Karachi: Both girls and boys’ teams from host PAF Chapter campus won titles in The City School Inter-Branch U-14 Football Tournament. The City School organized its second tournament after successfully hosting U-10 tournament in collaboration with Leisure Leagues, a well-known small-sided football organizer in the country, which has presence in nearly 80 cities of the country. A total of 16 ...
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29th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Schedule
The 29th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup has been scheduled to take place in Ipoh, Malaysia from 11th to 18th April 2020.Teams: Malaysia | Pakistan | Australia | Canada | Japan | KoreaVenue: Azlan Shah Stadium Ipoh, MalaysiaDates: 11–18 April, 2020
Read More »Ayesha Naseem on a journey to make a change
Karachi:Pakistan’s squad for next month’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup includes an uncapped batter known for her ability to hit the ball hard and make the most of the Powerplay overs. Ayesha Naseem rose to prominence in Skills2Shine U18 T20 Women Cricket Championship last November in which she scored 97 runs at an average of 48.50 in four matches and ...
Read More »Sikandar Raza’s seven-for puts Zimbabwe in control
Zimbabwe 62 for 1 (Masvaure 26*, Fernando 1-9) and 406 (Williams 107, Raza 72, Embuldeniya 4-182) lead Sri Lanka 293 (Mathews 64, Raza 7-113) by 175 runs Prince Masvaure and Regis Chakabva took Zimbabwe comfortably through to stumps on the third day, 175 runs ahead in their second innings with nine wickets in hand. This, after Sikandar Raza had recorded ...
Read More »Ravi Bopara named in MCC squad to tour Pakistan
Former England allrounder Ravi Bopara has been named as part of a 12-man MCC squad to tour Pakistan in February. The team will be captained by Sri Lanka great, and current MCC president, Kumar Sangakkara, and coached by former England quick Ajmal Shahzad. Also included in the touring party are Scotland’s Safyaan Sharif and Michael Leask, Netherlands duo Roelof van ...
Read More »coronavirus:World Athletics Indoor Championships postponed
The 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing have been postponed because of fears over the spread of the coronavirus in China. The championships were to be held from 13-15 March but governing body World Athletics pushed them back 12 months. World Athletics sought advice from the World Health Organisation and turned down offers to host from other cities. The ...
Read More »Australian Open: Dominic Thiem stuns Rafael Nadal
Top seed Rafael Nadal was denied a place in the Australian Open semi-finals as Austria’s Dominic Thiem rattled the Spaniard with a powerful display to win a four-set thriller. Fifth seed Thiem won 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) at Melbourne Park. The 26-year-old, beaten by Nadal in the past two French Open finals, missed two match points before ...
Read More »England’s Jofra Archer out of T20s against South Africa
England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the three-match Twenty20 series against South Africa next month because of an elbow injury. The 24-year-old has returned to England after the 3-1 Test series win against the Proteas in which he played the first match but missed the next three. Archer will now focus on recovering from soreness in ...
Read More »Sarfaraz Ahmed welcomes baby girl
Former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed on Tuesday was all smiles as he announced the birth of a baby girl on social media. Blessed with a baby girl ! Alhamdulliah, Ma Sha Allah ! pic.twitter.com/c6g4sn60Bo— Sarfaraz Ahmed (@SarfarazA_54) January 28, 2020 The cricketer expressed his happiness with a picture of his adorable son, Abdullah, holding his newly-born sibling, with a caption ...
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