Pakistan sealed their place in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup quarterfinals by beating Sri Lanka after a thrilling encounter at Whangarei on Friday. Pakistan restricted Sri Lanka to 188 after skipper Hassan Khan won the toss and opted to bowl. Opening bowlers Arshad Iqbal and Musa had Sri Lanka in trouble early on. Suleman Shafqat stood out with three ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand inflicted a rare 5-0 one-day international series whitewash over Pakistan on Friday with a 15-run win at Wellington’s Basin Reserve. A century to Martin Guptill helped the Black Caps set a 272 total that proved too much for Pakistan after Matt Henry tore through their top order. Pakistan were all out for 256 with one over remaining. It ...

MELBOURNE: World number two Caroline Wozniacki kept her bid for a first Grand Slam title on course as she stormed into the last 16 of the Australian Open on Friday. The second seed only scraped through to the third round by the skin of her teeth, saving two match points at 5-1 down in the third set against 119th ranked ...

KARACHI: Pakistan Hockey Federation honoured 12 former greats of the game – 6 from Pakistan and 6 from other countries – including two umpires by inducting them into unique hall-of-fame on Thursday in Karachi. Special maroon coloured jackets were conferred upon the players as a mark to include them in the PHF’s hall of fame, the first of its kind ...

DHAKA: Tamim Iqbal smashed 84 as Bangladesh hit 320 and then inflicted further misery on Sri Lanka to claim their biggest win in one-day cricket on Friday. Sri Lanka, under new coach Chandika Hathurusingha, were skittled out for 157 and the performance will set new alarm bells ringing after they lost to Zimbabwe in their previous match in the three-nation ...

KARACHI: The young Pakistani side was outplayed 5-1 by the experienced World XI in the first of two-match series between Pakistan and World XI in Karachi on Friday. Pakistan got the earlier lead in the first quarter when Adeel Latif converted a good move into a goal in the 6th minute of the match. Pakistan maintained their 1-0 lead in ...

Elections of Pakistan Badminton Federation are completed at Lahore today in the elective General Council meeting of Pakistan Badminton Federation. The Following affiliated units of PBF participated in this meeting: Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, AJK, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan WAPDA, Pakistan Railway, Pakistan Badminton Technical Association and Lady Member and Individual Member. Mr. Zafar Ali Khan ex Vice President ...

The training camp of national senior probables preparing for participation in the Commonwealth Games to be played in Gold Coast/Australia from 4th to 15th April 2018 will be established at Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium, Karachi on 22nd January 2018.   GOALKEEPERS: 1.       Imran Butt                                             – PIA 2.       Amjad Ali                                               – SSGC 3.       Mazhar Abbas                                       – NBP 4.       Hafiz Umair                                            ...

LAHORE: Punjab govt under the leadership of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is making appropriate efforts to provide top level sports facilities in south region of the province. 12 new sports projects with the cost of Rs 50 crore have been launched in DG Khan Division; Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan said this while addressing a meeting at DG Khan ...