old devices and mobile numbers there’s always the risk of losing conversations. While it is still difficult to move WhatsApp chats from Android to iOS and vice versa, changing phone numbers without losing past data is a simple option. The option is available on both Android and iOS and might be quite beneficial … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Monday highly condemned the inhumane actions taken by a mob in the name of Islam against a Sri lankan national in Sialkot and demanded the state to ensure that culprits involved are tried under the law and punished in clear terms. In a press conference convened after … Read more
With newer cast members, Ghostbusters: Afterlife breathes life in a franchise ‘that keeps on giving’ Think of Ghosts and the first thing that pops into your mind is Ghostbusters, that is if you grew up in the 1980s and the 1990s. For the newer generation, it meant nothing, and the term was hit further away … Read more
Moola Chotok is a paradise hidden in Khuzdar, Balochistan. Although most of Balochistan is covered with dry hills, Moola Chotok takes that quality of the province and turns it exceptional. With clean, blue water paired with clear, cloudy sky, Moola Chotok is a place filled with adventures. The word Chotok, derived from local Brahui and … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday sought reply from the Punjab government on a petition filed by Faisalabad mayor seeking annulment of several provisions of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2021 that envisage dissolution of existing local bodies till Jan 1, 2022 and the use of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next … Read more
Wild lionesses are virtually always seen hunting for food. But, those who live in zoos or as pets are not required to hunt for their food. As a result, the lions become friendlier toward humans, particularly those who look after them. On social media, a sweet video with a loving connection between a man and … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued notice to renowned businessman Mirza Ishtiaq Baig on a lawsuit for damages of two billion rupees filed by famous Zohaib Hassan, a popular singer of 1980s. The plaintiff Zohaib Hassan in the plea submitted that her sister Nazia Hassan had got divorced on April 24, 2000 from … Read more
Looking back on the trajectory of Pakistani media and fashion industry, there’s been quite a few instances where a model or an actor was churned out on to a project with make-up several shades darker than the artist’s original skin color. And something tells me that it won’t be the last time something like this … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi said on Monday that only Pakistani premier Imran Khan can resolve the Kashmir issue. Speaking in a press conference at the Kashmir House, he said that he was also called at the OIC conference held in Islamabad. “It is being said that Kashmir was not discussed … Read more
