LAHORE: Punjab University is hosting 36th All Pakistan Inter-University Higher Education Commission Women’s Hockey Championship 2017-18. Punjab University, University of Sargodha, University of Lahore, UVAS, Lahore College for Women University, Imperial University, Superior University, Kinnaird College and GCU Faisalabad’s teams are participating in the event. On the inaugural day PU, UoS, LCWU, GCU Faisalabad and Superior University have won their ...

LAHORE:  OCA Technical Coaching Course for Kabaddi Coaches is underway here at the National Hockey Stadium and is being participated by officials from all over the country. The course is being conducted Pakistan Kabaddi Federation in collaboration of Olympic Council of Asia and support of Sports Board Punjab. Around 35 officials, coaches and technical persons have assembled here for the ...

Pakistan’s bowling sensation Hasan Ali ended 2017 with a bang, holding on to his number one spot in ICC ODI rankings thanks to an impressive tally of 45 ODI wickets during the year. So it doesn’t really come as a surprise when we see him named in ESPNcricinfo’s ODI team of 2017 – an awe-inspiring group of cricketing behemoths who ...

Colin Munro became the first batsman to hit three T20I centuries with his 104 off 53 balls against West Indies in Mount Maunganui. Four other batsmen have hit two hundreds in this format, including Munro’s former captain Brendon McCullum. Munro carted ten sixes in his innings, which are the joint most by a New Zealand batsman in a T20I innings. Corey Anderson too ...

LAHORE:  Provincial Sports Minister Jahangir Khanzada has declared kabaddi as the most popular sport among the masses and it earned more international medals than any other sport. He was speaking during the opening of the Technical Kabaddi Course for Coaches that was initiated at the Gymnasium Hall of the Sports Board Punjab on Wednesday. Secretary Sports Punjab Aamir Jan, Secretary ...

LAHORE: Provincial Sports Minister Jahangir Khanzada inaugurated the first ever Sports Board Punjab Tennis Academy at the newly-constructed state of the art Tennis Complex here at Nishtar Park on Wednesday. Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir jan, Director Sports Anis Sheikh, Deputy Director Mohammad Hafeez Bhatti, Secretary Punjab Lawn Tennis Association Rasheed Malik and a large number of junior tennis players ...

The International Cricket Council today announced the umpire and match referee appointments for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018, which will be staged in New Zealand from 13 January to 3 February. The Windies will be looking to defend their title and emulate Pakistan, who won consecutive titles in 2004 and 2006. Australia and India have won the title ...

SYDNEY: Regulars Glenn Maxwell and Matthew Wade were axed from Australia´s squad on Wednesday for this month´s one-day international series against England. Chief selector Trevor Hohns said ODI specialist Maxwell was omitted over consistency concerns, while Tim Paine takes the wicketkeeping gloves from Wade following his outstanding form in the Ashes Test series. Selectors also named Australia´s Test pace trio ...

Pakistan beat New Zealand XI by 120 runs in their warm-up game in Nelson on Wednesday, three days before the five-match ODI series kicks off. Put in to bat first by New Zealand XI, who won the toss, Pakistan put up a massive total of 342 from 50 overs, driven by centuries from openers Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman who scored ...

KARACHI: The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) has been forced to change the schedule of this month’s Blind Cricket World Cup after the Indian government refused to grant permission to its team to travel to Pakistan for the matches. According to an official of PBCC, the fixtures of the Indian team will now be played in UAE instead of Pakistan. ...