Stories by Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Ali is a Karachi-based sports reporter for Dawn with nearly four years of experience. He covers a diverse range of Olympic and non-Olympic sports. His work encompasses both live match reporting and in-depth features.
KARACHI: Maliha Ali fought with a fractured toe, a severely bruised eyelid and a partially dislocated jaw. She ...
Published 07 Nov, 2026 05:05am
The scorecards told three different stories. Three judges, three different scorecards, and the decision went to the Russian.
Published 06 Nov, 2026 11:51am
Maliha secured the first two rounds using strong cage control and ground strikes, and managed to fend off a late takedown attempt in the match.
Published 04 Nov, 2026 12:01pm
The men’s 100m went first, and it needed only 10.20 seconds to produce the day’s defining image — Wapda’s Shajar crossing the line a hundredth of a second ahead of 19-year-old Ataullah of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Published 23 Oct, 2026 07:41am
Manesha caught her opponent in a standing guillotine and wrapped up the win with 15 seconds to go in the second round.
Published 20 Sep, 2026 11:33pm
KARACHI: Pakistan announced a 23-member squad on Saturday for the FIFA ASEAN Cup in Indonesia, with head coach...
Published 20 Sep, 2026 04:50am
The squad will be led by captain Abdullah Iqbal while veteran forward Kaleemullah makes a comeback to the national side.
Published 19 Sep, 2026 09:06pm
“I want to bring Pakistan on top in squash, make my country champions again,” he says.
Updated 18 Sep, 2026 09:18am
The squad heading to the 20th edition of the Asiad is among Pakistan's smallest boxing contingents at a major Games in recent memory.
Updated 10 Sep, 2026 03:45pm
“I am really glad to achieve the goal that I set up for myself despite many obstacles,” she says.
Updated 28 Jul, 2026 09:29am
Her target will be 12.49 seconds, the personal best she ran at the Paris Olympics on a universality wildcard.
Updated 22 Jul, 2026 05:05pm
A month of shocks, controversy, and record chases ends with Argentina and Spain fighting for the trophy in New Jersey.
Published 19 Jul, 2026 12:37pm
If a tournament could be won on paper, England would have a cabinet full of trophies. But football isn't played on paper, and England keep finding new ways to come up short.
Published 16 Jul, 2026 12:03pm
Scaloni’s record speaks for itself: four major trophies. 75 wins, 18 draws and only nine losses recorded in a little over 100 matches.
Published 15 Jul, 2026 09:56am
Football has quietly decided which kind of certainty it wants to sell to which audience, and Egypt’s early exit sat on the wrong side of that ledger.
Updated 12 Jul, 2026 12:56pm
“The things that I want my country to achieve, it might not happen in my career," says Abdullah Iqbal.
Updated 10 Jul, 2026 08:20am
Before Ronaldo, Portugal had never won a major trophy.
Published 07 Jul, 2026 09:38am
The boy from Peshawar who ran into history: Umar Nawaz on survival, sacrifice and a 74-year dream.
Updated 05 Jul, 2026 03:41pm
KARACHI: Cape Verde, a nation of just over 500,000 people, reached the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup. For...
Updated 04 Jul, 2026 02:18pm
KARACHI: The Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBF) supervised elections for the Sindh Basketball Association (SBBA) ...
Published 01 Jul, 2026 06:59am
