PCB launches PSL cricket development award
Franchises to be assessed on players’ pathway, infrastructure, grassroots work and welfare The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday launched a $200,000 award to recognize the franchise that makes the biggest contribution to cricket development, with teams to be assessed on players’ pathways, infrastructure, grassroots programmes and player welfare. “The PCB has today unveiled the […]
Founder of Chinese startup Spirit AI says robot brains set for 2027 breakthrough
An industry breakthrough comparable to OpenAI’s landmark GPT-3.0 model could come around mid-2027 An engineer wearing VR goggles uses a controller to operate a Spirit AI’s Moz1 robot, at a testing area in the company’s headquarters in Beijing, China September 17, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Humanoid robot brains are likely to achieve a breakthrough as soon […]
Top Olympic official wants even bigger Asian Games
NAGOYA: Asia’s Olympic chief said Friday that he wished the Asian Games in Japan had an athletes’ village and hinted that future editions of the multisport event could be even bigger. The continent’s premier sporting spectacle opens in Nagoya and Aichi prefecture on Saturday but the build-up has been beset by difficulties. That includes a […]
Atleast seven killed in explosion near Old Police Lines in K-P’s Kohat
IG Hameed says an exchange of fire is continuing between armed terrorists and police following the explosion An explosion occurs near the old Police Lines in Kohat on Friday. SCREENGRAB PESHAWAR: At least seven people were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion near the Old Police Lines in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohat on Friday, […]
Championship rivals brace for renewal of bitter feuds
Police deploy heightened security as Millwall-West Ham and Wolves-West Brom derbies return this weekend LONDON: Police are on red alert as the English Championship braces for the renewal of two bitter feuds when Millwall face West Ham and Wolves meet West Brom this weekend. Wolves host fourth-placed West Brom in the Black Country derby on […]
FA urges Infantino to release documents
Hewitt calls for full disclosure of FIFA documents ahead of its October Council meeting LONDON: The chair of the English Football Association has called on FIFA president Gianni Infantino to release all the documentation relating to the abandoned plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors. Infantino’s proposal was short-lived after […]
President’s Trophy Grade-II starts tomorrow
The Pakistan Cricket Board has today announced the schedule and confirmed the teams participating in President’s Trophy Grade-II Gold and Silver tournaments. Both the events are set to commence from Saturday, 19 September across Karachi, Islamabad, Haripur, Muridke, Lahore and Sheikhupura. The two tournaments will comprise of no-first-class three-day matches with the final of both […]
Yemeni army says 30 Houthis killed in clashes west of Taiz
Yemeni army personnel. PHOTO: FILE Yemen’s army said on Friday that 30 Houthi fighters were killed and more than 60 others were wounded in 24 hours of clashes and airstrikes in the Al-Waziyah district west of Taiz. A military source quoted by the Armed Forces Media Centre said Yemeni warplanes also struck Houthi vehicles and […]
Wheat support package, digital land transfer system approved
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah speaking at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Marka-e-Haq in Karachi. SCREENGRAB KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Thursday approved a support package for wheat growers, a blockchain-based system for electronic transfer of land ownership and a 13-storey, 445-bed medical tower at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), […]
Six soldiers martyred, 10 terrorists killed in K-P IBOs
Security forces pictured during a patrol. — FILE PHOTO RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 10 terrorists belonging to the Indian-sponsored Fitna Al-Khawarij in multiple engagements in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) between Sept 15 and 17, while six soldiers embraced martyrdom in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. According to the Inter-Services […]