Category: Sports

ISLAMABAD, July 14 (APP): Former Pakistan Blind Cricket team captain Abdul Razzaq will assist the visually-impaired players of Sri Lanka for the World Blind Twenty20 scheduled to be held in India in January next year. The World Blind T20 was scheduled to be held in India this November but was postponed due to some changes… Continue reading Razzaq to assist SL players for World Blind T20

ISLAMABAD, July 14 (APP): Pakistani Judoka Shah Hussain Shah is undergoing tough training in Japan to prepare for the 2016 Olympics scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5 to 21. Shah Hussain is the son of the medal winning pugilist Hussain Shah and is the only athlete who sealed a… Continue reading Judoka Shah Hussain flexing muscles in Japan for Olympics

PESHAWAR, July 14 (APP): International Olympic Committee Thursday has been disqualified 27-year-old Ukrainian weightlifter Yulia Kalina for failing anti-doping test from the Games of the XXX Olympiad London 2012 and ordered to return the bronze medal from the 58kg weight lifting event. The protection of the clean athletes and the fight against doping is a top priority… Continue reading IOC sanctions Ukrainian weightlifter Yulia Kalina for failing anti-doping test at London 2012

ISLAMABAD, Jul 13 (APP): Pakistan first Test against England beginning on Thursday (July 14) at Lord’s will see the long-awaited return of pacer Mohammad Amir to the venue and to the game. Amir was banned in 2010 along with Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt for the infamous spot-fixing scandal. Amir made his domestic comeback playing… Continue reading Amir all set to return to Test cricket

ISLAMABAD, Jul 13 (APP): Former Twenty20 Skipper Shahid Afridi claims he is still far better than the players in the national team saying he will continue to play cricket for Pakistan in the limited-overs. Afridi, who scored the fastest century in ODI cricket reaching his hundred from 37 balls, said he left captaincy because he… Continue reading Afridi claims to be better than current national team players

ISLAMABAD, July 13 (APP): Pakistan juniors have failed to live up to their billing and are out of the quarter-final race as they finished last in their group at the 2016 Asian Junior U20 Men’s Volleyball Championship at Taiwan. According to information received here on Wednesday, Pakistani youngsters lost all of their group matches. They… Continue reading Pakistan out of U20 Volleyball C’ship quarterfinal race

ISLAMABAD, July 13 (APP): Former Indian captain and batting great Sachin Tendulkar wants to see some good cricket between England and Pakistan in the first Investec Test at Lord’s and thinks Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Muhammad Amir can do something special against the hosts. “I think those that decided to penalise him, have already done so.… Continue reading Tendulkar thinks Amir can do something special against England

ISLAMABAD, Jul 12 (APP): Legendary Pakistan off-spinner Abdul Qadir has backed the voices for overhauling the law governing the dimensions of cricket bat saying bowlers, particularly spinners were the worst sufferers of the thickness of bats. “I fully support Ricky Ponting, Ian Chappel and others who have proposed limits on the size of bats,” Qadir… Continue reading Qadir backs proposals for bat size restrictions

ISLAMABAD, Jul 8 (APP): Former head coach Waqar Younis has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to utilize Wasim Akram more as his suggestions and ideas can help Pakistan cricket to move forward. Waqar said the key decision-makers advising the Chairman should be former cricketers. “I have stated this fact in my recommendation reports to… Continue reading PCB should utilize Wasim Akram more: Waqar Younis

ISLAMABAD, July 8 (APP): Former pacer Shoaib Akthar believes people have a wrong perception about him that he is a playboy or a party guy, saying, “I am a very down to earth person”. Shoaib, who is nicknamed as the ‘Rawalpindi Express’ said the people has misjudged about me a lot. “I am a simple… Continue reading People have wrong perception about me, says Shoaib Akthar

ISLAMABAD, July 7 (APP): Punjab Women Hockey Association (PWHA) has lauded the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) for doing all-out efforts for the promotion of women players in the country. According to PWHA Secretary Rahat Khan the PHF is doing maximum efforts for the promotion of women hockey in the country. “A training camp is being… Continue reading PWHA lauds PHF for promoting women hockey

ISLAMABAD, Jul 5 (APP): Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on Tuesday said the first ever cricket stadium for the visually impaired players will be completed in 10 months in Lahore. Talking to APP, PBCC Chairman Syed Sultan Shah, said the construction work of the cricket stadium is going out quickly and the cricket stadium is… Continue reading First cricket stadium for blind players to be completed in 10 months

KARACHI, July 4 (APP): Experienced first-class campaigner Jahandad Khan struck a dazzling 95 to power Dollar East into the final of the 29th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament with a 24 -run win over Defending champion Medicame Cricket Club here on Saturday. The winners won the toss to bat first, and scored 176-9 in… Continue reading Dollar east reached in title decider clash

KHANEWAL, July 3 (APP): The Ravi Cricket Club won the tape cricket club match by defeating Young Cricket Club by two runs. The cricket match was played at New Adda Ground on Sunday. Batting first, the Young Club scored 136 runs all out. The Ravi Cricket Club won the match on the last ball of the last over.

RAWALPINDI, July 2 (APP): Union Council 18 team clinched the First CM Shahbaz Sharif Flood Light Ramzan Twenty 20 Cup, played here at the Jamia Cricket Ground. UC 18 team beat UC 27 team by 30 runs in the final on Saturday and became the winners of the inaugural CM Shahbaz Sharif Ramzan Twenty 20… Continue reading UC 18 wins 1st CM Shahbaz Sharif T20 Cricket Cup

ISLAMABAD, Jul 2 (APP): Pakistani fast bowler Muhammad Amir feels that the national team would make great progress under head coach Mickey Arthur. Amir while praising Arthur said that for the first time he had learned much in a single training session as Arthur mingled up with the players creating a better environment for them. “Fitness… Continue reading Pakistan will progress under Arthur: Amir

ISLAMABAD, Jun 30 (APP): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selection committee member Tauseef Ahmed while reacting to pacer Umar Gul’s statement said that instead of giving statements Umar should focus on cricket and keep on performing. Umar Gul had said that he has not been given a proper chance. He said he had met the selectors’… Continue reading Tauseef wants Umar to focus on cricket

LAHORE, June 30 (APP)- Pakistan’s former hockey captain Rana Ghazanfar has recently qualified as the FIH Level IV coach to become the only Asian to get this honour. The course was run on the sidelines of the Champions Trophy in London, said a spokesman of Pakistan Hockey Federation here on Thursday. Ghazanfar, who played for… Continue reading Former hockey captain Ghazanfar become Level IV FIH coach

PESHAWAR, June 30 (APP): Noor Zaman upset current champion Asad Ullah in the marathon five sets final of the Under-13 category of the PAF Squash Academy League-2016 played here at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex on Thursday. Director Sports Group Captain Asghar Awan, Director PAF Sports Control  Committee, was the chief guest on this occasion. Chief… Continue reading Noor Zaman upset Asad Ullah to win trophy of PAF Squash Academy League