Category: Sports

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 (APP): Former captain Wasim Akram feels pacer Muhammad Amir should be given a second chance saying our religion Islam teaches to forgive those who ask for forgiveness.

PESHAWAR, Dec 2 (APP): Secretary General Olympian Shahbaz Ahmad Senior Wednesday said that Pakistan Senior Hockey team will participate in the forthcoming 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup to be played in April 2016.

ISLAMABAD, Dec 1 (APP): Pakistan has moved to 6th slot from 2nd in the fresh T20 rankings after losing three-match series against England.

KARACHI, Dec 1 (APP): Former World Twenty20 Champions Pakistan slipped to sixth in International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Twenty20 International rankings but captain Shahid Afridi soared in batting and bowling ranking  Shahid Afridi moves to 2nd in all-rounder rankings and 6th in bowler rankings, according to ranking released by ICC on Tuesday.

LAHORE,Dec 1 (APP): A sessions court on Tuesday stopped former cricketer Aamir Sohail from levelling baseless allegations against Najam Sethi,Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Executive Committee.

ISLAMABAD, Dec 1 (APP): Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has made some valuable gains in the latest ICC T20I Player Rankings, which were released following Pakistan 3-0 series defeat to England, which concluded in Sharjah on Monday night.

ISLAMABAD, Dec 1 (APP): Former cricketers have criticized Pakistan team approach in the T20 series against England saying that they were unable to understand as to which direction the team is moving.

LAHORE,Dec 1 (APP): A sessions court on Tuesday stopped former cricketer Aamir Sohail from levelling baseless allegations against Najam Sethi,Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Executive Committee.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (APP): Former World Champion Qamar Zaman has advised Pakistan tennis players to improve their physical fitness level as that is the key to earn a spot among world’s top tennis players.

LAHORE, Nov 30 (APP): The timely intervention of Chairman,Pakistan Cricket Board, Shaharyar Khan and the work done by the review committee of the PCB saved the future of as many as 150 Under-19 players after Director Game Development, National cricket academy declared them over aged.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29 (APP): Former World Champion Qamar Zaman believes the current national players need to know what a World Champion is and what efforts are required to achieve that glory.

KARACHI, Nov. 28 (APP): An International Defence Cricket Challenge Cup (IDCC) 2015 was held in Canberra, Australia from November 16-28.

MULTAN, Nov 27 (APP): Multan disbale cricket team defeated Bahawalpur team by 53 runs in friendly match.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (APP): Pakistani Judoka Shah Hussain Shah will be head-to-head against world no. 2 Azerbaijan’s Gasimov Elmar on Saturday in the Grand Prix at Korea. Shah will face Elmar in -100Kg weight category.

LAHORE, Nov 27 (APP): Pakistan Cricket Board has received a decision by the government of Pakistan, accepting the resumption of Pak-India cricket series in December 2015-January 2016 with Pakistan hosting it in Sri Lanka.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP): The International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive David Richardson on Thursday was all praise for Cricket Australia, New Zealand Cricket and their teams for having the vision to engage the historic day-night Test milestone for world cricket.