Category: Sports

LAHORE, Jun 20 (APP):Sports Board Punjab (SBP) is going to organize Olympic Day Archery Championship at Bhurban Stadium Murree on July 2 and 3. The Olympic Day Archery Championship will be inaugurated by Director General Sports Punjab Nadeem Sarwar at a colourful opening ceremony on July 2nd while Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) and Pakistan Archery… Continue reading SBP to organize Olympic day run

ISLAMABAD, Jun 20 (APP):Football may be the most popular game around the globe, but it seems to be gasping for air in Pakistan, as the green-shirts standstill at 205th spot in the rankings and can descend even more, due to the awaiting decision of FIFA and AFC Commission to come in October this year, on… Continue reading Pakistan standstill at 205th spot, awaits for FIFA- AFC Commission to come in Oct

LAHORE, Jun 19 (APP):A century by Haider Ali helped Pakistan U19 beat KwaZulu-Natal Academy XI by 141 runs in the 50-over practice match at Varsity Oval, Durban, South Africa on Wednesday, ahead of the series of seven 50-over matches against South Africa U19 starting from 22 June. Haider Ali scored 145-ball 160 with 15 fours… Continue reading Haider’s century guides PakU19 to victory in a 50-over practice match in SA

LAHORE, Jun 19 (APP):The member of Board of Governors of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday agreed that Pak team’s performance in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 to date has been below expectation, but expressed faith, support and confidence in the side, and hoped it will utilize all their talent and potential in… Continue reading Pak teams performance to-date below expectations, BOG members

LAHORE, Jun 18 (APP):The 54th meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Board of Governors will be held here on Wednesday at the Gaddafi Stadium. PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani will preside over the meeting, which will take important decisions, said a spokesman for the PCB on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD, Jun 17 (APP):Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce, Textile, Industries and Investment,Abdul Razak Dawood on Monday assured the government support for facilitating Japanese foreign investors to investment in various sectors in Pakistan. The government will welcome investments in various sectors of economy especially in energy, machinery, chemicals, food, textile, logistics and finance,said a press… Continue reading Govt to facilitate Japanese investors for investment in Pakistan

LAHORE, Jun 17 (APP):Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Director General Nadeem Sarwar inaugurated the Punjab Inter-Division (Open) Snooker Championship by playing a shot here at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall on Monday. The SBP is organising the two-day championship with the collaboration of the Punjab Snooker Association. Teams from all nine divisions of Punjab province… Continue reading Punjab Open Snooker Championship gets under way

Manchester, United Kingdom, June 16 (AFP/APP):India beat Pakistan by 89 runs via the DLS method in Sunday’s World Cup showdown between the arch rivals in Manchester. Here AFP Sport looks at the key aspects of a game that saw India improve their unbeaten World Cup run against Pakistan to 7-0.

MANCHESTER, June 16 (APP)::Pakistan Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed has won the toss and chose to field first in their fifth match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2019 tournament against India at Old Trafford here Sunday. The decision to bowl first appears to be motivated by the overcast conditions and exploit any juice in… Continue reading Pak win toss, India to bat first

ISLAMABAD, Jun 15 (APP):Member National Assembly (MNA), Makhdoom Zain Hussian Qureshi will lead the 25-member self-funded Pakistan Parliamentary Cricket Team (PPTC) in the Inter-Parliamentary Cricket World Cup (IPCWC) to be staged in London from July 8 to 15. Parliamentarians teams of Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa will play alongside the… Continue reading Qureshi to lead 25-member Pak Parliamentary team

ISLAMABAD, Jun 14 (APP):Pakistan under 19 team will depart for Durban, South Africa, early Saturday morning for a series of seven 50-over matches to be played from June 22 to July 7 in Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The series is part of the side’s preparation for next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020, which will… Continue reading Pakistan U19 to depart for South Africa on Saturday

LAHORE, Jun 14 (APP):Pakistan U19 cricket team would depart for Durban, South Africa, tomorrow morning, Saturday for a series of seven 50-over matches to be played from 22 June to 7 July in Pieter maritzburg and Durban. The series is part of the side’s preparation for next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020, which… Continue reading Pakistan U19 cricket team to depart for South Africa

LAHORE, Jun 14 (APP):The Punjab government, laying special focus on promotion of sports and giving importance to youth affairs, has earmarked Rs 4,000 million in the budget 2019-20, doubling the amount, allocated in the financial year 2018-19. Compared to previous year’s budget allocations of Rs 2,000 million, the provincial government, under its vision, has attached… Continue reading Punjab ‘Sports and Youth Affairs’ budget doubled

LAHORE, Jun 14 (APP):The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced a comprehensive and busy National Cricket Academy programme 2019-20, which will commence here the next week and culminate next year around the same time. The NCA Programme 2019-20 has been broken into four different categories, namely: Player Skills and Training, Youth/Talent Hunt and Skills… Continue reading Busy National Cricket Academy programme 2019-2020 announced

ISLAMABAD, June 14 (APP):Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza will award cash incentives to sports persons on June 20, who won medals and brought laurels for country in sports events. A sum of Rs32.600 million will be distributed amongst the 83 medal winners both male and female in the cash incentive… Continue reading Dr Fehmida to award cash incentives to sportspersons on June 20