It is always special when England and Australia lock horns and this time will be no different. The two squads will have ringed the date in their diaries as soon as the schedule for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was announced. I certainly did when I was playing because some of my best – and worst – moments on ...
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Women’s World Cup boom in broadcast, digital and attendance results
MIES (Switzerland) – Confirming the continued growth and interest of women’s basketball worldwide, FIBA has experienced unrivaled broadcast, digital and social media numbers from the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 which took place in Sydney, Australia. There were 1.1 billion impressions and 14 million engagements across global social platforms, five times more than in 2018, and half a billion video views, seven ...
Read More »Five on debut in Hong Kong squad for Cathay Pacific/HSBC
[Hong Kong, 28 October 2022]: The Hong Kong Rugby Union has announced the squad for the Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2022 (4-6 Nov. at the Hong Kong Stadium). It is Hong Kong’s first home tournament since the Sevens was last held here in April, 2019. Throughout the challenges of the pandemic, Hong Kong have held serve as Asia ...
Read More »Aamer Yamin takes 5 wickets; Umar Siddiq, Usman Salahuddin Stroke centuries
An outstanding display of fast bowling by Aamer Yamin saw Sindh getting bowled out for a paltry 188 against Central Punjab at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on the first day of the sixth round of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23. The right-arm pacer picked up his ninth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket with five for 54 in 16 overs as Sindh’s innings ...
Read More »Lahore Division declared 73rd Punjab Games champions
LAHORE (Oct 27, 2022): Lahore division, with 5183 points won the 73rd Punjab Games 2022 trophy on Thursday. Faisalabad division got second position with 4095 points while Bahawalpur division was placed third with 3522 points during the 4-day sports extravaganza. Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ehsan Bhutta and Director General Sports Punjab M Tariq Qureshi awarded the winners’ trophy to Director Sports ...
Read More »Punjab Games Transgender Event 26-10-2022
Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood in a statement at the conclusion of 3rd Day’s events on Wednesday thanked Bank of Punjab for extending every kind of support for the successful holding of 73rd edition of Punjab Games. Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood said that the Sports and Youth Affairs Department Punjab ...
Read More »Guapo named FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series 2022 MVP
MIES (Switzerland) – France 3×3 star Laetitia Guapo was elected MVP of the third edition of the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series by a panel of players and fans on October 26, 2022. The number four 3×3 player in the World led France to a second-place finish at the Women’s Series Final in Constanta, Romania on September 17-18. Guapo finished 3rd overall ...
Read More »Former Pakistan captains excited for Ireland tour
Former Pakistan women’s captains Sana Mir and Urooj Mumtaz have expressed their thrill and excitement over Ireland women national cricket team’s maiden tour to Pakistan. The Irish team will arrive in Lahore later this week for three One-Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals. The three-match ODI series is a part of the ICC Women’s Championship. All six tour matches ...
Read More »Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aim resurgence as Quaid-e-Azam Trophy moves towards the business end
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa entered this year’s edition of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy with back-to-back titles. Their run in this edition, however, has shocked many. At the halfway stage of the 10-round league phase, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa find themselves languishing at the bottom of the points table with three of their five matches ending in draws and two in defeats. They have accumulated only ...
Read More »HBL Pakistan Super League 2023 local player categories renewed
The categories of eight players were upgraded following the local player category renewal process for the HBL Pakistan Super League 2023 as the Pakistan Cricket Board also opened registration window for the foreign players. The player lists have been shared with the six franchises for the tournament to be played across four venues from 9 February to 19 March 2023. ...
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