Category: Sports

LAHORE, Jul 29 (APP):Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Managing Director Wasim Khan Monday said that restructuring of the board aimed at turning it to world’s top cricket board in the next five years. “We have evolved a long-term plan by introducing a performance based formula to assess performance of every department of the PCB,” he told… Continue reading Restructuring of PCB aims at making it worlds top cricket board

LAHORE, July 29 (APP)::Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Managing Director (MD) Wasim Khan Monday said that holding of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in 2020 would serve as a gateway to bring back international cricket to the country. The matches of the next edition of the PSL, to be played at Lahore, Karachi, Multan and Rawalpindi,… Continue reading PSL, a gateway to bring back international cricket: PCB MD

LAHORE, Jul 29 (APP):Secretary Sports Punjab, Nadeem Mehboob on Monday visited the under-construction Sports Complex at Dhobi Ghat, Murree. He was accompanied by Divisional Officer Sports Rawalpindi Malik Waqar Hussain and District Sports Officer Shams Tauheed Abbasi during the visit.

LAHORE, Jul 29 (APP):Sports Board Punjab’s two-day Punjab Inter-Division Powerlifting Championship will begin here tomorrow, Tuesday at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall. Punjab Minister for Sports, Youth Affairs and Tourism Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti will be the chief guest at colourful opening ceremony.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 29 (APP):The International Cricket Council Monday officially launched the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC). Getting underway on Thursday, the WTC will see the top nine Test teams in the world – Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies – compete in 71 Test matches across… Continue reading ICC officially launches World Test Championship

ISLAMABAD, Jul 29 (APP):Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) has announced its four-member team to contest at the World Judo Championships 2019, scheduled to be held at Nippon Budokan Tokyo, Japan from August 23 to 28. The team is comprised of two men and as many women judokas – Shah Hussain Shah (-100kg), Mohammad Hasnain (-66kg), Amina… Continue reading Pakistan’s four-member team for World Judo Championships announced

PESHAWAR, Jul 29 (APP):Sui Southern Gas Company, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Army and Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan (PCAA) took berth into the quarter-finals of the ongoing 28th PFF National Challenge Football Cup being played here at Tehmas Khan Football Stadium on Monday.

ISLAMABAD, Jul 29 (APP):Pakistan won one silver and two bronze medals in the “seventh Hasan International Open Cup Youth Cadet Taekwondo Championship” being played in Jordan. Pakistan’s players Naqsh Hamdani won silver medal in 53 kilograms category while Haroon Khan got Bronze medal in 58 kilograms category and Jibran Mehmood bagged Bronze medal in 68… Continue reading Pakistan wins silver,bronze medals in Taekwondo

ISLAMABAD, Jul 29 (APP):Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi rolled back the years as he smashed a blistering half-century for Brampton Wolves in their Global T20 Canada fixture against Edmonton Royals. The all-rounder made 81 runs off 40 deliveries with the help of 10 boundaries and five sixes, with his knock helping his side win the… Continue reading Shahid Afridi smashes match-winning 81 in Global T20 Canada

ISLAMABAD, Jul 29 (APP):Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) would hold the first-ever Quaid-e-Azam Special Person’s Games 2019 here at Pakistan Sports Complex on August 29 and 30. “The event will incorporate Sports Matches and Competitions for Special Persons,” Regional Sports Director Federal at Special Olympics Pakistan (SOP) Shumaila Erum told APP on Monday. She said SOP… Continue reading PSB to hold first-ever Special Person’s Games 2019 in August

ISLAMABAD, Jul 29 (APP):The fans have voted Pakistan’s 12-run win over India at Chennai in 1999 as the greatest Test match to date in the country’s 432-Test history, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday. The thrilling Test was played from 28 to 31 January with Pakistan coming back from behind to win back-to-back (Bangalore… Continue reading Fans vote 1999 Chennai Test as Pakistan’s greatest Test

PESHAWAR, Jul 28 (APP):Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Police from group-A and KRL and Wapda from group-D took berth into the quarter-finals of the 28th PFF National Challenge Football Cup being played here at Tehmas Khan Football Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan Air Force, the last time winner and defending champion, got 9 points by playing three… Continue reading PAF, Police, KRL & Wapda moved to q-finals in 28th PFF National Challenge Football Cup

ISLAMABAD, Jul 28 (APP):Pakistan Baseball team will participate in the 29th BFA Asian Baseball Championship with the resolve to finish at the top to earn a spot in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The continental event will be staged in Chinese Taipei from October 14 to 20, this year. “The Championship will also serve as a… Continue reading Pak baseball team to feature in BFA Asian Baseball Championship

ISLAMABAD, Jul 27 (APP):Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar has expressed disappointment at fast bowler Mohammad’s Amir’s announcement to retire from Test cricket. “I’m really thoroughly disappointed. At this age (27) I was at peak of my of career, while he is retiring,” Shoaib said in a video message. He feared that after Amir other pacers like… Continue reading Shoaib expresses disappointment at Mohammad Amir’s retirement decision

ISLAMABAD, Jul 26 (APP):Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is conducting an internal inquiry on Pakistani opener Imam-ul-Haq over the matter of allegedly cheating on multiple women. According to a PCB official, PCB would not serve any show cause notice to Imam as this was his personal matter. He said, meanwhile, an internal inquiry is being carried… Continue reading PCB conducts an internal inquiry on Imam

LAHORE, Jul 26 (APP):Mohammad Amir on Friday announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect, but reaffirmed his commitment to playing white ball cricket for Pakistan. In a statement, Amir said, “It has been an honour to represent Pakistan in the pinnacle and traditional format of the game. I, however, have decided to move… Continue reading Mohammad Amir announces retirement from Test cricket

LAHORE, Jul 26 (APP):Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Director General Adnan Arshad Aulakh Friday said the board was taking effective measures for establishing sports culture in the province which would expectedly produce positive results within a period of few months. Addressing a meeting here at National Hockey Stadium, he said the SBP had organised several high-profile… Continue reading SBP endeavouring for establishing sports culture: SBP DG

ISLAMABAD, Jul 25 (APP):Former skipper Rameez Raja has believed the concept of the long-term 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship, seemed futile, due to some basic flaws in its format. “Instead of two years, the event should have been restricted to six months only. And there should have been no other event (One day Internationals or… Continue reading Rameez terms the long-term idea of ICC World Test C’ship as futile

BEIJING, July 25 (APP):A Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Thursday said that the newly-constructed Sukkur-Multan Motorway would be very important to economic and social development in Pakistan. “I believe this project will be very important to the economic and social development in both the countries especially in Pakistan,” Hua Chunying said during her regular briefing while… Continue reading Sukkur-Multan Motorway vital for socio-economic development in Pakistan: China

ISLAMABAD, Jul 25 (APP):The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Thursday invited its ardent cricket fans and followers to vote for Pakistan’s greatest Test from its 67-year proud history. The voting will open on Friday, 26 July, at 10am and close on Monday, 29 July, at 10am, following which the PCB will announce the results through a… Continue reading PCB invites fans to vote for Pakistan’s greatest Test to date