KANSAS (Agencies): Lionel Messi scored a majestic hat-trick to equal the all-time World Cup scoring record, answering doubts about his influence at age 38 and breathing life into Argentina’s title defence with a 3-0 Group J win over Algeria on Tuesday. He drew level with Germany’s Miroslav Klose with 16 goals in total and became...
LOS ANGELES (Agencies): Iran twice battled back for a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday in their frenetic opening match of a World Cup campaign that has been overshadowed by war, politics and...
SEATTLE (Agencies): Belgium and Egypt drew 1-1 in their World Cup opener on Monday after a second-half Belgian equalizer spoiled Mohamed Salah’s 34th birthday. Emam Ashour opened the scoring early in...
Staff Report KARACHI: The Pakistan football team is set make its appearance in the FIFA ASEAN Cup as the country has been invited to participate in the tournament, according to media reports...
Staff Report GILGIT/CHITRAL: After more than a decade, the polo team of Gilgit-Baltistan lifted the Shandur Polo Festival title by defeating their Chitral rivals by one goal in an intense match that...
MALE (Agencies): Pakistan ended a 74-year wait for a football tournament title on Wednesday, defeating Afghanistan 2–0 in the final of the Diamond Jubilee International Football Tournament at the...