KARACHI: The world’s football governing body, FIFA, on Friday announced that it has appointed a normalisation committee in Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), with a road-map to conduct its fresh elections. The five-member normalisation committee will be chaired by Humza Khan, a former footballer with the Karachi United Football Club, it said, adding that other members comprised former PFF secretary and ...

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has said the upcoming Davis Cup tie between Pakistan and India has been rescheduled for the week commencing November 15 in Islamabad. The ITF in its statement regarding the Asia/Oceania Group I tie between Pakistan and India said, “The Davis Cup Committee has determined that the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie between Pakistan and ...

LONDON: Liverpool recovered from a shock Newcastle opener to open up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win at Anfield, as Tottenham and Chelsea bounced back to form with big wins on Saturday. Tammy Abraham´s sensational form continued as the English forward scored a hat-trick as Chelsea romped to a 5-2 win at ...

The two days Camp for the selection of Pakistan Blind Cricket Team will take place at Faisalabad on 14th and 15th September 2019. The following shortlisted 20 players will take part in the camp, Sr. # Name Sr. # Name Sr. # Name 1.       Riasat Khan 8.       Nisar Ali 15. Muhammad Rashid 2.       Zafar Iqbal 9.       ...

Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to score against 40 different countries. The Portuguese captain’s latest record took also took his international tally to 93 goals when he scored four times to give the European champions a 5-1 win away to Lithuania in their Euro 2020 qualifier on Tuesday. Playing in his 161st international, the 34-year-old notched ...

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Friday it was retaining Sarfaraz Ahmed as the captain of the Pakistani team, whereas Babar Azam was named the vice-captain for the upcoming Sri Lanka series. The series, wherein Sarfaraz will lead Pakistan, comprises three one-day international (ODI) and three Twenty20 international (T20I) matches against Sri Lanka and is slated to be held from ...

Dubai: Midfielder of Pakistan women football team, Zulfia Nazir, has now set her eyes on winning laurels in the sport of powerlifting after winning gold medal in Dubai. Zulfia, who represented the Pakistan women football team in the SAFF Women Championship in 2014, is currently in Dubai where she has been playing football for a local club and works as ...

By Ijaz Ahmad PESHAWAR, : Ex Squash World Champion Jansher Khan Wednesday greeted Air Vice Marshal Aamir Masood on his election as new Senior Vice President of the Pakistan Squash Federation in a meeting held recently. In his felicitation message Jansher Khan said: “I am happy with the fact that PSF Senior Vice President are himself an athlete and used ...

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Wednesday it “reiterates its commitment to provide complete safety and security to” Sri Lankan cricket team. The PCB issued its own statement following the Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) press release, wherein the latter announced it would reassess the security situation in Pakistan after receiving a warning from its Prime Minister’s office of a ...

LAHORE: The recent tensions between Pakistan and India have also spilled into the world of women’s cricket with the upcoming series between Pakistan and Indian women cricket team in jeopardy. As part of the ICC Championship, Pakistan and India are scheduled to play a series from July to November, to be hosted by India. The Indian cricket board has sought ...