Category: Sports

LAHORE, Oct 25 (APP):Nagina Group defeated Artema Medical/Black Horse Paints by ten and a half goals to nine in the Polo for Peace Cup 2019 crucial match played here at Lahore Polo & Country Club (LPCC) here on Friday. With this victory, Nagina Group have booked berth in the main final against Remington Pharma while… Continue reading Polo for Peace Cup in full swing

LAHORE, Oct 25 (APP):Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday announced free entry to Gaddafi Stadium during Pakistan-Bangladesh women cricket series starting here from Saturday with a T20 international. The touring side will play three back-to-back T20 internationals and two one day international. Fans can enter through Gate 1 and Gate 2 after showing their CNIC cards,… Continue reading PCB announces free entry to Gaddafi Stadium in Pak-Bangladesh series

LAHORE, Oct 25 (APP):A high-profile meeting, under the chairmanship of Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti, reviewed various Annual Development Programme 2019-20 schemes of Punjab province at National Hockey Stadium here on Friday. Director General Sports Board Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, Project Director PMU Akram Soban, Deputy Director Planning… Continue reading Sports minister chairs meeting to review development programmes

LAHORE, Oct 25 (APP):Director General Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Adnan Arshad Aulakh said here on Friday that Punjab basketball players would demonstrate fine performance in the upcoming 33rd National Games, being held in Peshawar next month. He said the trials of Punjab basketball team were conducted purely on merit and the best available talent was… Continue reading Punjab basketball players to show good performance in Games: DG SBP

LAHORE, Oct 25 (APP):Showing all-round performance and superior technique, martial art players from Multan scooped three gold, two silver and three bronze medals to win the ‘End Polio’ South Punjab Karate Championship at Sports Gymnasium hall, Multan on Friday. Teams from Multan, DG Khan, Bahawalpur, Ahmed Pur Sharqia, Bahawalnagar, Khanewal, Sahiwal and Vehari participated in… Continue reading Multan wins ‘End Polio South Punjab Karate Championship’

LAHORE, Oct 25 (APP):As many as 190 sixes and 484 fours were smashed over 10 days of cricket during the recently concluded National T20 Cup at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium. Batsmen from Northern, the title winners, hit 30 per cent of the sixes, thanks to Asif Ali. The hard-hitting middle-order batsman hit 19 off his side’s… Continue reading A statistical look at National T20 Cup

LAHORE, Oct 25 (APP):At the end of the first round in this three rounds Jinnah Development Golf Tour being held under the umbrella of Punjab Golf Association at the PAF Skyview Golf Course, the flawless and technically impeccable one turned out to be young Muhammad Amir of Karachi Golf Club here on Friday. Yet to… Continue reading Amir of Karachi sparkles in Jinnah Development Golf Tour 2019

LAHORE, Oct 24 (APP):Pakistan Services Volleyball team reached the semi-finals of the World Military Games (CISM) in Wuhan, China on Thursday. Pakistan team, in its pool defeated and struck an impressive show and collected three back-to-back victories defeating The Netherlands with a set score of 3-0, Canada 3-0, Iran 3-1, and lost to South Korea… Continue reading Pak services volleyball team in SF of World Military Games in China

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP):Sports Journalists Association Sindh (SJAS) registered an emphatic 55-run win over Rawalpindi-Islamabad Sports Journalists Association (RISJA) team in an All-Pakistan Sports Journalists Friendship T20 series fixture here at Diamond Cricket Ground on Thursday. The RISJA skipper Shakir Abbasi won the toss and chose to field first, a decision that cost him dearly… Continue reading SJAS outshines RISJA in Sports Journalists Friendship T20 fixture

LAHORE, Oct 24 (APP):Pakistan women cricket team captain, Bismah Maroof Thursday said the tour of Bangladesh women team was a step forward in the full resumption of international cricket in the country. “We are thankful to the Bangladesh team for their tour to Pakistan to play three T20 internationals and two one day internationals and… Continue reading Bangladesh women team tour to help resume international cricket: Bismah

LAHORE, Oct 24 (APP):The Pakistan U16 would take on Bangladesh U16 in a three-day fixture at the Khan Research Laborites Stadium (KRL) in Rawalpindi from tommorow Friday. The Bangladesh U16 were on their return tour to Pakistan after beating Pakistan U16 2-1 in the three 50-over matches series and 1-0 in the two three-day match… Continue reading Pak U16 to take on Bangladesh in three-day fixture

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP):Pakistan men and women squash teams will participate in the South Asian Games 2019, scheduled to be held in Nepal from December 1 to 10 . The trails for women team are underway wherein a total of six female players are taking part, said a press release issued here on Thursday. Faiza… Continue reading Pakistan men, women squash teams to feature in South Asian Games

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP):Two-time winners Pakistan will play Scotland in their opening match of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 at the University Oval, Potchefstroom on Sunday, 19 January, 2020. The tournament schedule was announced on Thursday by the International Cricket Council. Sixteen teams will be taking part in the 24-day tournament that runs… Continue reading Pakistan placed in Group C of ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020

LAHORE, Oct 24 (APP):Pakistan has been placed in group C of the ICC U19 World Cup, to be played in January next year in South Africa. Pakistan’s other group C teams are Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Scotland, according to the information made available here on Thursday by the International Cricket Council (ICC). As many as 16… Continue reading Pakistan in Group C of ICC U19 World Cup

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP):Pakistan team will participate in the Inaugural Edition of the Junior Boys’ Kabaddi World Cup (Asian Style) scheduled to be held on Kish Island, Iran, from November 9 to 16. “Under20 players would feature in the first edition of such a type of an event,” Pakistan Kabaddi Federation Secretary Muhammad Sarwar told… Continue reading Pak team to feature in the First Jr Kabaddi World Cup

RAWALPINDI, Oct 23 (APP):Security arrangements for the tour of Bangladesh U16 cricket team have been made according to the national and international security SOPs, City Police Officer, (CPO) Muhammad Faisal Rana said on Wednesday. The CPO expressed these views while addressing a high level meeting of police officers after inspecting the security arrangements for the… Continue reading Foolproof security arrangements to be made for Bangladesh Cricket team

ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (APP):Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar has said that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has finally started to make right decisions by choosing a perfect blend of experience and youth for the upcoming Down Under tour. “This is a very tough tour. We’ve never been able to win a series in Australia. The PCB has… Continue reading Shoaib Akhtar hails PCB for progressive thinking

LAHORE, Oct 23 (APP):Pakistan Cricket Board has revoked conditional NOCs of its players to feature in the T10 tournament to manage the players workload, continued work on their fitness levels as well to ensure primacy abc participation of its players in its premier Quaid e Azam trophy. The fitness and medical assessment camp will be… Continue reading PCB revokes NOCs of players to feature in T10 tournament

LAHORE, Oct 23 (APP)-:The women selection committee led by Urooj Mumtaz on Wednesday announced the Pakistan team that will compete in the three-match T20I series against Bangladesh here from 26 October. Bangladesh will play three T20I matches and two ODIs in their tour of Lahore, the series starts with the opening T20I at Gaddafi Stadium.… Continue reading Pak women team for T20I series against Bangladesh announced

LAHORE, Oct 23 (APP):Sports Board Punjab (SBP) officers and employees as per the directions of Punjab Government, will observe October 27, as Black Day to express solidarity with the Kashmiris. The national flag, in this regard, will be flown at half-mast at Sports Board Punjab offices to show harmony with Kashmiri people who are subjected… Continue reading SBP to observe black day to express solidarity with Kashmiris