LAHORE (Oct 24, 2022): The 73rd edition of Punjab Games will get underway at different venues of Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Monday, Oct 24, 2022. Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi visited National Hockey Stadium and witnessed the march past, aerobics, gymnastics, cultural performances during dress rehearsal of Punjab Games. He also appreciated the performances of young artists. ...
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Athar Mehmood scripts Northern’s third win of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23
Athar Mehmood’s splendid figures of six for 40 engineered Northern’s dominating nine-wicket win over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on day three of what was the fifth-round encounter of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium. This was Northern’s third win of the season and has furthered consolidated their position at the top of the six-team points table. After ...
Read More »T20 World Cup set to be a showstopper with three 2021 semi-finalists in the line-up
Tournament hosts and defending champions Australia will get their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign underway on Saturday as the competition steps up a gear with the start of the Super 12 stage.Following a fantastic First Round, Sri Lanka and Ireland have joined Australia, Afghanistan, England and New Zealand in Group 1.The teams will clash in a round-robin format from ...
Read More »Brett Lee: How the champs are shaping up on home soil
If ever you were wondering how much to read into form in the build-up to a major tournament like the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, then last year’s competition was instructive – very little. Turn the clock back 12 months and Australia looked like they were heading into a World Cup bereft of form and struggling to find answers. Flying ...
Read More »Fatima Sana returns to the national side for series against Ireland
Right-arm fast Fatima Sana returns to the national side for the three-match ODI series and three-match T20I series against Ireland scheduled to take place in Lahore from 4 November to 16 November. The three ODIs are part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 and will be played from 4-9 November at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. The 20-year old Fatima was ruled ...
Read More »Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi unveil trophy of 73rd Punjab Games
LAHORE (Oct 22, 2022): Commissioner Lahore and President Punjab Olympic Association (PbOA) Muhammad Amir Jan, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ehsan Bhutta and Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi unveiled the trophy of 73rd Punjab Games at the colourful ceremony at Punjab Stadium on Saturday. Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Ehsan Bhutta and Director General Sports Punjab ...
Read More »Newly built state of the art five Tennis Courts will play a key role in Punjab Sports
LAHORE (Oct 22, 2022): Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Taimoor Masood said that the newly-built state of the art five Tennis Courts will play a key role in further promotion of tennis among the younger generation of the province; he said this while talking at the prize distribution ceremony of Kamran Steel Pakistan ATF 16 & Under ...
Read More »Quaid-e-Azam Trophy fifth round action from Friday
The fifth round action of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 will commence from tomorrow, 21 October, at three different venues of the country with Northern leading the table with 68 points. Defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are sitting at the bottom with 26 points. In the fifth round, Northern will take on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium. At the ...
Read More »Trials start in all divisions of the province for male and female teams for upcoming 73rd Punjab Games
The trials of various games started in all divisions of the province on Thursday for the selection of divisional male and female teams for upcoming 73rd Punjab Games on the directions of Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi. According to details, the swimming, archery trials were held in Lahore while a large number of male and female players ...
Read More »South Africa call upon Experienced heads for Men’s T20 World Cup
Mark Boucher’s South Africa have called upon experienced heads in their bid for a first ever ICC Men’s T20 World Cup win. Remarkably, the Proteas have never reached the final of this competition and have only made the final four on two occasions. Despite that record, there is no great change to the squad that missed out on the ...
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