Category: Sports

LAHORE, Jan 04 (APP): Jubilee Insurance/Master Paints qualified for the main final of the Outfitters-sponsored Lt Gen Shah Rafi Alam Memorial Polo Cup while Army booked berth in the subsidiary final here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Thursday. One and half goal handicap advantage helped Jubilee Insurance/Master Paints beat Diamond Paints by 5½-4.… Continue reading Lt Gen Shah Rafi Alam Memorial Polo Cup 2018: Day3

ISLAMABAD, Jan 4 (APP):Mussadiq Malik lifted men’s title of Islamabad Snooker Cup here at Snooker Hall of Pakistan Sports Complex on Thursday. In the final Mussadiq defeated Nauman Javed by 4-2 frames. Meanwhile, Shoaib Usman won under 20 title of the Cup, while Samran Yasin clinched under 17 title and Ahmed Naqvi won masters’ category… Continue reading Mussadaq lifts Islamabad snooker cup

PESHAWAR, Jan 04 (APP):All Pakistanis comprising Muhammad Ammad and Muhammad Hamza from Under-11, Asad Ullah and Ashab from Under-15, Muhammad Farhan Hashmi from Under-17, Mansoor Zaman and Muhammad Unzair Rashid from Under-19 categories took berth into the 3rd round of the ongoing British Junior Squash Championship being played at Birmingham, United Kingdom on Thursday. Pakistan… Continue reading Ammad, Hamza, Asad, Farhan & Mansoor through to 3rd round in British Junior Squash

ISLAMABAD, Jan 4 (APP):Pakistan’s bowling sensation Hasan Ali ended 2017 with a bang, holding on to his number one spot in ICC ODI rankings thanks to an impressive tally of 45 ODI wickets during the year. So it doesn’t really come as a surprise when we see him named in ESPNcricinfo’s ODI team of 2017… Continue reading Hasan Ali named in ESPNcricinfo’s ODI, T20 teams of 2017

LAHORE, Jan 03 (APP): Provincial Sports Minister, Jahangir Khanzada inaugurated the first ever Sports Board Punjab Tennis Academy at the newly-constructed state of the art Tennis Complex here at Nishtar Park on Wednesday. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan, Director Sports Anis Sheikh, Deputy Director Muhammad Hafeez Bhatti, Secretary Punjab Lawn Tennis Association Rasheed Malik and… Continue reading Punjab Sports Minister inaugurates tennis academy

MULTAN, Jan 3 (APP): All-Pakistan WAPDA Inter-unit Baseball Tournament started at Divisional Sports Ground here on Wednesday. The baseball teams, including the Mepco, Fesco, Gepco, Lesco and the NTDC, were participating in the event. The opening match was played between Mepco and Gepco teams while the Gepco team won the match with 2-0. Manager Administration Mepco/… Continue reading All-Pakistan WAPDA Inter-unit baseball tournament begins

KARACHI, Jan 03 (APP):KARACHI, Jan 3 (APP): The schedule of the Fifth Edition of Blind Cricket World Cup has to be changed because of the Indian Foreign Ministry’s `verbal denial’ to its team’s clearance, announced Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on Wednesday. It said that `Despite numerous earnest efforts of Cricket Association of the Blind in India (CABI)… Continue reading Blind Cricket World Cup re-scheduled from Pakistan to UAE on India’s `Verbal denial’

LAHORE, Jan 03 (APP):Barry’s and Rijas/Green Orchard carved out impressive victories in Lt Gen (retd) Shah Rafi Alam Memorial Polo Cup here on Wednesday at Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground. Hernan Pieres guided Barry’s 6½-4 triumph over Outfitters in the first encounter of the day. Hernan Pieres was top scorer from the winning side with… Continue reading Lt Gen Shah Rafi Alam Memorial Polo Cup : Day2

LAHORE, Jan 02 (APP): Punjab Sports Minister Jahangir Khanzada and Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan will inaugurate Sports Board Punjab’s first lawn tennis academy here on Wednesday (tomorrow). Expert coaches will impart modern training to young players at the state of art tennis court. The inaugural ceremony of modern lawn tennis academy will be held… Continue reading Punjab Sports Minister to inaugurate tennis academy

PESHAWAR, Jan 02 (APP):Peshawar Blues clinched the trophy of the first phase of the ongoing Pakistan Super League Cricket Championship jointly organized by Peshawar Zalmi and Elementary Education Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here at Hayatabad Sports Complex ground on Tuesday. Peshawar Blues won the toss and made 193 runs for the loss of three wickets in the allotted 20… Continue reading Peshawar Blues win first phase of Pakistan Super League Championship

LAHORE, Jan 02 (APP): The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) said on Tuesday that as per the constitution of the PHF all congress members have been invited to attend congress meeting on Wednesday (tomorrow) except for those from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. “This is entirely due to the reason that there are two parallel associations in KPK and the case… Continue reading PHF invites members to attend meeting as per its constitution

PESHAWAR, Jan 02 (APP):Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Football Association and former national team skipper Basit Kamal has said that they have completed a process of new club registration and players transfer well before fixing of the date. Talking to APP, Basit Kamal said that they got registration of new clubs and some of the players transfer… Continue reading KP Football Association completes Cub registration, players transfer

ISLAMABAD, Jan 2 (APP):Pakistan cricket head coach Mickey Arthur feels that players have acclimatised well with the conditions in New Zealand, before the team kicks off its tour with a 50-over warm-up match against New Zealand XI in Nelson on Wednesday. A day before Pakistan’s practice match, Arthur said the team is looking forward to… Continue reading Coach Arthur confident of good results in New Zealand

ISLAMABAD, Jan 2 (APP):Pakistan’s young spin sensation Shadab Khan has joined Hong Kong Island United for the next season of HKT20 blitz. An announcement from the management of Hong Kong Island United said that Shadab Khan has joined the team as the vice captain – the second Pakistani player to join the team after pace… Continue reading Shadab Khan joins Hong Kong Island United for HKT20 blitz