Athletics

Quaid-e-Azam Games, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa athletics players perform brilliantly Peshawar ; Sports Link  In the Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Provincial Games, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa athletics players displayed excellent performance and won 18 medals including six gold, five silver and seven bronze to secure first position in the men’s event. In the athletics male category held in Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won five gold, three silver and ...

Pakistani athlete Khurram Khan creates history in Ironman World Championship (Asghar Ali Mubarak) Islamabad: Pakistani athlete Khurram Khan created history in the Ironman 70.3 World Championship held in the city of Taipo, New Zealand. The Pakistani athlete qualified for the event on his own, the championship included a 1.9-kilometer swim, a 90-kilometer bike ride and a 21.1-kilometer run. Khurram Khan ...

Men’s and Women’s Marathon Races starts on September 22 and 24 in Gilgit-Baltistan Islamabad ; By Nawaz Gohar Athletics Federation of Pakistan, has planned to hold Men’s and Women’s Marathon Race in Gilgit-Baltistan for the first time in the history of Pakistan. This was stated by the President, Athletics Federation of Pakistan, Brig. Wajhat Hussain (Rtd) on Wednesday. He said ...

Arshad Nadeem made history, won the gold medal by throwing a record in the Paris Olympics .(Asghar Ali Mubarak). Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem made history in the javelin throw competition at the Paris Olympics by throwing the biggest throw of 92.97 meters in the history of the Olympics, giving Pakistan the gold medal in the Olympics after 40 years. In the ...

First Karachi Marathon was held successfully Karachi, Pakistan, January 28, 2024: More than 1,500 runners, including local and foreign athletes, participated in the first certified international marathon in Karachi. The event was organized by Sports in Pakistan in collaboration with the government of Sindh . Speaking as a chief guest, Dr. Junaid Shah, Minister for Sports, Culture, and Youth, Government ...

Karachi will host an internationally certified marathon for the first time Karachi: The city of lights, Karachi, will host the internationally certified marathon for the first time in Pakistan on June 28, which is expected to be attended by hundreds of runners, including national and international athletes. The marathon is being held by Sports in Pakistan in collaboration with the ...

    Special Olympics: Pakistan’s Umair Kayani win Gold; Umaima Iftikhar secures Silver in Javelin Throws   Berlin (Germany): In the javelin men’s event of the 16th Special Olympic World Games of Athletics, Pakistan’s Umair Kayani won the gold medal with a throw of 38.81 meters, while Umaima Iftikhar of Pakistan won the silver medal with a throw of 10.47 ...

LAHORE (July 27, 2022): Top female athlete of the country Sahib-e-Isra called on Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Asadullah Faiz at Punjab Stadium on Wednesday. It may be noted here that Sahib-e-Isra is preparing for upcoming Islamic Games scheduled to be held in Konya, Turkey from August 9 to 18, 2022.   Talking on this occasion, Secretary Sports and ...

The new Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation met yesterday at the IWF Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Coming together for the first time since their election, there was a packed agenda set for the new leadership. Among the most important topics was the Olympic status as well as the foundation and future of weightlifting. The discussions focused on the ...

Last week the IWF Athletes’ Commission opened a vote among its members to fill the position of Vice Chair after the previous Vice Chairwoman Hiromi Miyake (JPN) was elected to the IWF Executive Board at the 2022 IWF Electoral Congress in Tirana, Albania. Due to this recent activity, the IWF Athletes’ Commission has now officially elected Dora Tchakounte from France ...