Ferran Torres delivered the goal that Spain’s patience deserved, sweeping home an extra-time winner to beat Argentina 1-0 and claim the World Cup at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, in a final that will be remembered less for its football than for the manner in which Lionel Messi’s international story reached its close.
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Saka hat-trick caps England thriller as France fightback falls short in 10-goal epic
ISLAMABAD: For a fixture that nobody particularly wants to play and even fewer particularly want to watch, England and France contrived something that will be remembered long after the World Cup final has faded from view. The third-place play-off, that unloved coda to the tournament, produced 10 goals, two contrasting halves and a finish so breathless that both benches seemed almost relieved when the referee finally blew for time.
Czech climber dies in fall during expedition in Karakoram range, second fatality of season
ISLAMABAD: A 46-year-old Czech mountaineer died on Thursday during an expedition in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, the Czech Foreign Ministry confirmed, becoming the second climber to die this season in the mountains that draw hundreds of foreign expeditions each summer.
Sir Garry Sobers, the greatest all-rounder cricket has known, dies aged 89
Sir Garfield Sobers, the West Indies cricketer acclaimed across the sport as the finest all-rounder the game has produced, has died at his home in Barbados. He was 89, his death coming just 11 days before what would have been his 90th birthday.
Pakistan in talks with Netflix, weighing its own streaming platform, minister says
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government is negotiating with Netflix and other global streaming services to secure greater visibility for the country’s films and television dramas, while separately developing a state-backed digital platform to carry Pakistani content abroad, a senior minister said, reviving a long-running debate over why a domestic entertainment industry with a vast international following has landed so few original commissions from the world’s dominant streaming companies.
Pakistan’s hands are all over this world cup
SIALKOT: The 23rd FIFA World Cup began on Thursday, launching nearly six weeks of football across the stadiums of the United States, Canada and Mexico. The players are from 48 nations. The coaches speak dozens of languages. But the ball they will all chase — the one that will determine who lifts the trophy in New Jersey on July 19 — was made in Pakistan.
Karachi court grants police more time to question alleged drug queenpin amid her claims of torture and coercion
KARACHI: A Karachi court on Monday granted police four more days to question Anmol, the alleged drug supplier better known as Pinky, in a murder investigation, even as the suspect told a magistrate she was being pressured to implicate prominent figures and had endured repeated mistreatment in custody.
Karachi police hunt suspects after thieves steal 25 goats worth Rs1.9 million ahead of Eid al-Adha
KARACHI: Police in this sprawling port city are searching for three or four men who stole 25 goats valued at more than Rs1.9 million from an empty plot in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar neighborhood, the latest in a string of thefts targeting animals bought for sacrifice during Eid al-Adha.
IHC upholds cancellation of lease for luxury One Constitution Avenue project, says buyers lack ownership rights
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday released a detailed judgment upholding the Capital Development Authority’s cancellation of the lease for One Constitution Avenue, a high-end residential and commercial complex in one of the most valuable districts of Pakistan’s capital.
Cambridge confirms leak of AS-level math paper in Pakistan and other regions
KARACHI: Cambridge International Education said on Thursday that one of its AS-level mathematics examinations had been shared prematurely in violation of its rules, confirming long-circulating reports that had already prompted an official request for information from Pakistani education authorities.