Category: Sports

  LAHORE, Jun 29 (APP):Farhan Mehboob will take on Tayyab Aslam in the men’s final while Faiza Zafar will vie against her sister Madina Zafar in the women’s final of the SNGPL Pakistan International Squash Circuit-II Men’s and Women’s 2018 tomorrow (Saturday) here at the Punjab Squash Complex. In the first semifinal played here on… Continue reading SNGPL Pakistan International Squash Circuit-II reaches to final stage

ISLAMABAD, June 29 (APP):International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday announced the launch of an Integrity App as part of its ongoing commitment to protect the spirit and integrity of the game. The ICC Integrity App will give anyone in the game easy access to information they need to tackle issues relating to anti-corruption and anti-doping, said… Continue reading ICC to launch Integrity App to protect game’s integrity

LAHORE, Jun 28 (APP):All the seeded players breezed into the semi finals of the SNGPL Pakistan International Squash Circuit-II Men’s and Women’s 2018 after defeating their respective opponents here at the Punjab Squash Complex courts on Thursday. In the first quarterfinal of the day, top seed of the tournament Farhan Zaman outshone Kashif Asif 11/6,… Continue reading SNGPL Pak International Squash Circuit-II reaches semis stage

  ABBOTTABAD, June 28 (APP)::Multan and Abbottabad to clash in the cricket final part of the ongoing 26th edition of the Games for Persons with Disability being played by Directorate of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here at different venues Comsats University on Thursday. Director Operation KP Syed Saqlain Shah, Director Games Nimat Ullah Afridi, Director venues… Continue reading Multan, Abbottabad reaches to the final of Men Blind Cricket event

ISLAMABAD, Jun 28 (APP):Former World Champion Qamar Zaman Thursday said matter of Pakistan players’ participation in World Junior Squash Championship in India will be resolved in a two to three days time. The World Junior event is scheduled to be held in Chennai from July 18 to 23 and Pakistan is the defending champions, having… Continue reading World C’ship matter to be resolved in few days time: Qamar

ISLAMABAD, Jun 28 (APP):The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) will finalize a 17-member national women’s team in September to play a five-match Twenty-20 series against their Nepalese counterpart when the visitors will tour Pakistan in December. Talking to APP, PBCC Director Bilal Satti said Phase-I of the training camp of women blind cricket players will… Continue reading First-ever women blind cricket team to be named in September

  LAHORE, Jun 27 (APP):Seeded 10 player Kashif Asif (Pak) caused a major upset of the SNGPL Pakistan International Squash Circuit-II Men’s and Women’s 2018 when he stunned second seed Israr Ahmad (Pak) in the main round here at the Punjab Squash Complex on Wednesday. Kashif, who was a wildcard holder in the tournament, started… Continue reading SNGPL Pakistan Int’l Squash Circuit-II main round

KARACHI, Jun 27 (APP):Club-E Pakistan Open Chess Championship began here on Wednesday. According to Sindh Chess Association, there are Under-8, Under-10, Under-12, Under-16 and Open Youth categories in the championship, which consists of seven 30-minute league rounds. Besides Karachi, chess players from Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Sukkur as well as Lahore, Sahiwal, Peshawar, Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan are… Continue reading Pakistan Open Chess Championship starts in Karachi

LAHORE, Jun 27 (APP):Pakistan Cricket team captain, Sarfraz Ahmad termed the T20 Triangular series in Zimbabwe ‘tough’ and said his team will play quality cricket to gain success. “Australia is a strong side and a tough opponent to beat in T20 cricket as its even new players are very much accustomed with the shortest version… Continue reading Triangaulr series in Zimbabwe a tough event, captain Sarfraz

ISLAMABAD, Jun 27 (APP):Former Olympian Shahnaz Sheikh Wednesday called for an operation clean-up in Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) and players after green-shirts dismal performance in the ongoing Champions Trophy and series against Canada. Talking to APP, Shahnaz said with every passing day the performance of the team is getting worse whether it is of the… Continue reading Shahnaz calls for an operation clean-up in PHF

ISLAMABAD, Jun 27 (APP):The International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday unveiled that cricket has over one billion fans (in the surveyed age category of 16-69) globally, the average age of which is 34 with a demographic breakdown of 61% male and 39% female. The research was undertaken to enable ICC and its Members to understand the… Continue reading ICC unveils cricket has over one billion fans

LAHORE, Jun 27 (APP):Pakistan suffered its third successive defeat in the Champions trophy hockey tournament when hosts The Netherlands routed them 4-0 in Breda. Holland which had defeated strong Belgian side 6-1 in their previous game,scored another big win against ever struggling green shorts,said the information made available to APP by the Pakistan Hockey Federation… Continue reading Holland routs Pakistan 4-0 in Champions trophy hockey tournament

LAHORE, Jun 26 (APP):Pakistan Cricket Board will continue to host its major tournaments in United Arab Emirates and Emirates Cricket Board has committed a significant reduction of costs to PCB in holding these tournaments with immediate effect. This decision was taken after meetings and fruitful discussions between Chairman, PCB, Najam Sethi and officials of the… Continue reading PCB to continue hosting tournaments in UAE

LAHORE, Jun 26 (APP):Pakistan cricket team’s promising leg spinner, Shadab Khan, has expressed his desire to become world’s number one bowler by putting up an outstanding performance in a T20 triangular series and one-day series against Zimbabwe. “I will be aiming to showcase my spin talent in best possible way during these two events to… Continue reading My aim is to become World No 1 bowler: Shadab Khan

ISLAMABAD, Jun 26 (APP):Top-ranked Pakistan, second-ranked Australia and third-ranked India will all be seen in action in upcoming matches as the uppermost tiers of the MRF Tyres ICC T20 Team Rankings have the potential to change over the next two weeks. Pakistan, who lead the table with 131 points, will be the favourites in the… Continue reading Pakistan, Australia, India look to change ICC Rankings