By Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD: Pakistani lad Asif Abbasi displayed sparkling performance in the International Wheelchair Tennis competitions by winning winning back-to-back nationals fixtures during 2017/18 at the different venues of London, United Kingdom (UK). Last week, Wheelchair Tennis Series held at Warwick University Indoor Tennis Centre Warwickshire, Abbasi clinched the title of the County Grade III tournament at the Weald ...
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17th Sindh Games 2018 :8 matches decided in Trowball
Throwball Result. League Bases. 17th Sindh Games 2018 at Mini Sports Complex Nazimabad Karachi Men. Category. Karachi beat Larkana. 2-0 Sets Hyderabad beat Mirpurkhas, 2-0 Sets. Karachi beat Benazirabad, 2-0 Sets. Hyderabad beat Sukkur, 2-1 Sets. Women category Karachi beat Sukkur, 2-0 Sets. Hyderabad beat Mirpurkhas, 2-0 Sets Karachi beat Larkana, 2-0 Sets Hyderabad beat Sukkur, 2-0 Sets
Read More »Sports Board Punjab’s Swimming Training and Coaching Camp for Beginners inaugurated
LAHORE: Sports Board Punjab’s Swimming Training and Coaching Camp for Beginners has been inaugurated on the instructions of Secretary Sports Muhammad Aamir Jan at State of the Art Punjab International Swimming Complex here on Friday. The camp will remain continue till May 15, 2018. Director Sports Muhammad Anees Sheikh inaugurated the elite swimming camp where as many as 45 young ...
Read More »Monte Carlo Masters: Rafael Nadal thrashes Dominic Thiem
Rafael Nadal brilliantly glided past the challenge of Dominic Thiem at the Monte Carlo Masters on Friday. The world No 1 won 6-0 6-2 in their quarter-final – he won the first nine games to threaten his first-ever ATP Tour whitewash. He later described the win as “one of the best matches I have played on clay”. Nadal needs to ...
Read More »David Warner gets cracking on a project away from cricket
DAVID Warner has traded the white collar of his cricket shirt for blue collar work on a building site — his own building site, to be exact. The Aussie batsman — who was banned from international and state cricket for a year for his part in the ball tampering scandal in South Africa — is spending his free time helping ...
Read More »Serena shows her cricketing skills
World No. 1 female tennis player, Serena Williams, showed that she might know a thing or two about cricket. She is well known for wielding a tennis racquet – to successful and telling effect – but on Sunday, world No. 1 female tennis player, Serena Williams, showed that she might know a thing or two about cricket. The sporting icon, ...
Read More »International cricketers turned umpires
In the latest episode of our series, we feature an XI of male cricketers who officiated in international cricket, including two men from the very first Test ever played. Charles Bannerman It was 15 March 1877, and Australia and England played what became known as the first Test match ever. Opening the innings for Australia, Bannerman ended the day unbeaten ...
Read More »‘I want to let bowlers know who’s in charge’ – Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle has sent out another warning to opponents world over that it isn’t time to write him off yet. The Windies opener brought up his 21st Twenty20 hundred on Thursday 19 April, making an unbeaten 104 off 63 balls in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match for his franchise Kings XI Punjab against Kane Williamson’s Sunrisers Hyderabad. Gayle smashed ...
Read More »England to host 100-ball domestic competition from 2020
English domestic cricket is set to get yet another format after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced plans for an eight-team, 100-ball competition in the pursuit of younger, family-oriented audiences. Under the proposals, unanimously backed by the ECB board, each side would face 15 six-ball overs, culminating in a final 10 deliveries — 20 balls shorter than traditional ...
Read More »‘Dutch cricket in a better state than when I turned up’ – Peter Borren
Peter Borren, the outgoing captain of the Netherlands who announced his retirement earlier this week, said he was leaving the team in a better state than when he first played for them 12 years ago. Borren took over captaincy of the Dutch team in 2010, and has since led the side commendably, the highlight being the 45-run victory over England ...
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