Category: Sports

  ISLAMABAD, Sep 09 (APP):Former cricket legends wants Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani to get rid of dead woods in the board occupying important slots and damaging cricket for years. Talking to APP, former ICC president Zaheer Abbas said Mani’s vast experience of cricketing affairs at different designated posts would help boom Pakistan… Continue reading Ex-Cricketers wants Mani to dispose off deadwoods

LAHORE, Sep 07 (APP):Pakistan cricket team all rounder, who is married to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, Friday said his child will neither have Pakistani nor Indian nationality rather he/she will have nationality of some other country. He said his wife Sania was pregnant and expecting a baby soon. “I have taken permission from the… Continue reading My child will have neither Pakistani nor Indian nationality: Shoaib Malik

LAHORE, Sep 07 (APP):Pakistan cricket team’s most experienced all-rounder Shoaib Malik has urged the team to bring its one day performance at par with the test cricket’s in the United Arab Emirates, when it open its campaign in the Asia Cup on Sept 15. “It is on record that our team performs well in the… Continue reading Our team needs improvement in its one-day performance: Shoaib Malik

  PESHAWAR, Sep 07 (APP):Noor Zaman, Muhammad Ammad, Abbas Nawaz and Waleed Khalil moved to the semi-finals of the Under-15 category after victories against their respective rivals in the quarter-finals of the National Junior Age Group Squash Championship being played here at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex on Friday. Besides the Under-15 category quarter-finals, the… Continue reading Noor, Ammad, Abbas, Waleed move to semis in National Junior Squash

LAHORE, Sep 07 (APP):Pakistan Super League is all set for another thrilling edition with the signing of South African legend AB de Villiers for the 2019 season. De Villiers, who retired from international cricket earlier this year, brings a stellar record with him. With more than 20,000 international runs to his name, de Villiers is,… Continue reading AB de Villiers joins Pakistan Super League

  MULTAN,Sept 7 (APP)::Ist RTI All Pakistan table tennis championship would commence from September 11 at Qayyum stadium Peshawar. Talking to APP, President Table Tennis Federation Khawaja Hassan Wadood said on Friday that various events included Men Team Event (Swethling Cup), Women Team Event (Swethling Cup), Men Singles and women single competitions would be held.… Continue reading 1st RTI All Pakistan table tennis championship on Sept 11

  ISLAMABAD, Sep 7 (APP):Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fahmida Mirza will chair a high level meeting here at Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on Monday (September 10). According to a PSB official, the main agenda to be discussed in the meeting will be the below par performance of the recently concluded Asian Games.… Continue reading IPC Minister to chair a high level meeting on Monday

  ISLAMABAD, Sep 7 (APP):Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has written a letter to Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) demanding to assure the participation of all teams in the Six-Nation Hockey Tournament scheduled to take place in Lahore from September 26. PHF officials said Pakistan is a safe country for international activities and we had successfully hosted… Continue reading PHF writes AHF demanding all teams’ participation in Six-Nation Hockey Tournament

ISLAMABAD, Sep 06 (APP):The training camp of national junior hockey probables will commence here at the Pakistan Sports Complex from Saturday. The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) had directed the selected players to report to Camp Commandant, Olympian Qamar Ibrahim, a PHF spokesman said on Thursday. The probables players include Waqar Younas, Rizwan Ali, Rehan Butt,… Continue reading Training camp for junior hockey probables to commence from Saturday

  LAHORE, Sep 06 (APP)::The National Junior Selection Committee headed by Basit Ali Thursday announced the 15-member Pakistan’s Under-19 cricket squad for ACC Youth U-19 Asia Cup to be played in Bangladesh from September 28 to October 7. The squad comprises Muhammad Mohsin,Saim Ayub, Jahanzaib Sultan, Awaiz Zafar, Waqar Ahmad, Saad Khan, Rohail Nazir, Captain/WK… Continue reading 15-member U-19 cricket squad for Asia Cup announced

LAHORE, Sep 06 (APP):Former speed king, Shoaib Akhtar, on Thursday resigned from the post of adviser to the Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board.”I have resigned from my position of advisor to the chairman PCB with immediate effect,” he said. Shoaib was appointed as an advisor by former chairman PCB Najam Sethi in February last. The former… Continue reading Shoaib Akhtar resigns as advisor to PCB chairman

LAHORE, Sep 05 (APP):Pakistan cricket team’s opener ,Fakhar Zaman is aiming to repeat Champions trophy sterling performance in the Asia Cup being played from September 15 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. “I am focusing on enhancing my batting skills during the training camp to aim for scoring big scores in the event and I have set my… Continue reading Fakhar Zaman aims to repeat Champions trophy performance in Asia Cup