Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti said Pakistan has been blessed with immense boxing potential and Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab is devising a special programme for promoting and preserving this valuable talent; he said this while talking to young talented boxer Usman Wazir, who called on Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs ...

BUDAPEST (Hungary) – The groups for the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 were confirmed in Tuesday’s draw in Budapest, Hungary, with the participating nations finding out who they are up against for the sixth edition of the event.     The teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, with the hosts Hungary drawn together with Mexico, Asia ...

Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi held an online press conference after the second day’s play in the third and final Benaud-Qadir Trophy, ICC World Test Championship match at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore against Australia today (Tuesday).     At stumps on day-two, Pakistan had reached 90 for one in their first innings. Australia were earlier bowled out for 391 in ...

India kept their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 semi-final hopes alive with a comfortable 110-run victory over Bangladesh in Hamilton. Yastika Bhatia’s half-century was the standout knock in India’s 229 for seven, though Ritu Moni’s three for 37 – including two in two balls – gave Bangladesh hopes of a famous win. But Sneh Rana (four for 30) and ...

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Cricket West Indies (CWI) Men’s Selection Panel has named an unchanged squad for the third and final Apex Test match against England. The match will be the series-decider and will be played at the Grenada National Stadium from March 24-28. The three-match Apex Series is level 0-0 following a draws in the first Apex Test match at the ...

Please, note that FIBA Europe has opened a media registration process for the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Host Announcement Ceremony, which will take place in Munich, Germany, on March 29, 2022. The event is scheduled to take place at 12:00 CET, at Hotel Bayerischer Hof, in Munich.     Accreditation requests must be submitted via the FIBA Media Portal. The deadline to ...

Meg Lanning’s 135 not out led her Australia side to a five-wicket win over South Africa, continuing their unbeaten run at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 while ending the Proteas’. Laura Wolvaardt fell short of a century of her own but made a fine 90 as South Africa set Australia a challenging 272 to win in Wellington.  But South ...

The following is the schedule of media opportunities on Wednesday, 23 March at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 (not for publication):     Wellington: South Africa and the West Indies play their league match at the Basin Reserve on Thursday. South Africa will address their pre-match media conference at 12h45 local time and the West Indies will address ...

Pakistan Women defeated West Indies Women by 8 wickets in a rain-reduced match of their group stage encounter of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, at Seddon Park.     In a match reduced to twenty over per side, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first. West Indies Women posted 89/7 from 20 overs. Deandra Dottin top-scored with ...

MIES (Switzerland) – Filipino food chain Chooks-to-Go was appointed as Global Partner for the FIBA 3×3 World Tour, the most prestigious competition of the 3×3 professional circuit.     “It is our great pleasure to announce Chooks-to-Go as our new FIBA 3×3 World Tour Global Partner, host of two FIBA 3×3 World Tour events per year and related qualifiers” FIBA 3×3 ...