In the Euro Cup 2024, England reached the quarter-finals with a dramatic win over Slovakia. In the round of 16, the English team defeated Slovakia by 2-1.
In the first half of the match, Slovakia’s Ivan Shrins took the lead by scoring in the 25th minute, while the England team could not score any goals.
Despite several attacks in the second half, England could not get any success, but in the extra time, Jude Billingham scored in the 90th minute of the match and Harry Kane scored in the 91st minute to give England victory.
In the second match of the event, Spain easily defeated Georgia by 4 goals to 1.
Pakistan’s Hamza Khan won the Asian Junior Squash Championship in Islamabad. The exciting event saw young talents from across Asia compete fiercely for the title with Hamza Khan emerging victorious in the Under-19 category. In the final of U-19, Hamza Khan faced third seed Haris Daniyal of Malaysia.
Hamza dominated the court in the 35-minute match and won comfortably with scores of 11-5, 12-10 and 11-9.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced who will officiate the T20 World Cup final, scheduled to be played between India and South Africa on Saturday. The on-field umpires for the final will be Richard Illingworth and Chris Gaffaney, while Richie Richardson has been appointed as the ICC match referee.
Richard Kettleborough will be the TV umpire for the match in Barbados, and Rod Tucker will be the fourth umpire for the World Cup final.
Why did Mehwish Hayat say no to Bollywood?
Actress Mehwish Hayat has captivated audiences with her versatility in roles in dramas and films like Dillagi, Punjab Nahi Jaungi, London Nahi Jaunga, Daghabaaz Dil and her Hollywood debut Ms. Marvel. But the star has never appeared in a Bollywood project and now we know why.
She ppeared as a guest on Nashpati Prime where she highlighted how fortunate she had been to get offers from Bollywood over her career, but she turned them all down. Mehwish said, “Luckily, I have been blessed to be part of the revival of Pakistani cinema from the beginning. I’ve worked with Nabeel, I’ve worked with Nadeem, and seeing the love people showed for our films, and how great those films were, made me feel I don’t need to go elsewhere to prove myself. I am appreciated in my own country, where actors receive the respect they deserve. However, it’s unfair that due to film promotions, sometimes we don’t even get to watch our films in cinemas for the first time with our team members. So, I prefer to play on my home ground, play well, and enjoy.”
Denmark’s male footballers have refused a salary increase for playing for the national side to gain their female counterparts equal basic pay, the players’ union said on Friday.
“The men’s team chose not to ask for a salary increase … to improve the conditions of the women’s team,” union spokesperson Magnus Hviid told AFP.
He welcomed “an extraordinary measure to help take this small step in the right direction”, but acknowledged there were “still more glass ceilings to break to ensure equal opportunities and conditions within national teams”.
Hviid said the action “obtained the same basic salary for the women’s national team and the men’s national team, as well as better insurance coverage for the women’s team”.
The agreement, signed at the end of May, provides for identical match bonuses for women and men during away matches.
However for the moment due to no bonus for home matches there remains a disparity in the overall pay between the women’s and men’s national teams.
The Danish football federation (DBU) and the union have agreed to bring forward negotiations on a new deal for the women’s national team after the summer break.
Denmark are competing in Euro 2024 and are joint second in Group C after two draws against England and Slovenia.
District and Sessions Judge Ali Nawaz of Anti-Corruption Rawalpindi Court has handed out a sentence of 96 years of rigorous imprisonment and a total fine of Rs 5.8 million to four people, including two revenue officials, for their involvement in multiple cases of cheating, manipulation, and fraudulent ownership papers forgery against a prominent British Pakistani family. The investigative story has been covered by Chief Correspondent of Geo News, Murtaza Ali Shah.
The convicted men are Raja Shahid Ahmed, Muhammad Almas Abbasi, Haq Nawaz Abbasi and two government officials Aurangzeb Patwari, Malik Muhammad Safdar.
The case was registered in 2021 in Rawalpindi by the complainant Nisar Afzal and his son Hamzah Afzal accusing two revenue officials – Aurangzeb Patwari, Malik Muhammad Safdar – of conspiring and forging their land records to transfer it to three above-mentioned people.
The fraud was confirmed by a report of Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) as it was established that the land records were tampered with in order to steal the land worth around Rs 3 billion.
“I am of the considered view that the accused persons had committed cheating, fraud, manipulation, prepared fake documents with the purpose and intention to get wrongful loss to the complainant and unlawful gain for them,” stated the ruling by Judge.
“I suffered so much that some of my family members left for the UK, faced with threats to kill by the accused. This was a case of a daylight robbery. I am thankful to the court and the prosecution for giving me justice. Overseas Pakistanis are a great asset and this should not happen to them or anyone else,” said Nisar Afzal who has been vindicated and gotten relief from the anti-corruption court.
The head coach of the national cricket team, Gary Kirsten, shockingly revealed that, “Since I came, I have seen that there is no unity in the team. The one who improves skills and fitness will remain in the team otherwise no one will be in the team.”
The head coach of the Pakistan cricket team said, “this is not a team, no player supports anyone, right and left are all separate. I have worked with many teams and have not seen such a situation.”
“If we want to compete in the world, we have to improve fitness, skills and unite,” he added.
The Pakistan cricket team has been eliminated from the ongoing T20 World Cup after two defeats in four matches.
In the 35th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Australia defeated Scotland by five wickets in St. Lucia.
The Kangaroos won the toss and invited Scotland to bat.
First inning:
Scotland scored 180 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Brendan McMullen played a brilliant innings of 60 runs while George Munsey scored 35 runs, Matthew Cross was dismissed for 18 runs.
Apart from this, captain Barrington remained unbeaten by scoring 42 runs off 31 balls.
For Australia, Glenn Maxwell took 2 wickets, Agar, Ellis and Zampa took one wicket each.
Second inning:
Australia chase down the given target in 19.4 overs for the loss of five wickets.
For Australia، Travis Head scored 64, Marcus Stoins scored 59 while Tim David scored 24 runs.
Australia has already qualified for the Super 8 stage from Group B.
