Category: Sports

ISLAMABAD, Feb 29 (APP): Pakistan Chief Selector Haroon Rasheed has made it clear that current form or performances would remain the sole criteria for selection in the team even if the concerned player is the skipper. “If a player doesn’t perform, then automatically he won’t be considered for future assignments”, He said in response to… Continue reading Anyone not performing won’t be considered: Haroon Rasheed

ISLAMABAD, Feb 28 (APP): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) believes it is a player’s prerogative to retire from the game or not but said if a captain or a player does not perform in the team then automatically he won’t be considered. He was responding to a question regarding Twenty-20 skipper Shahid Afridi who has again… Continue reading Anyone not performing won’t be considered: PCB

LAHORE, Feb 25 (APP): A galaxy of professional and amateur golfers will showcase their talent and technique in the third edition of J.A. Zaman Memorial Open Golf Championship from tomorrow, Friday, at Lahore gymkhana club course. This was stated by Agha Ali Imam, Convenor Golf, Lahore gymkhana club at a press conference held here on… Continue reading Third edition of J.A.Zaman memorial golf

ISLAMABAD, Feb 24 (APP): Prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday met the Hockey Team that won laurels for Pakistan at the SAF gams and congratulated them on their success.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 24 (APP): Najam Sethi, the chairman of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is hopeful that the success of the PSL will lead to international cricket returning to the country in the near future.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 24 (APP): Mercurial all-rounder Shahid Afridi has thrown doubt on his retirement plan in April, citing pressure from friends and family not to step down from cricket after the World Cup T20 in India.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday congratulated Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on successful arrangements and execution of Pakistan Super League.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (APP): Islamabad United’s flamboyant opener Sharjeel Khan and pacer Mohammad Sami are all set to earn places in the Asia Cup and World Twenty20-bound squad and will replace injured Babar Azam and Ruman Raees, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official confirmed Monday. Sharjeel scored the very first century of the PSL as… Continue reading Sharjeel, Sami to be included in AC, World T20 squad: PCB official

ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Extraordinary performances by a player in the ongoing PSL can still earn him a place in the Pakistan team for theTwenty-20 World Cup, says skipper Shahid Afridi.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Former skipper Muhammad Hafeez is confident of a good show by the Pakistan team in the upcoming T20 World Cup in India,  notwithstanding its indifferent performances in recent matches of this shortest form of the game. “Such (high-profile) tournaments always bring out the best in Pakistani players”, he was quoted as… Continue reading Hafeez confident of good Pakistani show in World T20

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (APP): Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) will hold a 13-day squash carnival to provide an opportunity to both promising and senior players to participate in exciting contests and learn from squash legends.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (APP): Explaining the reason for stepping up two weight divisions to challenge World Boxing Council middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, Pakistan-origin British boxer Amir Khan has claimed that American boxer Floyd Mayweather was “too scared” to agree to a fight with him. Mayweather retired last September with a perfect record of 49-0… Continue reading Mayweather was too scared to fight with me: Amir Khan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (APP): As the thrilling and exciting PSL matches are underway and the tournament reaches to its final stages, the interest and enthusiasm of expat fans have also reached to their peak. Full houses were witnessed on Weekends (Fridays) particularly in Sharjah where thousands of overseas fans flocked into the stadium to watch… Continue reading PSL continue to strike chord with expat fans

ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (APP): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is not under any pressure from International Cricket Council (ICC) to participate in next month’s Twenty20 World Cup and will send national cricket team for the mega event only after government’s clearance, a PCB spokesman said on Wednesday. “The decision to send team to India lies with… Continue reading No pressure from ICC to send team for T20 World Cup: PCB

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP): Legendary West Indies cricketer Sir Viv Richards said he is ready to offer the Pakistan cricket team as a coach though he feels that the current coach Waqar Younis is doing a “great job”.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP): Former captain and a combative left-handed opening batsman Amir Sohail has said that the national team selected for the stint in Twenty20 world cup is lacking quality spinners.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP): The much-awaited World Twenty20 match between arch rivals India and Pakistan at the picturesque Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium will have a batsman-friendly pitch and is expected to be a high-scoring game. “For Twenty20s, you know what sort of wickets are prepared.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (APP): Left-arm pacer Wahab Riaz has urged the youth not to get any inspiration from what happened between him and opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad during a Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20 match a couple of days ago.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (APP): English Cricketer Luke Wright sees good chances of Pakistan impressing in the Twenty-20 World Cup but feels green-shirts would have been better if Ahmed Shehzad was in the side. Luke said Pakistan have a good chance of impressing in the World T20.