Category: Sports

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

PESHAWAR, Jun 14 (APP):The 11th Janshan-e-Dir Upper Royal Shakir Sports Festival will be commencing from June 20, 2019 under the aegis of District Administration and District Sports and Youth Officer Dir Upper at Dir Upper Sports Complex. This was stated by District Sports and Youth Officer Mukhtiar Hussain while talking to APP here on Friday.… Continue reading 11th Janshan-e-Dir Upper Royal Shakir Sports Festival from June 20

LAHORE, Jun 14 (APP):Top seed Tayyab Aslam set a showdown with Danish Atlas in the final of the FMC international squash championship after winning their respective semi-final ties in contrasting style here on Friday at the Punjab Squash Association Complex. Tayyab lived up to pre-tournament predictions of making it to the final with ease and… Continue reading Tayyab to meet Danish in final of FMC international squash

LAHORE, Jun 14 (APP):All-Punjab Age Group Swimming Championship is set to commence under the auspices of Sports Department Punjab and with the collaboration of Punjab Swimming Association tomorrow, Saturday at Gujrat Gymkhana Club Swimming. Director General Sports Punjab, Nadeem Sarwar will grace the occasion as the chief guest. All the arrangements have been completed to… Continue reading Punjab age group swimming to get underway

LAHORE, Jun 14 (APP):Suneyah Osma won the gross event and Ayesha Hamid emerged as the net winner in Summer Ladies Golf tournament here on Friday at Royal Palm club course. On a extremely hot day Suneyah of Garrison Golf Club showed plentiful and exuberant golfing talent to come first in this initiative launched by the… Continue reading Suneyah wins gross, Ayesha net winner in Ladies Golf

LAHORE, Jun 14 (APP):Punjab Inter-Division (Open) Snooker Championship will be organised here on June 17-19 at Nishtar Park Sports Complex, Gymnasium Hall. All the nine divisional teams of Punjab province will feature in the Punjab Inter-Division (Open) Snooker Championship being held under the aegis of Sports Board Punjab with the collaboration of Punjab Snooker Association.

TAUNTON, Jun 13 (APP)::Pakistan Captain Sarfraz Ahmed has said that failure to stick to the game plan and more mistakes in the field cost Pakistan team the match while Australians executed their game plan better than us. Talking to APP prior to team’s departure for Manchester here Thursday, he said a game of cricket was… Continue reading “We made more mistakes than Australia”: Sarfraz Ahmed

ISLAMABAD, Jun 13 (APP):Encouraging the green-shirts for their upcoming clash against India at Old Trafford, former Skipper Waqar Younis on Thursday said Pakistan have to give an ‘A plus’ performance if they want to stay in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He said Pakistani players must display the same show as they had put up… Continue reading Pakistan must perform ‘A plus’ if they want to stay in 2019 CWC: Waqar

LAHORE, Jun 13 (APP):Tayyab Aslam, Zahir Shah, Ammad Fareed and Danish Atlas Khan breezed into the quarter finals of the FMC International Men Squash Championship after winning their respective ties here on Thursday at Punjab Squash Association complex. Eight seed Danish Atlas caused the biggest upset of the day when he outclassed second seed Asim… Continue reading FMC International Men Squash Championship reached to QF stage

LAHORE, Jun 13 (APP):High powered inquiry committee of Pakistan Hockey Federation will meet on June 15 to probe into the affairs of Karachi hockey association at Karachi’s Abdul Sattar Edhi stadium. The Inquiry Committee has been setup to resolve controversy is raging in the KHA regarding the bonafide of the office bearers of the body,… Continue reading PHF inquiry committee meets on June 15

LAHORE, Jun 13 (APP):Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board, Ehsan Mani has said that six provinces will replace the regional and departmental cricket teams in the proposed new domestic structure to help produce quality cricketers on pattern of cricket Australia and England. “We have proposed the representation of six provincial teams in the recommendations made in the… Continue reading Six provinces to replace regional, departmental cricket, Chairman PCB

LAHORE, Jun 13 (APP):Pakistan cricket team captain, Sarfraz Ahmed, said on Thursday “it is all about execution of your plans and the team that executes their plans better, carries the day”. “That is the summary of our match against Australia. We implemented our plans partly, but not wholly and made more mistakes and that made… Continue reading Australia executed their plans better against Pakistan

LAHORE, Jun 13 (APP):Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board, Ehsan Mani said that international cricket will return to Pakistan later this year when the country will be hosting the matches of the Asian test championship against Sri Lanka in September this year and Bangladesh in January /February next year. “These are very good news for Pakistan cricket… Continue reading International cricket to resume soon in Pakistan: Ehsan Mani

LAHORE, Jun 13 (APP):Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ehsan Mani said on Thursday that the matter to make Pakistan Super League (PSL) a separate entity on the pattern of successful and modern leagues of the world is under consideration. “We want that the PSL should work as an independent body under the control of the PCB… Continue reading PSL to be made separate entity: chairman PCB

LAHORE, Jun 13 (APP):Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ehsan Mani said on Thursday that 85 per cent task on his agenda to make the PCB a professional organisation through quality management and governance and to make domestic cricket tough and competitive besides forwarding recommendations in the PCB constitution to the quarters concerned has been achieved, which… Continue reading Task being achieved to put PCB and cricket in right direction: Ehsan Mani

LAHORE, Jun 12 (APP):The International Cricket Council on Wednesday announced the details of the inaugural criiio cup, where six social cricket teams from all corners of the world will come together in London’s Trafalgar Square on July 12, ahead of the Men’s Cricket World Cup Final, for a once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate… Continue reading ICC announces details of CRIIIO Cup at London’s Trafalgar square

LAHORE, Jun 12 (APP):Punjab Age Group Swimming Championship will be held from June 15 under the aegis of Sports Board Punjab in collaboration with Punjab Swimming Association at Gujrat Gymkhana Club pool. All arrangements have been completed to hold the event in a befitting manner under the directives of Director General Sports Punjab Nadeem Sarwar.

ISLAMABAD, Jun 10 (APP):Pakistani junior squash players will be participating in four major tournaments in the months of June and July. According to Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF), as part of the plan, the federation would be sending a group of junior squash players for participation in international junior tournaments being held during June and July.… Continue reading Pakistani jr squash players to participate in four tournaments

LAHORE, Jun 09 (APP):Wicketkeeper-batsman Rohail Nazir of Islamabad has been retained as Pakistan U19 captain for the upcoming tour of South Africa, which will comprise seven 50-over matches from 22 June to 7 July. Rohail had not only successfully led Pakistan U19 to a 3-2 series win over Sri Lanka last week, but was also… Continue reading Rohail retained Pakistan U19 captain for South Africa tour