Category: Sports

ISLAMABAD, Oct 30 (APP): Adventure Travel and Tours- a volunteers forum would arrange a weekend hike here for the adventure enthusiasts, hikers and nature lovers on Saturday.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 30 (APP): Pacer Wahab Riaz feels skipper Misbah- ul-Haq is the fittest player in the team saying he is a kind of a guy who always lifts his team and backs his players.

KARACHI, Oct. 29 (APP): Pakistani Coach Waqar Younis, has criticised the inconsistency of the Decision Review System (DRS), and believes that the margin of doubt for Umpire’s Call should be increased from 50 to 75 percent.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP): Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis feels there is more room for improvement in the Decision Review System currently being used by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Selector Haroon Rasheed has discarded all speculations of Younis Khan’s inclusion in the national One Day squad for series against England starting next month in Abu Dhabi.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Legendary Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne has said that he would like to train with Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah and his teammates ahead of the third Test in Sharjah against England.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation Shahbaz Ahmed Senior has insisted that he will bring different demeanour to hockey and will try to have great rapport with former Olympians for the uplift of national game.

KARACHI, Oct. 28 (APP): Veteran Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene has signed up with the Pakistan Super League (PSL), it was announced on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Muhmmad Shabir sealed victory in the professional category of the President of Pakistan Gold Medal Golf Tournament played here at Islamabad Golf Club. Shabbir ended the three-day game with a score of 13 under 203. Muhammad Munir ended up stood at a score of 11 under 205. In the amateur net… Continue reading Shabir triumphs in Golf

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): As many as 24 players were selected in the trails of Punjab Baseball Team held at UCP Sports Complex, Lahore.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Sri Lankan veteran cricketer Mahela Jayawardene has become the latest international player, 154th one, to sign up with the Pakistan Super League (PSL) to be played in Dubai and Sharjah next year.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): F‚d‚ration Internationale de Football Association’s (FIFA) on Wednesday said Michel Platini’s candidature will not be processed for the presidential election by the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee as long as his ban is valid and in force.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Pakistan bowling team will feature in the 51st Annual QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Championship, scheduled to be held at 56-Lane Bowling Centre in Sam’s Town, Las Vegas.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Trials to select the final lineup for the 8th Junior Asia Cup will be held at Hockey Stadium Johar Town, Lahore on Saturday.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on Wednesday said the decision to participate in the First-ever Asia Cricket Cup in India next year will only be taken after consent from the Government.

PESHAWAR, Oct 28 (APP): The training camp of national junior probables is in progress at Hockey Stadium Johar Town, Lahore preparing for participation in the 8th Junior Asia Cup to be held in Kuantan, Malaysia from November 14-22, 2015, a tournament for the Junior World Cup qualifier to be held in 2016.

KARACHI, Oct 28 (APP): Triple Olympian Khurram Inam will lead Pakistan squad in the 13th edition of Asian Shooting Championship being staged in Kuwait City from November 1 to 12, National Rifle Association of Pakistan (NRAP) announced Wednesday.

SIALKOT, Oct 27 (APP): A delegation of Scotish importers importers visited several leading sports goods manufacturing industrial units here on Tuesay and showed keen interest in sports goods.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Legendary batsman Javed Miandad on Tuesday lashed-out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) saying instead of making India a better sport loving country the BCCI wants Pakistani government to talk to its Indian counterpart for resumption of Pak-India cricket series which is totally insensible when everything is… Continue reading Make India a better sport loving country: Javed Miandad

KARACHI, Oct 27 (APP): Pakistan’s spinner Yasir Shah has become the second highest-ranked bowler in the world in the latest ICC Test Player Ranking, while England’s batsman Joe Roots has regained the number-one batting ranking.