Category: Sports

ISLAMABAD, Nov 2 (APP):Pakistan Judokas will not be able feature in the Commonwealth Judo Championships, starting in the Indian city of Jaipur from Sunday, due to visa issues.

LAHORE, Nov 01 (APP):Director General Sports Punjab Nadeem Sarwar said on Thursday that participation of SBP trained football players in South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-15 Championship was an encouraging development.

LAHORE, Nov 01 (APP):Director General Sports Punjab Nadeem Sarwar Thursday said that the Sports Board Punjab (SBP) would extend every possible assistance for the promotion of football in the province.

LAHORE, Nov 01 (APP):Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ehsan Mani Thursday congratulated Azhar Ali on a successful one day international career in which he scored 1,845 runs at an average of 36.9 with the help of three centuries and 12 half-centuries.

LAHORE, Nov 01 (APP):Pakistan’s opener Azhar batsman Ali on Thursday announced his retirement from one day cricket, saying he wants to concentrate on test cricket.

PESHAWAR, Nov 1 (APP):Quetta Fighters, FATA Strikers, Rawalpindi Hitters took berth into the semi-finals with two victories each in the first Women Twenty20 Cricket Super League being played here at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (APP):While heaping praises on Hassan Ali for his outstanding performance against New Zealand in the first T20 match, former fast bowling great Waqar Younis has said that he believed the right-arm pacer can become a very good fast bowler of the new ball.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (APP):Bengal Tigers have picked up Zaheer Khan while Punjabi Legends opted for Praveen Kumar at a draw amongst eight Indian cricketers to play in the T10 League, taking place at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium from November 23 to December 2.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (APP):The decision to appoint former Olympian Taqueer Dar as the coach of national men’s hockey team has been finalized and it will be announced in next few days, a spokesman of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) said on Thursday.

LAHORE, Oct 31 (APP):Director General Sports Punjab, Nadeem Sarwar has said that SBP’s E-Library project is a modern facility and Punjab’s young generation must utilise this platform to enhance their sports and academic know how.

LAHORE, Oct 31 (APP):Pakistan Hockey Federation on Wednesday announced the names of twenty six players for attending a training camp to prepare for World Cup to be held from November 28 in Bhubaneswar, India.

PESHAWAR, Oct 31 (APP):Saima Malik spins Quetta to a seven wickets victory against strong Islamabad Fighters on the second day of the First Women Twenty20 Cricket Super League being played here at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 30 (APP):Aqeel Khan, Muzammil Murtaza and Mudassir Murtaza won their respective matches of Men’s Single draw (Second Round) of the Third Chairman Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) Board National Ranking Tennis Tournament here at POF Tennis Courts Wah on Tuesday.

PESHAWAR, Oct 30 (APP):Rawalpindi Hitters and FATA Strikers recorded opening day victory against their respective rivals in the first Women Twenty20 Cricket Super League-2018, which got under way here at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP):Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir believes that a lack of confidence in his skills was behind his decline as a strike force in limited-overs cricket this year, which saw him dropped from all three formats over the past month. Amir was part of Pakistan’s T20I side that won a tri-series in Zimbabwe… Continue reading Lack of confidence, physical exertion behind my loss of form: Mohammad Amir

ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP):Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has said that in the absence of their premier cricketers – Steve Smith and David Warner – Australia appear mentally weak. Both Smith and Warner are currently serving a 12-month ban for their role in the Newlands ball-tampering scandal earlier this year. After losing the two-Test series to… Continue reading Sarfraz Ahmed says Australia appeared mentally weak in UAE

LAHORE, Oct 29 (APP):Pakistan’s Babar Azam has reclaimed the number-one ranking in the ICC men’s player ranking for T20 bating for the third time this year after hitting two half-centuries in Pakistan’s 3-0 series win over Australia. The series result means Pakistan cannot be displaced from the top spot irrespective of the outcome of their… Continue reading Babar back as No-I ranked T20 batsman as Pak cement its top ranking

LAHORE, Oct 29 (APP):Pakistan’s Babar Azam has reclaimed the number-one ranking in the ICC men’s player ranking for T20 bating for the third time this year after hitting two half-centuries in Pakistan’s 3-0 series win over Australia. The series result means Pakistan cannot be displaced from the top spot irrespective of the outcome of their… Continue reading Babar back as No-I ranked T20 batsman as Pak cement its top ranking

LAHORE, Oct 29 (APP):Wapda won the National Women Volleyball Championship beating Pakistan Army 3-1 in the final at Peshawar’s Qayyum Stadium Peshawar. Wapda retained its title successfully for the consecutive fourteenth times, said a spokesman of Wapda Sports Board here on Monday. Higher Education Commission (HEC) secured third while Punjab grabbed fourth position in the… Continue reading Wapda retains National women volleyball title

PESHAWAR, Oct 29 (APP):Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) and its affiliated units celebrated World Judo Day throughout Pakistan at the great occasion of Jigaro Kano’s birthday on October 28, with the Slogan of International Judo Federation “FRIENDSHIP” enthusiastically. The affiliated units of Pakistan Judo Federation celebrated World Judo Day in their respective areas with the Slogan… Continue reading Judo World Day celebrated in Pakistan enthusiastically