ISLAMABAD:A 12-member Pakistan judo outfit flew out to Nepal on Thursday to take part in the ongoing 13th South Asian Games 2019. The four-day judo contests of the prestigious sports event will commence on Saturday in Kathmandu, said a press release issued by Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF). Senior Vice President Pakistan Olympic Association, Syed Aqil Shah along with Pakistan Sports ...

PESHAWAR:Humam Ahmad in Under-15 and Abbas Nawaz and Noor Zaman in the Under-17 categories advanced to next round in the ongoing All Pakistan National Junior Boys Squash Championship being played here at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex on Thursday. Former World Champion Qamar Zaman was the chief guest during the first round matches where in top seeded Humam Ahmed of ...

Bob Willis, the former England captain and fast bowler who will be forever synonymous with England’s 1981 Ashes victory, has died at the age of 70 after a short battle with cancer. Willis claimed 325 wickets in a 90-Test career that began on the Ashes tour in 1970-71, when he was called up as a 21-year-old as a late replacement ...

LAHORE:Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh presided over an important Monthly Progress Meeting at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Director Admin Javed Chohan, Project Director PMU Akram Soban, Deputy Director Planning Rauf Bajwa and all Divisional Sports Officers attended the meeting. The meeting was convened to review the development sports schemes across the province. The projects of hotel, parking ...

Kuala Lumpur:High-profile contests serve crucial opportunities to players – on either side of the experience scale – to leave ever-lasting impressions. One player who is eager to make the most of the upcoming ICC Women’s Championship ODIs between Pakistan and England is Javeria Khan. The top-order batter, who boasts a distinguished record of having the most number of centuries (two) ...

Northern U16 v Balochistan U16, Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad Shamyl Hussain’s century and left-arm spinner Mohammad Hasnain’s nine wickets in the match helped Northern U16 beat Balochistan U16 by an innings and 44 runs on day-two of the PCB-Pepsi National U16 three-day match at the Shalimar Cricket Ground, Islamabad on Wednesday. Resuming their first innings on 114 for three, Northern ...

Karachi: Khurram Manzoor and Saud Shakeel hit centuries as Sindh hit back hard at Balochistan on  day three of the four-day tenth round first class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match at the National Stadium on Wednesday. Responding to Balochistan’s first innings total of 471 for nine declared, Sindh had reached 356 for five in 115 overs at stumps. Fawad Alam continuing his rich ...

Karachi: After batting for almost two days, Central Punjab secured three valuable bowling points as well by squeezing Southern Punjab to 392 before the culmination of the third day’s play at the State Bank Stadium on Wednesday. Central Punjab, opted not to follow-on the opposition, have scored one run before stumps were drawn to stack an overall lead of 206 runs. ...

Karachi: Two quick Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wickets, minutes before the close of play gave Northern the upper hand on an action-packed day-three of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy first-class 10th round game being played at the UBL Sports Complex in Karachi on Wednesday. Northern who need an outright win to book their place in the 27-31 December tournament final declared their second innings ...

Lahore:The International Cricket Council has confirmed umpire and match referee appointments for the ICC World Test Championship fixtures between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, to be played from 11-23 December. Andy Pycroft will lead the Playing Control Team for the opening Test in Rawalpindi from 11-15 December, which will also include Michael Gough and Richard Kettleborough as the on-field umpires, Richard ...