In a squad comprising men mostly, 10 Pakistani women hope to make their mark in their respective categories. Photos: Commonwealth Games Gold Coast As many as 56 Pakistani athletes are representing their homeland in the Commonwealth Games 2018, being held at Gold Coast, Australia, from April 4 to April 15. The players will showcase their skills in different sports including ...
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Permaul out of Pakistan T20Is due to ankle injury
KARACHI: West Indian bowler Veerasammy Permaul has been ruled out of the remaining T20Is against Pakistan after suffering an ankle injury during the opening match on Sunday. The 28-year old twisted his ankle while bowling against Pakistan in the first T20I at Karachi’s National Stadium on Sunday. He had to be stretchered off the field and was taken to a ...
Read More »India deny doping at Commonwealth Games after needles found
GOLD COAST: India´s men´s boxing coach on Monday denied any doping after syringes were found in the Commonwealth Games athletes´ village, saying one of his fighters was given a vitamin injection because he was unwell. Santiago Nieva was speaking to Australia´s 7 News as speculation grew over the syringes, which Games officials said were discovered after a tip-off from a ...
Read More »NZ start safe in pursuit of 382 for victory
Christchurch :- Tom Latham and Jeet Raval edged New Zealand to 42 without loss at the start of a formidable run chase when bad light brought an early end to the penultimate day of the second Test on Monday. Latham was not out 25 with Raval on 17 and New Zealand requiring a further 340 to reach their 382-run target. ...
Read More »German coaches arrive in Karachi to train young footballers
KARACHI: Two top football coaches from Germany have arrived in Pakistan to train under-18 footballers on their brief visit to Karachi. The coaching staff from second division Bundesliga team 1. FC Union Berlin, Oliver Rathenow and Sebastain Lejeune will train the youngsters in the training camp set up at the metropolis. The training camp organiser Major General Shaukat Iqbal said ...
Read More »PakvWI: Crowd saves the day as sound system fails during national anthem
KARACHI: The passion and patriotism of cricket lovers saved the Pakistan Cricket Board from a possible embarrassment on Sunday night when the sound system at the National Stadium stopped working while Pakistan’s national anthem was being played. The sound system malfunctioned when over 25,000 people at the NSK were singing the national anthem just before the start of first T20I ...
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Read More »Pakistan rewrote several records of the T20I cricket
KARACHI: Pakistan rewrote several records of the T20I cricket with an epic 143 runs win against West Indies on Sunday in Karachi. 143 runs – Pakistan’s win margin – is the second biggest win by any team in the international T20s and biggest by a team against a full member team. The biggest ever win in T20Is by runs was ...
Read More »Pakistan thrashed West Indies by 143 runs
KARACHI: Pakistan thrashed West Indies by 143 runs to record the second-biggest margin win in T20I history as the tourists collapsed in the first match of the three-T20I series at National Stadium on Sunday. West Indies batting collapsed at 60 after a sure-footed 41 by debutant Hussain Talat and a late cameo by veteran Shoaib Malik powered Pakistan to a mammoth ...
Read More »Jazz Amateur Golf Tournament Islamabad 2018 Conclude
By; Asghar Ali Mubarak ISLAMABAD: One of Pakistan’s annual premiere amateur golfing events, the Jazz Golf Tournament, concluded at Islamabad Golf Club on Saturday. The annual tournament is divided in to three stages with each stage happening in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad, respectively. Every year, over 400 participants from the country’s corporate sector participate, along with amateur and semi-professional golfers, ...
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