Category: Sports

LAHORE, Dec 19 (APP):Pakistan Railways Sports Board (PRSB) Tuesday honoured its two female power-lifters, Sniha Ghafoor and Twinkle Sohail, by awarding them cash prizes and giving 100 per cent increase in their salaries to acknowledge their rare medal winning feat in the Oceania-Pacific Power-lifting Championship held in Singapore, recently. The ace duo of lifters was… Continue reading Railways sports Board honours its medal winning female powerlifters

LAHORE, Dec 19 (APP):The qualified Punjab coaches continued to impart strenuous training to provincial teams for the preparation of Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games being staged at Islamabad from December 25-29. The hectic camp training activity is under way at different venues of the city here on Tuesday on the instructions of Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir… Continue reading SBP training camps continue to prepare for Quaid Games

  LAHORE, Dec 19 (APP):Chairman Steering Committee Sports Punjab Hanif Abbasi said on Tuesday the Punjab Government has taken effective measure to provide sports facilities for the talented youth of the province. Dozens of sports projects have been completed and several new international standard projects are being launched across the province; he said this while… Continue reading Govt taking effective measures for providing sports facilities: Hanif Abbasi

LAHORE, Dec 19 (APP):Pakistan Wapda, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Board, Pakistan Police and Pakistan Ordnance Factory notched up victories on the third day of the National Men Volleyball Championship at the POF Sports Complex on Tuesday. Wapda beat Balochistan 3-0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-5). Pakistan Army humbled Railways 3-0 (25-15, 25-10, 25-11). Pakistan Board defeated Punjab 3-0… Continue reading National volleybally championship enters third day

  LAHORE, Dec 19 (APP):A number of clubs of East Zone Cricket Association (EZCA) have demanded fresh election of President of the body as they were deprived of taking part in the election process. In a letter addressed to the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Deputy Election Commissioner Ahmad Shahzad Farooq Rana and made available to APP… Continue reading Clubs demand fresh election of President East Zone Cricket Association

  LAHORE, Dec 18 (APP):The preparations of Punjab contingent are at peak and we are quite upbeat to top the medals table in the upcoming Quaid-i-Azam Inter-Provincial Games, Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan said this while talking to media on Monday during his visit to Punjab women hockey training camp at National Hockey Stadium.… Continue reading Preparations at peak for Quaid Games, Secretary Sports Punjab

LAHORE, Dec 18 (APP):Chairman Steering Committee Sports Punjab Hanif Abbasi presided over an important meeting about the sports development projects here at National Hockey Stadium on Monday. The meeting reviewed the inauguration of completed sports projects at length. Managing Director Pakistan Tourism Department Ch Abdul Ghafoor, Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, Deputy Secretary Planning… Continue reading Sports projects to incline youth to sports, Hanif Abbasi

LAHORE, Dec 18 (APP):Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Ordnance Factory and Pakistan Air Force won their matches on the opening day of the ongoing National Men Volleyball Championship at the POF Sports Complex Wah Cantt on Monday. Navy humbled Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-10), POF defeated Pakistan Youth 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-22) and PAF outclassed Punjab 3-0… Continue reading National volleyball championship gets under way

ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (APP):Pakistan sealed a silver medal in the Asian Men’s Netball Championship 2017 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday. In the final match, India beat Pakistan by 51-50 goals and secured 1st position, while Pakistan got silver medal in the mega event, a press release said. Pakistan dominated in the first three quarters… Continue reading Pakistan clinch silver medal in Asian Netball C’ship

ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (APP):Islamabad Police’ Operation Division team Sunday clinched the trophy of Inter-Divisional Cricket tournament by beating the Logistic Division after a sensational 20-over match held at the Marghzar ground in Saidpur here. The winning team achieved the target of 178 runs, set by the runner up, on second last ball of the final… Continue reading Police Operation Division team wins Inter-Divisional Cricket tournament

ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (APP):Second seed Spaniard Enrique Lopez-Pererz stunned top seed Ivan Nedelko from Russia in the men’s singles final of the Begum Kulsum ITF Futures Tennis Tournament, 2017 here at Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Complex on Sunday. Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP) beat Ivan Nedelko (RUS): 7-6 (1), 6-1. In the Doubles event final, Pakistani pair… Continue reading Enrique wins ITF tennis

ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (APP):As many as nine Pakistani players have qualified for the main draws of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Tennis Tournament here at Islamabad Tennis Complex. The nine players namely Shahzad Khan, Yasir Khan, Muhammad Akbar, Heera Ashiq, Muzammil Murtaza, Aqil Khan, Samir Iftikhar and Ahmed Chaudhry while 23 foreign players are taking… Continue reading Nine Pak players quality for BB tennis main draws