LAHORE: Golfer Hamza Amin became Pakistan’s first golfer to have qualified for China Professional Golf Tour on Saturday. Hamza ranked at the 27th position to qualify for the tour, in which more than 100 golfers from across the world are participating. In all, 40 golfers have made to the 2018 golf tour. Amin will be capable of participating in ...

Pakistan’s Street Child football team has swung its preparations in full gear ahead of the Street Child World Cup scheduled in Moscow ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2018. Pakistan qualified for the Street Child Football World Cup 2018 after a sensational run in the qualifiers held in Russia in October last year, where the Green Shirts defeated India, Brazil ...

KARACHI: Cricket enthusiasts will have an opportunity to see ‘Swing ka Sultan’ Wasim Akram live in action next month at Multan Cricket Stadium, when the former captain takes to the field to play an exhibition match at the launch event of his PSL team Multan Sultans. An official of Multan Sultans confirmed  that Wasim Akram will not only play the ...

 JOHANNESBURG: Play was called off because of a dangerous pitch at Wanderers Stadium on Friday after South African batsman Dean Elgar was hit on the grille of his helmet by a short ball. Umpires Aleem Dar and Ian Gould had consulted earlier because of unusual bounce and deviation on a pitch which former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar described as “dangerous”. ...

Defending champion Roger Federer strolled into the Australian Open final in a bitter-sweet win after Chung Hyeon’s retired injured in their semi-final on Friday. The Swiss star was leading 6-1, 5-2 when the South Korean called it quits with foot blisters and will now face Marin Cilic in Sunday’s final. Chung, the first South Korean man or woman to play ...

The year 2018 is very important for Pakistan’s national (senior) hockey team. There are three quadrennial Title Tournaments this year: Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and then the biggest of them , the World Cup. Pakistan has been included in the Champions Trophy. Pakistan would also be figuring in a 3-Nation tournament in Oman beginning from February 14. These two events, ...

As Pakistan cruised to semifinals of ICC Under 19 World Cup, new bowling sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi has said that the team is strong and will try to win the tournament. In an interview following quarterfinal victory against South Africa, the pacer said, “First I would like to congratulate Pakistan and team for the victory. We have a strong bowling ...

LAHORE: (Ssportslink Report): Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan said that Punjab govt has taken several effective measures to provide modern sports facilities to youth of the province; he was addressing a key meeting regarding under-construction sports projects at DC Office Sargodha on Thursday. Director Project Management Unit Akram Soban, DSO Rauf Bajwa, DSO Tariq Nazir, TSOs and other top ...

LAHORE (Sportslink Report): Punjab Minister for Sports Jahangir Khanzada and Head of Cricket Coaching Academies Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Zaheer Abbas inaugurated Sports Board Punjab’s 10th cricket coaching academy at Hazru on Thursday. Assistant Commissioner Shakeel Ahmad, Divisional Sports Officer Malik Waqar, Chairman Baldia Saeed Araen, Member District Council Malik Ansaar, Chairman Ittehad Group Nizakat Khan, Attock cricket academy coaches ...

Afghanistan crushed hosts New Zealand by 202 runs to storm into the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup semifinals at Christchurch on Thursday. After opting to bat, four Afghanistan batsmen smashed half-centuries – Rahmanullah Gurbaz (69), Ibrahim Zadran (68), Bahir Shah (67 not out) and Azmatullah Omarzai (66 off just 23). Azmatullah smashed 66 from 23 balls/ICC Twitter Having posted a ...